Re: i feel so horrible...

[Riley McDowall <roog@home.com>]

At 8:41 am -0700 1/5/99, Peter Walsh wrote:
>I had something similar to this happen to me (well, not exactly) I slid into
>a curb (when it was snowing) and bent the A arm, it also bent the Axel
>(yours is prob. bent) So, I replaced the A-Arm, Axel, and needed an
>allignment. It is fine now.
>
>Pete

Here's my 2 bits: I was driving around in the snow in my old 16v, doing my
best Colin MacRae impression, and I slid into a curb at about 70kph on a 30
degree angle.  The control arm got trashed, and the axle bent where it hit
the side of that hole it comes through in the sheet metal.  I also bent the
hub, so anyone who gets into an accident like that should check for this
too.  The mechanic who fixed the damage said I was lucky I hit the curb at
such an oblique angle.  If you hit a curb such that the axle is forced
inwards rather than back, you risk damaging your transmission (the axle
will punch into the drive flanges and differential :P )



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