What's Wrong with my A8 Steering?

[Brian O']

you probably bent the c shaped lower control arm, the
tie rod is to high to bend for what you did. turn the
wheel straight, look at the differance side to side on
the distance from the wheel to the back of the fender,
use your hand and fingers for measurement, also look
to see how the wheel is pointing while the wheel is
straight. 
                                      brian o'
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--- Paul Waterloo <pwaterloo at compuserve.com> wrote:
> So the other day I did a bone head move and while
> parking, I hit a pipe
> (about 10" dia) sticking out of the ground with a
> flange attached to the
> top. I was pulling into a spot (on a side road in
> Chicago) and I didn't see
> it because it was about 8-12" inches high. It ended
> up scrapping the bottom
> part of my front bumper just forward of the wheel
> then I hit it with my
> tire. I was barely moving, but it scraped the
> bumper. No problem.
> 
> Got in my car to find out that my steering wheel is
> now about 36 degrees
> off. I drive the car and it tracks
> perfectly.....actually pulls a slight bit
> to the left (almost perfect) but it did that before?
> 
> Do you think I bent a tie rod end? How could the
> steering wheel move like it
> did?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Paul
>
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> Paul Waterloo
> Applied Energy Services
> Phone 708-524-9464
> Fax 708-524-0079
> Cell 312-961-2523
> pwaterloo at compuserve.com
> 
> 
> 


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