Help - Tyre hitting strut perch passenger side (Bilstein B8)

[pp3355]

Hi fellas

Having an head scratcher

Car had newly fitted B8/HR springs all around. Drove and felt good

Went on track and day after I notice the car pulling/diving/waving on motorway and under light braking esp. left side. Real odd and scary at speed.

Lifted and sign of tyre rubbing left side. The weirdest thing is that when car is sitting stationary there's the same clearance left and right between tyre and perch. Tyres are OE size for 18"s





Checked top mounts, track rods etc. and all seem in order too

No idea what it could be.

Any advice appreciated

Edited by pp3355 on Saturday 27th October 07:34

[pp3355]

This is the stuff that comes to mind and plan to check

Wheel bearing
Steering rack alignment
Bushings all around
Misshaped alloy
Faulty shock/strut (more rebound)
Bent knuckle / out of adjustment camber bolt

[kilarney]

Loose lower strut to hub carrier attachment bolts

[Pope]

The hub carrier has a pinch mechanism to hold the damper; using the ARB droplink in some cases. On oem struts there is a tab that indicates the setting depth of the strut in the hub carrier - I have seen the issue you describe if the pinch bolt/ARB droplink is not tight enough or if the installation was 'aided' by assembly grease / copper ease etc - wont matter how tight the pinch mechanism if there is grease there; the strut will fall through the carrier with use.......