Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 16:42:53 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: 9000T just taking 4 liters of oil?
Simon Putz wrote: > here are some pics, when i looked i couldnt find anything wrong besides that > bar bent a little. i marked everything interesting on the pictures > the car is pulling to the right now, is this maybe because of the smaller > wheel > on the rear or is my steering also out of alignment? i also feel some kind > of sticky play > when turning from straight to a little bit left or right, hard to describe > feeling, i dont think > it was there before. when i hit the curb i was drifting to the left, i > stepped off the gas and pulled the car straight but it just went out of > control, the mass of the car was just pulling too much on the ice and it > turned 540ƒ, really had no traction at all, it didnt even stop sliding down > the road sideways at 30km/h, and went up the curb with the rear wheel first > and then slightly hit it with the front wheel. > > http://extremegames.de/~xenium/ The picture of the wheel, where you say it was more bent - steel just doesn't unbend itself, *ever*. The only thing I can think of is that the rubber was also deformed, which made it look much worse than it is. In <http://extremegames.de/~xenium/Im009931.jpg>, is that upper locating arm bent? It looks bent in the pictures. If it is, this will certainly cause significant misalignment at the back, but is easy to replace. The last picture, of the anti-roll bar bracket, could you take another one which is more focused? Something looks very odd about that bracket. I think the you're going to have to replace that locating arm. Once you've done that, get the alignment at the back checked - this will tell you whether the wheels are straight or not. -- Grunff
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