hit a curb:(

[sr20dets13]

i dunno if this is the right place to put this lol but i hit a curb today
on the front drivers side..the rim hit the curb and when i was driving away my steering wheel felt really tight afterwards as if i had lost power steering..the car drives normally like no shaking or nothing weird the rim isnt bent or anything. anyone know wat this could be??

[Cheeze]

prolly a bent inner tierod

[Lo)2enz0]

tie rod for sure.

[sr20dets13]

when are you free cheeeeeeeze? lol cuz i gotta find out what that other noise is i told you about..

[Cheeze]

If you think itll make it to airdrie, bring it by.

[sr20dets13]

oh yea it will make it...its just hard to turn lol you availible today?

[Cheeze]

yah dood, i can prolly meet you somewhere in airdrie, i got a bad cold so i dont wanna go too far,

[nusneak]

What happened? Did you spill your water in the drift cup holder and look away from the road and hit a curb :rofl:

[Cheeze]

Drift button malfunction :D

[sr20dets13]

yea thats it nusneak..fag...

evan ill call you in half hour cool?

[Cheeze]

lol ok

[nusneak]

Originally posted by sr20dets13
yea thats it nusneak..fag...

evan ill call you in half hour cool?
I'm a fag because you hit a curb? :nut: lol good one, I'd probably be a pissy little bitch if I crashed into a curb too :D

[sr20dets13]

no your a fag becuase you tried to make me hitting a curb look funny...which really..its not..and i bet your dumbass has hit tons
of curbs..or you dont even have a car at all...what makes you
think i was drifting and hit a curb? cuz i drive a 240...if you got
nothing important to say...then i suggest you dont say it at all retard.:closed: :guns:

[86max]

I'm thinking it's your steering rack. Does the wheel have trouble automatically spinning back to the neutral position after you go round a turn?

If you find a rack at the wreckers, install should take no more than 2 hours.

[Cheeze]

Just because he has a 240 doesnt mean there was drifting involved. Now no more arguing...dont make me come back there.....
:guns:

[Cheeze]

Rack does sound like another plausible diagnosis... ive hit plenty of curbs in my time tho, and usually ive gotten away with tie rods....one time i bent one on my rx7 almost into a 90 degree elbow...lol

[sr20dets13]

evan you dont have any parts cars around that i could grab a tie rod from do you lol

[Cheeze]

Naw, put a new one on, theyre only like 60$ for a new one...if thats what it is...

[86max]

Don't buy used ones, new ones are cheap *edit* cheeze beat me to it.

In fact I think I have a new one sitting in it's box at my parents place, I can find out for you tomorrow if you want.

[sr20dets13]

ok cool ill order one tomorow if i go to work
but im still gonna come by here ina bit..find out what
that other noise is.

[Cheeze]

Yah sure dood, its only like 15 mins from you

[sr20dets13]

ok see you soon:)

[ercchry]

i hit a curb in the 240 a while ago and i snaped the tie rod (you would kow if you snaped it) and broke the control arm and i was only going about 15km/h in a parking lot, but i also hit it straight on

[Cheeze]

Whoopsieeeesss....hahaha yah ive seen a few of those... i think my skill has gotten better now tho , i havent hit a curb in like 2 years. Every time i hit a curb, i was fucking around...so totally my fault.

[sr20dets13]

yea it totally wasnt head on..i just like swerved sideways into it switching lanes..so
just gave the rim a bad rash and the steering went stif right after lol

[naheed187]

did u hit the curb in your turbo 240sx?

[sr20dets13]

umm yea..why?

[ercchry]

yeah mine was at night going to the liquor store with the headlights in sleepy mode in a dark parking lot, last time i ever drove in sleepy mode at night

[Cheeze]

Yah no shit, could have been worse...

[sr20dets13]

Originally posted by 86max
I'm thinking it's your steering rack. Does the wheel have trouble automatically spinning back to the neutral position after you go round a turn?

If you find a rack at the wreckers, install should take no more than 2 hours.

well i took it for another drive to see if it was still bad..and yea when i turn a corner and let go of the wheel it comes back somewhat but has a really hard time going back to a straight position..so would that be more the steering rack or would a bent tie rod end cause this also:confused:

[sr20dets13]

k now i dont know what could be wrong lol..i got my car up on a hoist and checked it all out..nothing is bent or seems to be out of
place...i dont think an aligntment would fix this problem would it?
anyways if sumone has ever had this problem before lemme know! lol

[msommers]

how did you hit the curb? at an angle, straight on or parellel?

Control arm and tie rod are most likely the problem. It's too hard to tell unfortunately by just going off of what you're telling us without me taking a look.

But FYI, and it happened on my previous car because of the previous owner, they hit the curb and it actually bent the frame. Hitting curbs can leave a lot up for debate without looking at it, but something is wrong, the energy of a direct hit like that has to go somewhere.

[gp36912]

Originally posted by Cheeze
Rack does sound like another plausible diagnosis... ive hit plenty of curbs in my time tho, and usually ive gotten away with tie rods....one time i bent one on my rx7 almost into a 90 degree elbow...lol


^^^^ wow how did you manage to bend it to 90 degrees? my mom smoked a curb real hard going 50 and all we got was a slight bend..... in the rim and a alignment

[sr20dets13]

i came at it paralell..i was switching lanes and swerved over n hit the curb..wasnt going fast and the tie rod and control arm both seem normal..i was thinking the steering rack or the column maybe? i tried to wiggle the streering column and there is a
bit of play in it..but it dosent move around too much..anyone good
with diagnosing this kinda stuff let me know! and if you availible to take a look just send me a pm thanks guys!