LITTLE HELP NEEDED PLEASE
 
purple-haze
Posted 7/5/2009 3:26 PM (#510215)
Subject: LITTLE HELP NEEDED PLEASE


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Location: gods country		need a little help guys and girls....was goin down this road 2 nyt...nice and steady...and i hit a pot hole.. a big 1 too...now my steering wheel is out, my suspension is low and it tripped my fuel cut off switch.

as you sit in the car you can see the car leaning to the front passenger side but theres still pressure in the.

what could i of bent, broke?


any help will be great, please
 
cerbera
Posted 7/5/2009 3:52 PM (#510222 - in reply to #510215)
Subject: RE: LITTLE HELP NEEDED PLEASE


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Location: Durham - North East UK		Either Top arm, bottom arm or subframe? - Wasn't in the Metro was it?
 
purple-haze
Posted 7/5/2009 4:31 PM (#510226 - in reply to #510215)
Subject: RE: LITTLE HELP NEEDED PLEASE


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Location: gods country		yeah it was...i got a day to fix it or i lose my parts that rosso has saved for me


the hydrogas canister is still inflated but could it have done some damage with in?

Edited by purple-haze 7/5/2009 4:32 PM
 
vvc warrior
Posted 7/5/2009 4:45 PM (#510228 - in reply to #510215)
Subject: RE: LITTLE HELP NEEDED PLEASE


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top arm could be bent for your steering to be out of line, as for the car leaning over its defo the hydro can.

have you checked the pressure in it ?

 
ralphh85
Posted 7/5/2009 4:48 PM (#510229 - in reply to #510215)
Subject: RE: LITTLE HELP NEEDED PLEASE
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Location: Cornwall		i dout the top arm would bend as its cast, bottom arm maybe. could maybe have let the nitrogen out of the canister. or the subframe could have bent as said.


Ralph
 
Tom Sanderson
Posted 8/5/2009 1:05 PM (#510393 - in reply to #510229)
Subject: RE: LITTLE HELP NEEDED PLEASE


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ralphh85 - 7/5/2009 4:48 PM

i dout the top arm would bend as its cast, bottom arm maybe. could maybe have let the nitrogen out of the canister. or the subframe could have bent as said.


Ralph


you'd be suprised, i've bent top arms (and steering arms) a few times on my mini. ok there slighly different but both cast and basically the same. also managed to bend rear trailing arms.
 
purple-haze
Posted 7/5/2009 4:48 PM (#510230 - in reply to #510215)
Subject: RE: LITTLE HELP NEEDED PLEASE


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Location: gods country		nar it only happend 2 hrs ago am doin it all 2 moro so am after all the thing i need to check.

i knew i should come straight home after picking sister up from work
 
purple-haze
Posted 8/5/2009 3:11 AM (#510303 - in reply to #510215)
Subject: RE: LITTLE HELP NEEDED PLEASE


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Location: gods country		ryt am off to go start on the car if any one thinks of owt else then let me know please
 
purple-haze
Posted 8/5/2009 5:57 AM (#510319 - in reply to #510215)
Subject: RE: LITTLE HELP NEEDED PLEASE


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Location: gods country		so far i have changed the pass side hydro unit and the full steering rack just got to bolt it back on, have looked at both the arms and compared them with k18 and my old subframe and they look ok
 
Eddbmxdude
Posted 8/5/2009 6:00 AM (#510320 - in reply to #510215)
Subject: RE: LITTLE HELP NEEDED PLEASE


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Location: Luton!		I reckon the nitrogen has leaked out of the hydro can. Also check the ball joints, a hard impact like that could have shattered the knuckles.





Edited by Eddbmxdude 8/5/2009 6:02 AM
 
dylan0451
Posted 8/5/2009 6:45 AM (#510326 - in reply to #510215)
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Location: Essex		did almost exactly the same thing a while back, didn't loose height, though it sounds, as everyone else said to be the hydro unit

measure from the front subframe beam to the balljoints on each wishbone and see if the distance varies as to the ones on the drivers side

check balljoint movement/play - i'd put brand new mgf lower ones on and one was knocking seriously after the impact

also, check the top arm pivot bearings - mine were badly worn from over 100k miles and the impact finished off the passenger one and was completely mashed
 
purple-haze
Posted 8/5/2009 12:40 PM (#510386 - in reply to #510215)
Subject: RE: LITTLE HELP NEEDED PLEASE


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Location: gods country		fixed i ended up changeing the hydrogas unit and the steering rack (not that bigger job lol)

seem to go and stop in a straight line so am happy just going to keep an eye on the tyre wear as the lower upper arms might still want doin


am a happy again