Warren
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Ok. so a while back my car was parked and some drunk bastard crashed into my car, he side swiped it when he was flying down the block. His front driver side wheel hit my passender side wheel thus pinning my passenger side front wheel against the wheel well. The guy got away even though his car was wrecked too. anyway ..
I had to replace the knuckle/spindle as it was bent, the strut rod as it was bent, the strut/spring assembly as it too was bent. The outer tie rod and ball joint.
So I think I now need to replace the subframe as it may be slightly bent. Not 100% sure but it probably is. So I was driving a few weeks ago and I pop a flat tire. I take the wheel off and I see this.. My swaybar endlink is gone and the bracket that is welded to the strut that it was attached to is ripped off. When it came off it ripped a hole in my tire. That same day I replaced my two front tires but now have this wobbling shaking feeling throughout the car. Also when the guy changed my front tires I didnt know this but my friend told me later that the guy didnt balance them he just put the tires on the rims and installed the rims on my car. Any idea if thats the source of the wobbling or is it because there is only one end of the sway bar connected and the other is disconnected?
So what do you guys recommend? Do I just take out the strut/spring assembly and move it to the driver side and take the driver side one and put it on the passenger side so I will be able to reconnect both swaybar endlinks? Or is there an easier way to fix it?
Also I noticed that this is how my outer greasable tie rod looks. Is it supposed to be on this angle? Even the other side of the car Outer Tie rod looks like this.
And one last question. I have my ABS computer disconnected because one of my sensors is broken. Usually if I hit the brakes too hard, the front locks up and skids out because of no abs. Now after I changed my front brakes today, I did the brake bedding. Then a few time I pressed the brake pedal as hard as I could to stop the car but the brakes didnt lock up at all or make the tires skid. Why would they lock up and skid with the old brakes but not the new ones? I bought really cheap brakes for the time being. I bought the Advance autoo wearever silver brake pads. Would that have anything to do with it?
Sorry for the long winded post. Im still a newb when it comes to working on this stuff.
I had to replace the knuckle/spindle as it was bent, the strut rod as it was bent, the strut/spring assembly as it too was bent. The outer tie rod and ball joint.
So I think I now need to replace the subframe as it may be slightly bent. Not 100% sure but it probably is. So I was driving a few weeks ago and I pop a flat tire. I take the wheel off and I see this.. My swaybar endlink is gone and the bracket that is welded to the strut that it was attached to is ripped off. When it came off it ripped a hole in my tire. That same day I replaced my two front tires but now have this wobbling shaking feeling throughout the car. Also when the guy changed my front tires I didnt know this but my friend told me later that the guy didnt balance them he just put the tires on the rims and installed the rims on my car. Any idea if thats the source of the wobbling or is it because there is only one end of the sway bar connected and the other is disconnected?
So what do you guys recommend? Do I just take out the strut/spring assembly and move it to the driver side and take the driver side one and put it on the passenger side so I will be able to reconnect both swaybar endlinks? Or is there an easier way to fix it?
Also I noticed that this is how my outer greasable tie rod looks. Is it supposed to be on this angle? Even the other side of the car Outer Tie rod looks like this.
And one last question. I have my ABS computer disconnected because one of my sensors is broken. Usually if I hit the brakes too hard, the front locks up and skids out because of no abs. Now after I changed my front brakes today, I did the brake bedding. Then a few time I pressed the brake pedal as hard as I could to stop the car but the brakes didnt lock up at all or make the tires skid. Why would they lock up and skid with the old brakes but not the new ones? I bought really cheap brakes for the time being. I bought the Advance autoo wearever silver brake pads. Would that have anything to do with it?
Sorry for the long winded post. Im still a newb when it comes to working on this stuff.
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