Rear driverside wheel sticks out more than passenger side

phillipeino

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I just noticed that the rear driverside wheel sticks out 1/4-1/2" more than the passenger side. Is this normal on 4runners? I looked at 2 other stock 4runners and it kind of looked like they did too. It was really hard to tell/measure though since their wheels were stock offset and sunken into the fender.

My set up is Daystar 2.5/1.5, spidertrax, and 265/70/17. I just go an alignment also. Rear camber is -0.1 on the rear driverside and -0.4 on the rear passenger side.
 

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Did you ever figure this out? My front driver wheel doesn’t poke out as much as the other 3 wheels. Can’t figure out why. I have Bilstein 5100 2.5 front 1 Daystar spacer rear 1.25 spidertrax
 
For some reason my driver side wheel doesn’t have as much poke as the other 3 wheels. I have 1.25 spidertrax on as well. Can’t seem to find out why. Please help!!
 
For some reason my driver side wheel doesn’t have as much poke as the other 3 wheels. I have 1.25 spidertrax on as well. Can’t seem to find out why. Please help!!

Did you ever figure this out? My front driver wheel doesn’t poke out as much as the other 3 wheels. Can’t figure out why. I have Bilstein 5100 2.5 front 1 Daystar spacer rear 1.25 spidertrax

If its the front, start by looking at the alignment cams. They locate the LCA during an alignment, which can cause the front wheels to have some slight in and out movement. It would only be a small amount, but could be noticeable if you looked hard. Its nothing to be afraid of really, unless your alignment is horrible. Now if there is a huge difference, then you could have a problem.

In the most extreme case of cam differences, the driver side would have the cam rotated so both bolt shanks are inboard and the passenger with the bolt shank rotated outboard, you might see the driver side tucked more with like 1/4-1/2" difference in the wheel poke. Again, thats the most extreme case and certainly would ride like garbage.

Heres a picture of what the alignment cams look like for reference. As the nut is rotates, the bolt shank follows a circular path, rather than just a rotating in place.
<a href="https://imgur.com/7nbhEOh"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/7nbhEOhm.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>


If its the rear, an adjustable panhard bar or panhard relocation kit will solve it.
 
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Thanks for the reply! I’ll defiantly look into it today! I go to firestone for alignments but the last time I did, I would drive and the driver side would make a clunking noise when driving over bumps. When I checked it out. It seemed that that bolt you were talking about wasn’t fully torque so it was lose making the clunking noise! The LCA was lose. Like wtf. I tighten it and the noises went away but that may be why it sunk in alittle. Its not that noticeable but because it’s my rig I know it’s not poking out as much as the rest. Thank you so much again!
 

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