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g-ride · 02-05-2007, 11:55 PM

91 240sx. I hit a curb tonight in the snow. something got fucked in my front end. The steering wheel has to be held way to the right. Its snowing and cold so i cant look at it. what do you think it is?

tie rod?
lower control arm?

rokmplutonium · 02-05-2007, 11:57 PM

Wheel alignment at least.

g-ride · 02-05-2007, 11:59 PM

i know its gonna be more than that but whats most common for s13s?

luisgonz · 02-06-2007, 12:10 AM

Ok How fast where you going? Stock wheels or NOt?(This does play a big part because of the tire size on how it can take the impact.) Just wait and look at it. Please can some people stop asking some weird q's. Or take it to a mechanic. Thread is use less. Search

1Via! · 02-06-2007, 12:19 AM

Maybe a good place to start would be to look under the frickin' car and see what you bent....

...Just a thought.

yokotas13 · 02-06-2007, 12:22 AM

tension rod, tension rod bracket, LCA tweaked, bent tie rod

thats my expert opinoin lol

g-ride · 02-06-2007, 01:57 AM

eh it just happened. it was stock se rims with large (215-60-15) tires. hit the drivers front at around 5mph. I just figured that im not the only person whos hit a damn curb in a 240 in the snow. i wont be able to get under it until the weekend so i figured id ask....

Ive heard of a lot of tension rod problems on s13s... i guess we'll just see this weekend

redsuns3838 · 02-06-2007, 02:25 AM

well if u drifted into it ive heard drift-hitting curbs tend to damage your tension rods, LCAs and RUCAs, but if you grip hit it maybe the FPR, AICV, and tension rod pulleys.

5mph probably didnt do anything..if it drives fine and it in a strait line your probably good to go. but without looking under it....nobody can really say for sure what is wrong with the car.
id get my car aligned if I were you, just for good measure.

g-ride · 02-06-2007, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redsuns3838

well if u drifted into it ive heard drift-hitting curbs tend to damage your tension rods, LCAs and RUCAs, but if you grip hit it maybe the FPR, AICV, and tension rod pulleys.

5mph probably didnt do anything..if it drives fine and it in a strait line your probably good to go. but without looking under it....nobody can really say for sure what is wrong with the car.
id get my car aligned if I were you, just for good measure.

haha, ill have to check my blinker fluid too i guess. no it did something. the front wheels look like this \ l . I figured these would be the responses i would get. just thought id see if there were a "weak link"

*downshift_sideways* · 02-06-2007, 02:50 AM

How come you dont just check under the car? so you dont have to play mind games with yourself..but I guess being prepared always helps too.

nmsil-eighty · 02-06-2007, 02:59 AM

sounds like a tie rod to me

yokotas13 · 02-06-2007, 03:24 AM

sounds like you brought this thread to the next level

jeeper_x · 02-06-2007, 04:35 AM

this is when i hit a curb and these parts were broke.........so, try to check these parts out..........

**mrmephistopheles** · 02-06-2007, 05:35 AM

Tie rod at least.
Maybe T/C rod and lower control arm.
Go sack up and look for yourself.
It's the only way you'll know.
Srsly I've had to adjust my coilover ride height by hand in <freezing temps, just be a man and go look.

dimsumsil80 · 02-06-2007, 06:42 PM

same thing happened to me BUT i was going 35 n ended up on top of the curb. LOL for me it was tension rod, tie rod, lca, m a fucked sub frame. 1200 in parts+labor. oooops

Irukandji · 02-06-2007, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmephistopheles

Srsly I've had to adjust my coilover ride height by hand in <freezing temps, just be a man and go look.

I feel your pain. I've done rear 5 lug in 30degree weather with strong winds at 12am (don't ask). Definetly not a fun thing to do while trying to stop your runny nose.

g-ride · 02-06-2007, 09:54 PM

well i got under it today (it got up to 25). Saw nothing broken or bent. maybe ill just try and get it aligned....

