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tow truck bent my Abbott subframe brace
Posted by Dean (more from Dean) on Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:09:41
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When the 95SET was towed in after the DI fried, the towing rig bent my subframe brace upwards. It might straighten out ok. But the brace bolts into some recesses in the subframe, and the subframe was pulled inwards a bit when the brace bar was deformed. At least that is consistant with the way the steering feels now. Feels like heavy tow-in. At least the vehicle tracts straight down the road, so there seems to be some balance to the deformation.
I expect that it can be resolved with a toe-in adjustment. The alignment will indicate if anything else is off.
The vehcle was towed with a front wheel pickup, not a flat bed. What the operator neglected to take into account was that the vehicle would still be moving on its suspension. That brought the vehicle down on top of the towing gear while underway.
The tow operators are being very good about it. They came to my house and helped to see the problem and helped me remove the brace.
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