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messed up back axle......


blueturtle
12-14-2003, 10:36 PM
ya well i was driving in the snow and couldn't stop going down a hill well to make a long story short it was either slide into traffic at the end of the road or yank up on the e-brake so i did that and did a 180 into the curb and now my back drivers side wheel is bend in a little bit and now i have to drive with my wheel towards the right a good 6 inches to go straight so.......do i need to see if i can bend the back axle so its straight or do i need to replace it??

Dumped91Hatch
12-14-2003, 11:51 PM
You will probably have to replace the LCA. I've had some experience with people hitting curbs in the same manner. That is usually what bends.

BullShifter
12-15-2003, 01:00 AM
You or somebody will need to inspect the rear suspension parts.

Without seeing it, I would guess there is damamge to at least the LCA & hub - possibly trailing arm

LCA-- Lower Control Arm

rear suspension - http://www.binghamtonlife.com/manual/2gsm/images/91-18-21.jpg

blueturtle
12-15-2003, 07:15 AM
well hopefully its not that bad mabye its bendable back like i was only doing 1 mph when it happened b/c i had alrdy stopped at the top of the hill and was rolling down with my foot on the brake the wheel isn;t bent that much i'll see what i can do, is the lca an expensive part since i'll just replace it myself?

BullShifter
12-15-2003, 09:35 AM
LCA's from the dealer are about $65-70 each side. The only hard part about replacing it is if the bolts are frozen inside the bushings.

Good luck bending it back, not something I recommend for 2 reason. One, because you will need to heat it & two, because the metal will weaken during the process. You want these parts to be strong as possible.

Confirm what's wrong before throwing parts on the car.

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