02-05-2007, 11:55 PM	#1
g-ride Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: St. Louis MO Age: 40 Posts: 51 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	s13, hit a curb, whats broke? 91 240sx. I hit a curb tonight in the snow. something got fucked in my front end. The steering wheel has to be held way to the right. Its snowing and cold so i cant look at it. what do you think it is? tie rod? lower control arm?

02-06-2007, 12:22 AM	#6
yokotas13 Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Milford, CT Age: 40 Posts: 10,519 Trader Rating: (8) Rides Gallery: yokotas13 Feedback Score: 8 reviews	tension rod, tension rod bracket, LCA tweaked, bent tie rod thats my expert opinoin lol __________________ 2015 Subaru Outback Overlander - Wagonofdoom

02-06-2007, 02:50 AM	#10
downshift_sideways No Limit Soldier. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hayward CA, San Gabriel CA Age: 38 Posts: 5,550 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: downshift_sideways Feedback Score: 0 reviews	How come you dont just check under the car? so you dont have to play mind games with yourself..but I guess being prepared always helps too. __________________ allntrlundrgrnd: "you never really appreciate your parents fridge until you look into your own and its full of condiments only"

02-06-2007, 02:59 AM	#11
nmsil-eighty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pasadena, CA Age: 38 Posts: 24 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	sounds like a tie rod to me __________________ Next Level

02-06-2007, 03:24 AM	#12
yokotas13 Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Milford, CT Age: 40 Posts: 10,519 Trader Rating: (8) Rides Gallery: yokotas13 Feedback Score: 8 reviews	sounds like you brought this thread to the next level __________________ 2015 Subaru Outback Overlander - Wagonofdoom

02-05-2007, 11:57 PM	#2
rokmplutonium Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: LOS ANGELES Posts: 576 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Wheel alignment at least.

02-05-2007, 11:59 PM	#3
g-ride Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: St. Louis MO Age: 40 Posts: 51 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i know its gonna be more than that but whats most common for s13s?

02-06-2007, 12:10 AM	#4
luisgonz BANNED Join Date: May 2004 Location: los angeles Age: 42 Posts: 2,761 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	Ok How fast where you going? Stock wheels or NOt?(This does play a big part because of the tire size on how it can take the impact.) Just wait and look at it. Please can some people stop asking some weird q's. Or take it to a mechanic. Thread is use less. Search

02-06-2007, 12:19 AM	#5
1Via! Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle/Olympia, WA Age: 39 Posts: 510 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: 1Via! Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Maybe a good place to start would be to look under the frickin' car and see what you bent.... ...Just a thought.

02-06-2007, 01:57 AM	#7
g-ride Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: St. Louis MO Age: 40 Posts: 51 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	eh it just happened. it was stock se rims with large (215-60-15) tires. hit the drivers front at around 5mph. I just figured that im not the only person whos hit a damn curb in a 240 in the snow. i wont be able to get under it until the weekend so i figured id ask.... Ive heard of a lot of tension rod problems on s13s... i guess we'll just see this weekend

02-06-2007, 02:25 AM	#8
redsuns3838 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: dog town Posts: 969 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well if u drifted into it ive heard drift-hitting curbs tend to damage your tension rods, LCAs and RUCAs, but if you grip hit it maybe the FPR, AICV, and tension rod pulleys. 5mph probably didnt do anything..if it drives fine and it in a strait line your probably good to go. but without looking under it....nobody can really say for sure what is wrong with the car. id get my car aligned if I were you, just for good measure.

02-06-2007, 06:42 PM	#15
dimsumsil80 Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: riverside Age: 40 Posts: 68 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	same thing happened to me BUT i was going 35 n ended up on top of the curb. LOL for me it was tension rod, tie rod, lca, m a fucked sub frame. 1200 in parts+labor. oooops

02-06-2007, 09:54 PM	#17
g-ride Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: St. Louis MO Age: 40 Posts: 51 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well i got under it today (it got up to 25). Saw nothing broken or bent. maybe ill just try and get it aligned....