might be a dumb question (tires rubbin)

[lbishop]

I just swapped back to my factory rims and wrapped them in a set of 265/75/16 cooper discoverer st maxxs. Anways I got in it today and cut it sharp. and noticed I have no clearance between the tire and lower control arm. If the suspension compresses You can hear it rubbin. I have a 2 inch body lift and the front t-bars raised. Will adjustin the steering stops out fix the problem or a different backspaced rim gonna be my solution. I dont remember having this problem before. I there something else happening that im missing. Thanks for the input/ advice

 

[xterror04]

I would definitely try adjusting the turn stops that sounds like what the issue is

 

[lbishop]

Thanks man, thats what I was thinking but I cant figure out how they've got messed up. Would they have messed with the stops while doing a front end alignment? They adjusted for the camber bolts being frozen

 

[lbishop]

feel dumb asking this too and im pretty sure the answer is no but will i need alignment after adjusting out the steering stops?

 

[KChurch86]

No alignment necessary after turning out the steer stops, but you do want to back them out (all 4!) as evenly as possible.

The only way I can see this happening is if the new tires are chunkier on the corners than the old ones were.

 

[lbishop]

thanx for the reply and the heads up...Idk whats going on. I had cooper discoverer stt mud-terrains on my stock wheels for a short time and had no issues that I can remember.... I got st maxxs now and cant seem to figure out why they would rub and the mud-terrains didnt

 

[KChurch86]

Hm. Yeah that's kind of strange. Maybe while the guys were doing the alignment they saw that the stops were turned out a little bit and turned them all the way in? They're completely unrelated to anything alignment related but you never know.

Here's an idea though. Have you taken your X in for the steering shaft recall? Maybe the dealership turned your stops in to factory settings?

 

[lbishop]

Im thinkin the stops got messed with when I had the alignment done

Called nissan and had the vin run and they said it didnt affect mine

 

[xterror04]

Have you looked at the stops? Maybe they got a bit smashed in and that's why, I know mine are lol when I went back to stock bs from Cramer soft 8s I had rubbing from smashed in stops

 

[Diadaga]

Sounds alot like the issue I'm having of unidentified rubbing.