Tie rod hitting top of front sway bar link?

this could be part of the reason to me that I asked about the correct bushing spacers , and why to me the arms look out of line. Ie caster

 

I believe they replace the "dogbones" with Heim joints when thicker roll bars are used when tracking ,to not preload the suspension

 

I cant realy see the spacer rings in the photo so I don't know. just trying to cover all bases

 

ok...…. from my notes. the thick spacers for the bushings go on the straight side of the upper arm and all the rest of the spacers are the same size

 

meaning thick spacer on upper arm toward the rear of the car

 

I could pm U my email but you just gotta look to see if the bushing spacers are in the correct location. And like I said I don't know what model you have, it looks like a early 308, so it should be similar to the GT4

 

sent, check your conversation inbox. top right of screen

 

any pics of the uppers off the car before stripping down?

 

ok according to MY notes for my SUS. your pics look correct. Thick spacer on straight side

 

ok so now back to my early early question, in your newest pics prior to removal of components, the pics show the radiused dip of the upper ball joints pointing outward, but your restored pics show a straight edge facing outward. might as well check

 

when I zoom in on your pics they get blurry, so lets just check

 

best I can do is try and relive the details I remember when I did my fronts last March. It may lead to nowhere but we gotta check. geometry is geometry, it works how it wants to, not how our minds want it to

 

This may sound like a stupid question but it doesn't look like you've solved it yet so here goes......is the swaybar centered between the two sides? There's really nothing to center is there, it can slide back and forth in the rubber mounts. If you have a lot of clearance on the other side sliding the bar a bit to that side would move it inboard and clear of the tire rod nut.

 

that's also a possibility. but if you look at the scratches on the top of the drop links, it looks like a long way to go

 

I went to to dig out my original old ball joints, and by eye it looks like the bolt portion tilts more inboard when the dipped portion faces outward, but im a couple of coors in. but something keeps bugging me, im no pro mechanic but its something to compare to. can anyone else check the orientation of theyre upper joints?

 

the curved dip facing outward in your pics before you stripped everything off the car
is this the way you put the new ones on? with the dipped portion outward? I cant see from your pics, its blurry when I zoom in, but they look like the opposite side is facing outward on your restored pics

 

I keep calling it bolt but its the threaded shaft portion is what I mean.