snap - shes dead jim

[Ian]

Wellll there goes my suspension plans.

One of the bars on my rear left arm has snapped, and as a result, rear left wheel can turn from left to right freely.

recently, I had a wheel alignment done by bob jane's. What im wanking to know is is it possible they aligned the wheel in such a way that it placed too much strain on the bar, snapping it.

I was reversing, slowly, out of a driveway, turning right.

What I need to know is how much is it going to cost to fix and is it possible that bj's fked it so I can hit them up for the money?

Thanks
Ian

[323kid]

DAMN!!! thats no good man, bad luck! hope you get her running again soon


im not sure.......... but i think that the familia front end may be the same, interchangeable parts from your gtx cut maybe?

*shrugs*

[project.r.racing]

no, they just bust with time, small cracks become big breaks - probably sundays workout just finished the job... the threading has probably stripped away - its a cheap 2nd hand part if its the part i'm thinking of... do worry, it wont hurt your plans too much.

maybe fix same time as doing suspension mods

ryan

[Astro Boy]

Originally Posted by Ian

recently, I had a wheel alignment done by bob jane's. What im wanking to know is is it possible they aligned the wheel in such a way that it placed too much strain on the bar, snapping it.

BOB JANE??!!??@@!!##

Dude... WTF?

I will bet you all my cars, that you could do to a different "tyre place" and your allignment will already be miles out.... TWO things...

Tyre places know NOTHING about wheel allignments, and are flat out knowing anything about tyres, i mean hell, i got realy desperate once, and NEEDED a wheel allignment on a sat so i went to bob jane at lawnton, and aside from trying to talk me out of the allignment which i wanted, they didn't even have the right size allen key to do the job, and had to walk across the road to autobarn to buy one... Yeah, cause they're aren't many ppl driving round in G200 charades????

Tyres places DO NOT 1. check tyre pressures before doing the allignment, and 2. DO NOT compensate for lateral run-out for before doing it!!!!! I'm not going to try and explain what LRO is, but it dramatically effects wheel allignments...

On the northside of brisvegas... 3 places that know their sh!te... 1. Pedders at Geebung (remember each pedders is privately owned, and they AREN'T all the same ie. avoid lawntown) 2. Fulcrum at Stafford, and 3. Leda Suspension at Brendale....

And for tyres, Hornibrook Motorsport in Geebung...

Stick to that, you'll get the best advice, best product and best price... SIMPLE!

Anything else to add Nate?

[Nate]

snap?? whats gonna go next mate

the only way you are going to know what it is going to cost is to find out what is borken and ring up mazda and get quotes on replacement parts. its more than likely that is just a nut come loose from the allignment, too get money out of them there has to be damage and you have to prove fault in there work

[Astro Boy]

oh, BTW nate, love the sig!

[twilightprotege]

yep, fulcrum at stafford. very good

[Nate]

Originally Posted by Bourne Boy

oh, BTW nate, love the sig!

i try my best

[Astro Boy]

yeah, but try telling some people that the place that sells them their fully sik chrome 22" rims know nothing about wheel allignments! Its a lost cause sometimes!

[Ian]

humm I know whats broken.. Id post pictures but I dont have a digital camera as im stuck at my mates place until I get it fixed 2morrow (parents are going away 2morrow night so this has to get fixed asap)

a bar has just snaped in two.... Its not something that can wait, the car drives like a crab, sideways, no ****.

anyway, I took some photos with my phone, see if I can get em on my pc.

[Ian]

Sorry about the dodgy quality of the photos, they were taken on my phone and thats the best it can handle.


Anyway this isent something that can sit. I need a car by saturday or im stuffed so it has to be fixed today, friday.

If anyone knows a place within 10km of bracken ridge that can get this fixed quickly and not overcharge me, id like to know.

Thanks.

[boostedbatman]

Nate we were right!!!!
Easy fix there Ian
Its a Prick to have happened but wont cost you much for the part and you should be able to complete the job yourself in under 15mins

[Ian]

maybe...

I have no tools, no transportation and no idea wtf the bar that snapped is called, much less how to fix it...

Im near nate... humm

Hey nate.....

feel like loaning me ur garage, tools and person for a few hours today? :P I'll chuck in 20 bucks for ur trouble, and we can go get that CV boot and stuff I offered u in return for ur short shifter...

[Nate]

yes you are near me, and the car will be even closer to me when i go to tafe toda, which i wont be missing out on for $20 cheers anyway mate

[lil_astina]

sent you a pm is this the torsion style bar that goes from behind the breaks up towards the front on the frame let me no and ill see if i can get you one only problem is i wont be able to get it to you till tonight let me no

[Ian]

its all good.

Unfortunatly I had no choice but to get it towed into a mechanics today. There gona charge me 65 for a wheel alignment, 90 for an hours labour (****ing rip-off) and 80ish for the part.

I really didnt have a choice however. The car must be running by tommrow, otherwise I will be up a creek without a paddle.

Such is life.

[Nate]

i would have bought a $30 jack and $20 tool kit from super **** and done it in the driveway if i was you, was gonna sms you back but i ran out of phone charge ... if they havent done it already tell them you DONT want a wheel alignment and get it done and one of the forementioned places

[Ian]

Its all good, after much ****ing around we got the part for 30 and he did labour only fot 90. I didnt get the wheels aligned, and will get it done at said places.

[ROB-80E]

Pitty i didn't see this earlier. I helped a mate change it on his laser about 5 months ago. For future reference the part is called a rear trailing arm. The stress is caused from the sway bar....it's basically just one of those things. You're lucky like my mate was that it didn't snap doing 110km/h, it happened the same to him as it did to you and that was backing out of a driveway.

He picked up another trailing arm for $30.

[boostedbatman]

Originally Posted by Ian

its all good.

Unfortunatly I had no choice but to get it towed into a mechanics today. There gona charge me 65 for a wheel alignment, 90 for an hours labour (****ing rip-off) and 80ish for the part.

I really didnt have a choice however. The car must be running by tommrow, otherwise I will be up a creek without a paddle.

Such is life.

You really need to buy yourself a decent tool kit and a pushbike