any help?

[smithyy]

hi any info would be fab,

slid in the clio this morning,:dapprove: hit the o/s rear weel on curb,

now the car is pulling to the right?!?


any ideas lads/lasses

cheers
james

 

[Struggler]

how hard did you hit??

light hit,
bent track arm most likely,

medium hit,
bent track arm,
bent wishbone,
bent driveshaft,
knack balljoint

Hard hit,
bent subframe,
bent shock,
bent wheel
bent wishbone
bent track arm
ruined steering column
bent balljoint/trackrod end

jack it up, and compare it to the other side!
i knocked a curb, felt pretty hard at the time too!
but on inspection everything looked dandy (though it pulled)
turns out it was just a tracking arm, easy fix and tracking sorted it all out!

when you say "pulled right" do you mean to go straight the wheel is slightly to the left?
or do you occasionally have to fight to stop her jumping into oncomming traffic?

 

[Budgie]

On the back? (;

Need to get it jacked up and have a look, mate. Could be any number of things.

 

[smithyy]

have had it up and to me it looks like the hub is bent down ?



^^^
this is NOT mine lol

but were the arrow is its bent to the right on mine,

could this be the problem ?

 

[smithyy]

how hard did you hit??

light hit,
bent track arm most likely,

medium hit,
bent track arm,
bent wishbone,
bent driveshaft,
knack balljoint

Hard hit,
bent subframe,
bent shock,
bent wheel
bent wishbone
bent track arm
ruined steering column
bent balljoint/trackrod end

jack it up, and compare it to the other side!
i knocked a curb, felt pretty hard at the time too!
but on inspection everything looked dandy (though it pulled)
turns out it was just a tracking arm, easy fix and tracking sorted it all out!

when you say "pulled right" do you mean to go straight the wheel is slightly to the left?
or do you occasionally have to fight to stop her jumping into oncomming traffic?

tbh it was not that hard :/

 

[smithyy]

On the back? (;

Need to get it jacked up and have a look, mate. Could be any number of things.

yeaah i have had it jacked up, and it started to f**kin snow lol

 

[smithyy]

have had it up and to me it looks like the hub is bent down ?

View attachment 49076

^^^^
this is NOT mine lol

but were the arrow is its bent to the right on mine,

could this be the problem ?

cheers

 

[Struggler]

FAIL! sorry did see the word rear!

then yes, either youve knocked the rear axle out of alignment, or bent it!
time for a rear disc conversion perhaps lol

 

[smithyy]

hmmm
cheers