[s-cars] I broke it...AGAIN

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

All-
I looked again today and it looks like I bent the
wheel, too.  I'm going to have a shop look at it this
week.  It looks like the wheel is pointing to the
right and as I suspect, it probably can't be fixed by
a simple alignment.

-Joe "am i gonna have to part out this car" Pizzo
--- Paul Friedenberg <paulunm at msn.com> wrote:
> I hit a curb in my 200 20v (not the curb that
> totalled it) and experianced
> the same symptoms. I had it aligned, and they had to
> use frame pullers to
> move the strut tower back into place, but no bent
> control arm. Cost about
> $500 to fix. Not bad considering the last curb I hit
> totalled the car with
> an estimate of over $9000. Bent a lot of stuff,
> Broke some stuff too.
> Control arm bent, the A-arms were not bent, but the
> mounting points were
> pushed back rearward about 3 inches. It all depends
> on the impact speed and
> angles. Just take it to an alignment shop, if you
> need more than that, I'd
> take it to a body shop to have it pulled.
>
> Paul
> '95 S6
>
>
> >From: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
> >To: "Joseph Pizzimenti"
> <pizzoman at yahoo.com>,<s-car-list at audifans.com>
> >Subject: RE: [s-cars] I broke it...AGAIN
> >Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 16:23:01 -0400
> >
> >You've bent something, Joe, probably the control
> arm if the wheel is
> >leaning.
> >
> >
> >
> >Fred Munro
> >'94 S4
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> >[mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of
> Joseph Pizzimenti
> >Sent: September 15, 2002 2:53 PM
> >To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> >Subject: [s-cars] I broke it...AGAIN
> >
> >
> >So, I get my car back after replacing the pump and
> >bomb and decide to take a trip to Staten Island
> this
> >weekend.
> >
> >Bad idea.
> >
> >Let's just say that Hylan Blvd. should be declared
> a
> >warzone on suspension components.  I'm driving down
> an
> >otherwise smooth (for Staten Island) stretch of
> road
> >when I see this monstermotherofamanholecover
> sticking
> >out about half a foot.  Needless to say, I hit it
> good
> >with my right tire.  No blowout, thank God, but I
> now
> >have to point the wheel slightly to the left in
> order
> >to go straight.
> >You see, when the steering wheel is straight, so is
> >the left tire.  But, the right tire, like our good
> >Attorney General, leans to the right.  VISIBLY SO.
> >
> >Yes, I do have low profile (40 series) tires.
> >Yes, I do have the H&R V8 springs.
> >Yes, I do have Bilstein Sports.
> >No, I do not know how to do my own alignment and I
> >feel that now is as good a time as any to start.
> >
> >I will also check the tie rod and control arm, but
> >will piss and moan if I have to change the latter,
> as
> >I just did...oh, 2 weeks ago.
> >
> >The moral of the story?
> >No matter how much of a sure thing it is, it is NOT
> >worth seeing a woman who lives without the luxury
> of
> >paved roads.
> >
> >Grumbling away in NY,
> >Joe
> >
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