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  Jul 26 2007, 10:24 PM
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Im working on a car for the son of my wifes friend. Its a was jumped over a railroad crossing and bottomed out the suspension in the back
REAL bad.................. (IMG:http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/AutoXSS/jackedupcamaro004.jpg) (IMG:http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/AutoXSS/jackedupcamaro002.jpg) (IMG:http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/AutoXSS/jackedupcamaro003.jpg) (IMG:http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y226/AutoXSS/jackedupcamaro005.jpg) the right rear shock was blown, the rear bumpstop is gone it hit sooo hard, the panhard bar was cracked, and the trackbar brace( the bar above the panhard, don't really know the name) was bent too. I replaced everything except the brace above the panhard that looks tweaked. Before i started work i noticed that the right rear wheel was sucked in and the left rear was pushed out( the rear axle was off center big time). I thought that maybe replacing the panhard would take care of most of that, but it barely made a difference. Could the brace above the panhard be bent that much, could it be something else? Is the car just a turd and should be returned to hell? I may just get her to buy a new brace and see what that does(she wanted to save $$$, thats why im working on it and not a real mechanic. This post has been edited by Joe Silva: Jul 26 2007, 10:29 PM |
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Jul 26 2007, 10:56 PM
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I build race cars Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,748 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Central coast, CA Member No.: 874 |
The OEM upper PH brace has a slight kink in it for exhaust clearance - this one has been really bent up, and it probably pulled the Pass side frame extension over towards the CL of the car when it bent, along with pulling hard on the 3 bolts that attach it to the Drv side frame rail. To do it right, you'd need a frame shop to pull the pass side out, and then inspect the spot weld attachments of that extension to the frame, and replace the upper PH brace. A quick 'n dirty if there aren't any cracks or pulled spot welds would be to replace the upper PH brace with one with slotted holes on the drv side, and make up a shorter PH to recenter the axle. Check for clearance issues. Also, the axle housing might have been bent, tho possibly in a good way.
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Jul 27 2007, 03:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,226 Joined: 24-December 03 From: Danville, CA, USA Member No.: 27 |
QUOTE (Blainefab @ Jul 26 2007, 05:56 PM)  Also, the axle housing might have been bent, tho possibly in a good way. .....wouldn't that be bent in the "bad" direction? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/nutkick.gif) |
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