offroading +

[93medusa]

offroading + SHO = busted stuff :-(

I'm posting this in driveline, but it is also a problem with suspension. I was in a little offroading incedent today, and I did some nice damage to my front end, I'll let the picture do the talking here:

notice the snapped tie rod, the broken sway bar endlink, and the bent lower control arm. Also (the reason this is in driveline) the grinding cv shaft. The car managed to limp home (about 200m from the accident) but it wasn't pretty.

I think I am going to handle the fix myself, anything unforseen that I should look for while I am in there?

Thanks
Dave

 

[musiccitysho]

I had a little accident a year ago where someone hit a deer and was kind enough to leave it in the road for me to hit again at 2 in the morning at 70 mph. I had no body damage and was lucky to drive away from it but I had to replace the end links,control arms and tie rods plus an alignment. Other problems that I noticed later were that my front rims were bent, my subframe bushings were torn, and the rear sway bushings were sheared. Also look out for a bent front strut, mine has made a groaning sound on tight turns ever since. I probably should have replaced it too but I'm waiting until I have all the dough to replace them all and lower it.