Hey guys i want to know a friend of mine slid into the kerb in his car so the left rear side i think or was it the right, anyways i looked in my Mitsubishi workshop manual and had a look at all the components of the rear suspension.

Now im just wondering if anyone has had a similar accident in their car and had it fixed also how much did it cost.

My friend told me that the wheel was able to more side to side in the wheel arches so im pretty sure the trailing arm is most likely broken or loose. Any ideas what else would be affected by such a hit.

I would be guessing the main things that take the brunt would be the Toe control arm, lower arm, trailing arm, crossmember and maybe the knuckle and upper arm.

Thanks guys for any help

Tom

Yes ive done this bad.. Silly Macdonalds trays.. :bowrofl: :bowrofl:

I broke the nuckle..

It was $400 new or $200 wreeckers..
Looks like this..

Snaped where i put the arrow.. Its cast iron.. It dont bend just snap.. :D

hehe ive done that also :D

Yep same here, except me hitting a gutter, a taxi hit my rear wheel :rant:, ended up entering Chapel st (for the Melbourne ppl) sideways in my mums Magna in that incident becuase the rear left wheel was jammed with at least 45 degrees toe-out :shock:

Damage was 4K becuase of extensive panel damage, don't remember cost of suspention components alone, sorry.

i paid $90 for the knuckle from wreckers

Kool thks guys ill tell my friend and maybe take a look at the suspension in his car.

He might be happy to know that it might not cost too much but i still dont know what else is bent or damaged.

Tom

told u not to go try and do handbrakie turns in the rain!!

lol i dont

Though my friend was doing that most of the night and then going around a roundabout he slid out and hit the gutter, he has no luck with cars.

Tom

told u not to go try and do handbrakie turns in the rain!!

Why.. Its so much fun.. lol

Ive got some mad video footage of the VRX so crossed up on mates camera.. lol

Wow, I thought I was the only one that did a handbrake turn into the gutter. Mine was gentle enough to just dent the rear wheel so I didn't do anything about it. Though it does make a slight bad bearing noise when going around right hand corners (left back wheel). This happened about three years ago.

Handbrake turns from 50 or so on a big road are a great way to start a nice burnout because you travel backwards for a while. If you boot it while going back and then chuck the handbrake back on to take off slower, you smoke 'em up big time. Unfortunately the diff doesn't like it and that cost me $1700 to repair :confused:

lol u think a knuckle is bad, try hitting a kerb in a rwd...

my mate did it about 80km in an XF... go the shattered axle casing! bent rim also...

lol u think a knuckle is bad, try hitting a kerb in a rwd...

my mate did it about 80km in an XF... go the shattered axle casing! bent rim also...
indeed... mate in his EA falcon slid out and hit the kurb sideways... cracked the mag, bent axelshaft, shocker leaked fluid, cracked the diff housing, think needed a new diff centre (ended up with a whole new rear axel in the end anyways)... he drive it home and it left soooo much gearoil everywhere...