pothole damage

[Ben Kwan]

Thanks for the replies everyone,

I was able to get that corner of the car up in the air and found that
the backplate was touching the back of the rotor.  Bent it back
slightly and everything seems to be clear now.  Surprisingly, all the
suspension components appear to be OK and the car still tracks
straight without any shudders..  The car is at the alignment shop for
a lookover right now.

I'm not too sure if my 1.8T would have survived this with its alumimum
multilink setup.

Thanks again,
Ben Kwan

85 4000S
92 100CSq
94 90S
01 A4 1.8Tq


On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:43:28 +0200, Ado Sigal <a.sigal at bluewin.ch> wrote:
> Ben Kwan wrote:
> 
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >I hit the mother of all potholes tonight in my 92 100CSq and destroyed
> >my steel rim and the Yokohama  Guardex that it was wrapped in.  After
> >hitting it I had a vibration and noise coming from that corner and
> >slowed down, the vibration became more violent as I slowed so I
> >stopped the car immediately.   I got the donut on but now the car is
> >making a scraping noise from that corner.  Stopped at the gas station
> >and made sure that the donut was properly seated and not binding
> >against any of the moving components.    I nursed the car home and
> >notice that the donut was much warmer than all the other wheels.  Did
> >I damage a wheel bearing in process?   How do the the pricier items
> >like the diffs handle a flat/bent rim situation?  I tried searching
> >the archives for flat tire threads but didn't come up with anything.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Ben Kwan
> >
> >
> >
> If you can't find any mark on the rim, inspect if the tire itself is
> rubbing against anything, and at same time establish the amount of
> damage to the suspension by comparing distances and shapes of components
> with undamaged side.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Ado
> 
>