Hit A Gutter! What Have I Bent?

[battery]

so this morning i decided to get to close to the gutter and hit it at about 40k's, the front right took the impact and it bounced off to the other side of the road!

i got under there and couldn't see anything that is bent but the Front right keeps turning until the inside of the wheel hits the castor rod .

so full lock when turning right is now a bang bang bang on the castor rod!

the car is all over the place on the road and very twitchy goes to the right hard if i let the wheel go.

but i can't figure out what the damaged part is? im thinking the steering rack??

[HairyMerkin]

Just take it to a mechanic. Honestly.

[battery]

Just take it to a mechanic. Honestly.

wtf??

i have changed gearboxes, engines, brakes and nearly everything else on the car and your telling me a little gutter hit is a job for a mechanic haha

[battery]

further inspection reveals that the wheel has been pushed back at least 20mm and the LCA appears to be slightly bent.

so apart from changing the LCA what else should i be looking at?

NISSKID!!! where are you.

[nisskid]

it's hard to know man, as sometimes things take direct hits depending on exactly how it hit.

personlly id be changing the LCA, then getting it back on a aligner. the toe has probably been knocked out, so if it is able to be aligned back to a decent spec, then i wouldnt worry about looking at anything else unless there is a noticeable problem.

the only thing is a static alignment wont pick up any issues with dynamic alignment, if something is bent it might only have a minor effect on ur static alignment, but make a big difference when ur suspension goes up and down.

ur toe being knocked out of alignment, more specifically if that side was knocked to give a lot of toe in, that could explain the knocking on the castor rod, because that wheel starts with some steering angle when ur rack is neutral, on full lock one way u will receive more steering angle than usual. steering angle on a R32 fouls on both chassis rails and caster rods.

but the LCA's are the most vulnerable parts in there, and are usually the first thing that goes from such an impact. but also caster rods and caster rod bracket bend/break fairly easy too and worth looking at. UCA's are pretty strong and generally dont bend too easily.

btw i have some R32 LCA's for sale if u want lol

[battery]

it's hard to know man, as sometimes things take direct hits depending on exactly how it hit.

personlly id be changing the LCA, then getting it back on a aligner. the toe has probably been knocked out, so if it is able to be aligned back to a decent spec, then i wouldnt worry about looking at anything else unless there is a noticeable problem.

yeh this was my thinking to, i have these pansy adjustable bushes in the castor rods and UCA wouldn't surprise me if they have moved around...........

the only thing is a static alignment wont pick up any issues with dynamic alignment, if something is bent it might only have a minor effect on ur static alignment, but make a big difference when ur suspension goes up and down.

ur toe being knocked out of alignment, more specifically if that side was knocked to give a lot of toe in, that could explain the knocking on the castor rod, because that wheel starts with some steering angle when ur rack is neutral, on full lock one way u will receive more steering angle than usual. steering angle on a R32 fouls on both chassis rails and caster rods.

but the LCA's are the most vulnerable parts in there, and are usually the first thing that goes from such an impact. but also caster rods and caster rod bracket bend/break fairly easy too and worth looking at. UCA's are pretty strong and generally dont bend too easily.

i just wanna say that you sir are awesome, i always find your posts easy to read and full of the shit that im interested on reading.

thankyou

btw i have some R32 LCA's for sale if u want lol

wtf always out to make a buck! huh huh??

ill pm you!

[Wacky Dee]

I busted one of the bushes hitting a gutter at 5kmh ..one of those that stops the top arm from moving forward/backward..whatsever its called.