I swerved to miss a kitten on the freeway this weekend and smashed into a curb and bent 3 of my 4 rear control arms. I got replacements and have installed them but don't know the torque spec and want to get it right...I have a 1996 GT-S convertible.

Also, did drive the car to test it since installing the control arms and - while the problem was clearly solved - the steering wheel now has to be turned somewhat (quite a bit actually) to the left to make the car go straight. If you take your hands off the wheel it pulls right. I did a visual inspection and found nothing that appeared bent or broken. I am thinking I need to have it aligned but am wondering if there is anything else that I might check out first.

I am wondering if the alignment can be this far off? I would say for the car to go straight you have to turn the wheel to about 10:00...

I am glad to be OK. The suckiest part is that I am now likely to miss the SoCal meetup this Sunday since I won't be able to get it aligned until next week :-(

This post has been edited by wilc4: Aug 5, 2009 - 1:25 PM

dont worry about your steering wheel. i had a car that would do the same thing after i got impacted. I replaced all the parts and it still turned. an alignment solved the problem

That helps. I am pretty sure it is the alignment at this point...just never seen it so far off...

The lca's are 145 ft/lbs.

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Thank you!