SHO broken now?

[Yoon]

Hello,

It is really icy, and I was going to make a left turn, but when there's ice, the car doesn't do what you want it to...obviously. Anyways...I drive a GEN I SHO and I'm going to make this left turn and I go straight into a curb...really really hard. The outcome is I need a new right front wheel, but that is the least of my concern right now. The wheel is pushed back a little and I jacked it up and took the wheel off to take a look. Everything looks normal (ie. nothing broken or looks bent.) Any ideas on what could be wrong? Will a full alignment fix this? There is no shaking when driving...drives fairly smooth, but the steering wheel doesn't return to center position as it normally does. Please, opinions appreciated.

Thank you.

-Robert

 

[sdpatt]

Something IS bent.

 

[LaTechSHO]

you need to have a body/frame shop check it out... been there with a thunderbird to the tune of a frame straightening bill..... most places will charge you next to nothing if not nothing to inspect it

Louis

 

[Yoon]

sdpatt:
Something IS bent.

Any ideas on how much this will be to fix?

 

[LI_SHO]

Yoon:

sdpatt:
Something IS bent.

Any ideas on how much this will be to fix?

"Something" may be a number of things:
A spindle, tie rod, tie rod end, ****...maybe even the halfshaft itself.

Your best bet is to take it in to a qualified suspension/alignment shop and just have them give it a once over.

<small>[ November 24, 2002, 07:35 PM: Message edited by: LI_SHO ]</small>