Little Help... I Bent It

[Josho1987]

Right so........ Was following my missus to hospial a couple weeks ago and whilst trying to call her mum i smacked a square gutter...... HARD (lesson learnt about using phone whilst driving also i frickin hate Gungahlin) the dowside to this is ive bent the rack end rod that comes out of the steering rack, I was hoping it was just something stupid like a tie rod end but alas i have terrible luck, any idea how hard this will be to fix, one mob has told me to replace the entire rack, which wont be fun, any idea if just the rods fixable??

Cheers

Josh

[Trozzle]

In before the flame brigade.

Honestly this is when I'd just go to Trojan and have them sort it with some second hand parts. They'd probably be the best at sourcing them.

[RS4-S]

Just replace the rack end, pretty straight forward, get it done at a place that does wheel alignments.

[r33gtrv-spec]

I did something similar 3 Christmas' ago to my R33 GT-R. I thought it was a simple castor rod replacement. I replaced the rods for $180 through trojan and continued to drive it. But it just felt wrong. It didnt handle the same, kept pulling to the left no matter how much adjustment was made through the castor rod. Wheel alignments were useless. Anyways, long story short, I have had to replace bent upper and lower control arms, wheel hub, reconditioned the steering rack and finally the cross member subframe. Things we do for love right ?

[Trozzle]

I did something similar 3 Christmas' ago to my R33 GT-R. I thought it was a simple castor rod replacement. I replaced the rods for $180 through trojan and continued to drive it. But it just felt wrong. It didnt handle the same, kept pulling to the left no matter how much adjustment was made through the castor rod. Wheel alignments were useless. Anyways, long story short, I have had to replace bent upper and lower control arms, wheel hub, reconditioned the steering rack and finally the cross member subframe. Things we do for love right ?

hmm....my car seems to pull left no matter what as well.....

[RS4-S]

If you don't have directional tyres and wheel alignments are spot on try swap your front tyres from left to right.

[Manuel Kasko]

I always hang to the left slightly as well

[Sinista32]

Very slight i hear

[Manuel Kasko]

Very slight i hear

Ohh so your girlfriend told you?

[Sinista32]

Nah - yo mumma

[Manuel Kasko]

Haha ohh no you didn't

[TiTAN]

just think, sin could have. he is old enough

[Sinista32]

Who's your Daddy

[Trozzle]

Aww shit.