T350 LHS Wheel Scraping Top Wishbone and Chrysler Wheel Bear

[samastonlongley]

Hi there,

I have recently bourght a crashed TVR T350C, the car had some very slight damage to the wishbones so the guy I bourght it off fitted two wishbones and got it on its wheels. I’ve since rebuild all the suspension, new bushes, new track rod end, steering rack arm rod, top and bottom ball joints as well as replacing the protech shocks. The car also had some different spider wheels supplied with it, running 225/35/18 wheels on the front and 255/35/18 on the rear. Last weekend I took the car up for an MOT and found it scrapes on full lock on the top wishbone, quite badly but only on the passengers side (where the work has been done). Now I haven’t had the car geometry set up or anything like that but I’m wondering if this is more than geometry. When it was at the MOT station it had an advisory of a worn front passenger side wheel bearing. I put the part number into google and read a few forum posts saying it was the same as a chysler part, so I purchased one. However today when I came to put the car back together with the new wheel bearing fitted the disc not locks tight against the steering arm locking the wheel. I purchased this wheel bearing - https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...

Has anyone else fitted this Chrysler part and experienced similar problems, have I done something glaringly obviously wrong or has anyone had any similar problems.

I am new to TVR ownership and any help would be greatly appreciated. I am aware buying a crashed TVR makes things difficult and am aware of the problems (such as this one) that can arise.
Thanks in advance

[samastonlongley]

UPDATE

I’ve checked online with the different wishbones available and I think I have the correct top wishbone on with the curved edge rather than the straight with the extra hole etc.

[Basil Brush]

That looks like it's a 99 to 01 jeep hub? I think the right one is part number 513084 which is the up to 99 version. No idea if that's the issue but I've also heard about cheaper pattern ones not fitting the uprights properly and not fully seating.

[m4tti]

The wheel bearings I looked at from jeepchryslerparts didn’t have a chamfer on the mating face so won’t seat properly.

Edited by m4tti on Sunday 11th March 22:48

[samastonlongley]

Thanks guys I ordered the new one from TVR parts and they do look different like you say! I’ve fitted it and I’ve also started to try set the camber up using measurements so hopefully this will stop the rubbing. It’s pouring down up here so haven’t had a chance to get the car out on the road yet! But thanks again for the advice and I’ll let you know how I get on