Hit curb but now got no gears!

[MarkMchugh]

I locked up and hit a curb last night! But this morning I checked the damage and it now has no gears / there's No biting point ! The service light has come on too! Any ideas why ? There seems to be no other damage under the car apart from this ( in the pic)

 

[ElusiveHB]

...isnt that your drive shaft hanging out

 

[DrR]

Driveshaft has popped out? That's probably why lol.

You make it sound like its nothing lol. Just drove into a curb, nothing much happened just snapped my front wheel off, don't know why the gears don't work.



Did you drive it back like that?

 

[Inequality Street]

Drive shaft

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

No damage, apart from the fact it's fucked? Lol

Yeah you've snapped the hub off at the ball joint, which has led to your driveshaft pulling out of the box. Due to the way a differential works, drive goes to the side of least resistance

 

[DrR]

Guessing this is similar, my mate crashed his LandRover, anyone any idea why it doesn't drive properly now?

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

I locked up and hit a curb last night! But this morning I checked the damage and it now has no gears / there's No biting point ! The service light has come on too! Any ideas why ? There seems to be no other damage under the car apart from this ( in the pic)

Don't fret mate. My mechanical knowledge is much the same as yours.

That's what's great about this club. Post a pic and you get the answer pretty much immediately :up:

 

[DrR]

Is it the drivers side or passenger that dumps all the oil when it's pulled out?

 

[ElusiveHB]

Pasenger, I never did manage to get the oil off my trainers from my terrible eibach fitting session.

 

[MarkMchugh]

I know it's fucked and that the drive shafts fallen out! Was just wondering why it had no drive befor I get it picked up again and repaired!

 

[McGherkin]

Eh? If you know the driveshaft's fallen out then why are you asking why you have no drive? Unless I'm missing something.

 

[MarkMchugh]

I dunno a bean about cars mate! I would have thought it would still try drive the other wheel! I only wanted to know why there was no drive / biting point befor I spend more money in it

 

[McGherkin]

I dunno a bean about cars mate! I would have thought it would still try drive the other wheel! I only wanted to know why there was no drive / biting point befor I spend more money in it

Yeah, as someone said before the differential applies the most power to the side with least resistance, which in this case is the side that's not actually connected to anything any more.

 

[MarkMchugh]

Ok thanks mate !