42210 Nissan Skyline Front Axle Rolling Resistance Problem

[thekoRngear]

Hi,

To my horror, when the entire chassis/mostly built car is driven there is a significant rolling resistance from the front axle. When the chassis is driven backwards it's completely fine! This is annoying because when the body is put and the Engine is installed the resistance becomes more visible. The Engine refuses to cycle the pistons move smoothly. I have to push the car hard to drive it forward. I have seen YouTube reviews and videos and none seem to have such bizarre rolling resistance.

Please note that, I have tested it when the car was in completely stock build. No full time AWD or other mods. I detached the front axle part from the chassis and removed the engine and crankshaft setup and it still happened. I tried completely removing the differential and double bevel gear, and it still happened! I rotated the front axle without the wheels on the hubs and the differential moved just fine either way. Problem becomes noticeable when the wheels are connected to the wheel hubs. 

Below are the pictures and a video

 

I noticed when the front axle is moved forward the wheels are spread

As said above, when driven backward the wheels are in normal orientation and no resistance

Just in case, here are the pics of the front part of chassis/axle. From the top and bottom:

Also, from side:

Kindly help me out!

Edited 3 hours ago by thekoRngear

[MangaNOID]

That’s some bad wheel spreading!

I can only think that maybe the tyres are ‘wonky’ or warped or something? Have you tried other tires or swapped the tyres around to see if that changes forward spreading to backwards spreading? If you get my meaning?

Edited 3 hours ago by MangaNOID

[thekoRngear]

Sadly I don't have such dimension tyre's spares. But I did use the tyres and wheels [of the set] randomly. Those are used in the rear axle and the rear axle runs just fine. I am at my wit's end.

Edited 1 hour ago by thekoRngear

[Zerobricks]

I think the issue lies in the steering rack design which is a bit like a letter C. Because the steering rack uses beams and connectors to attact to the steering arms, it's very prone to being bent/stretched out. Once that happens you get a lot of toe out and friction.