LCA won't line up? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

AnotherDude000 · 10-09-2022, 03:26 AM

I have a GR86 and installed some Gen1 HKS Hipermax IV SPs on them. The install went fine, just took a little longer than I expected. Fast forward a few months and I'm getting some creaking noises from the rear. So I went back there and took the LCA down, inspected the strut and it all looked good.

Now comes the problem. For some reason the LCA won't line up correctly. It's as if the LCA is too long or the wheel hub is too close. I uploaded 2 pics, one showing the LCA connected at the subframe and another showing the LCA connected at the wheel hub.

I've gone through installation videos and from what I can tell, the wheel hub should be lower than the subframe at this point and I should be able to attach the LCA to both the subframe and the hub, then use a jack to raise it up to the strut and the endlink. That's what I did during the install. I can't figure this out! This is a 2022 also, but I believe the install is essentially the same.

churchx · 10-09-2022, 05:39 AM

From pics wheel hub seems angled as with lots of positive camber, thus moving LCA inwards too much, no?

norcalpb · 10-09-2022, 11:03 AM

Do you have the parking brake on?

strat61caster · 10-09-2022, 11:49 AM

Undo parking brake, push wheel hub out to line up lca and put the bolt in.

Nothing in your photo looks wrong, that’s just what happens when you undo the lca, the wheel hub flops down towards the center of the car.

Also I’ve never used a jack to do this part of the assembly, just pushed things into place by hand.

AnotherDude000 · 10-09-2022, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by norcalpb

Do you have the parking brake on?

Yes, parking brake is on! Didn't even think about that. I'll try it today.

finch1750 · 10-09-2022, 03:02 PM

Yup. I left my parking brake on and had the same issue when I first installed mine years ago. Took me 2 days to figure out what the problem was lol

AnotherDude000 · 10-09-2022, 03:55 PM

IT WAS THE FUCKING HANDBRAKE. thanks so much @strat61caster

strat61caster · 10-10-2022, 12:29 AM

I still make this mistake at least once a year lol.

10-09-2022, 03:26 AM	#1
AnotherDude000 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Drives: 2022 GR86 Neptune Blue! Location: Fairview, Oregon Posts: 114 Thanks: 22 Thanked 48 Times in 24 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	LCA won't line up? I have a GR86 and installed some Gen1 HKS Hipermax IV SPs on them. The install went fine, just took a little longer than I expected. Fast forward a few months and I'm getting some creaking noises from the rear. So I went back there and took the LCA down, inspected the strut and it all looked good. Now comes the problem. For some reason the LCA won't line up correctly. It's as if the LCA is too long or the wheel hub is too close. I uploaded 2 pics, one showing the LCA connected at the subframe and another showing the LCA connected at the wheel hub. I've gone through installation videos and from what I can tell, the wheel hub should be lower than the subframe at this point and I should be able to attach the LCA to both the subframe and the hub, then use a jack to raise it up to the strut and the endlink. That's what I did during the install. I can't figure this out! This is a 2022 also, but I believe the install is essentially the same. Attached Images

10-09-2022, 03:02 PM	#6
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churchx Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2014 GT86 Location: Latvia, Riga Posts: 4,333 Thanks: 696 Thanked 2,085 Times in 1,436 Posts Mentioned: 53 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	From pics wheel hub seems angled as with lots of positive camber, thus moving LCA inwards too much, no?

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