Thrust Angle Off

[phillipeino]

I bent my rear passenger lower control arm a couple weeks ago, replaced it with a new stock arm, and now my rear thrust angle is at -0.30 degrees. A week before I bent the CA, the rear thrust angle was at -0.06 degrees. Nothing else looks bent in the rear. It does kind of drift to the right, but not sure yet if that's because of the crowned roads.

1) Is -0.30 degrees enough to be worried about?

2) What would I need to be able to adjust the rear thrust angle? An adjustable pan hard bar or adjustable upper/lower control arms?

Here are the alignment settings(new CA / old CA)
CAMBER LEFT: -0.1 / -0.3
CAMBER RIGHT: -0.4 / -0.2
TOE LEFT: -0.32 / -0.05
TOE RIGHT: 0.27 / 0.07
CROSS CAMBER: 0.2 / -0.1
TOTAL TOE: 0.05 / 0.02
THRUST ANGLE: -0.30 / -0.06

Thanks

 

[Jembrmstr]

Just curious, how did you bend your CA? I've seen some reports on here about the rear axle housings being pretty weak and costing about $2500 to replace (fingers crossed thats not the case for you).

 

[preacher35]

I had my rear, passenger control arm, inexplicably snap in two last year. Cheap tubing to say the least. But in answer to your question, my alignment guy said to keep thrust angle between -.15 and +.15.


Hope that helps you!

 

[phillipeino]

Anyone else have experience with their thrust angle being off?