[s-cars] Tire wear/suspension help needed
Steve Marinello
smarinello at entouch.net
Sat Jul 30 08:11:45 PDT 2011
Okay, Peter, now you're scaring me with bigger $$$. What is the easiest
way to check the rack?
Steve
On 7/30/2011 9:24 AM, Peter wrote:
> 1. Tie rod end.
> 2. Broken rack. (from holding tight onto the steering wheel when he
> was hit and chipping/breaking a gear tooth/teeth and allowing the tie
> rod to have "slop".) /Peter
>
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Steve Marinello
> <smarinello at entouch.net <mailto:smarinello at entouch.net>> wrote:
>
> The subject car is the kids' '04 A4q Ultrasport. You may remember
> that I mentioned he was in an accident while at college. The car
> was hit pretty hard at the passenger side rear door and rear
> bulkhead as he made a left turn and was hit by someone rushing in
> a new Accord to make the light. Bad decision/speed estimation or
> whatever. The car was hit hard enough to spin him and the
> original estimate of $4k blossomed to $8.5 k as they worked on it.
> Still it came out okay, it seemed, with a new door RR door,
> fender and suspension pieces there. As the tire was shot, I
> shipped him out a couple of barely used spares and we drove it out
> from San Diego to Houston at the end of May. Since then, he also
> did a round trip to/from Alabama to visit my father-in-law this
> summer. I was in the car with him and heard what sounded like
> feathering/cupping was going on in the right front. Checked it
> out...very localized and significant wear, down to the belt over
> about three inches on the inside with focused wear extending
> another couple of inches per side. This is on one of the tires
> sent out, not one that was in the accident. My mechanic did not
> see anything more than me, which is the engine mount on that side
> is shot; completely collapsed and split. So, two engine mounts
> and the tranny mount will be replaced, but my question is, to our
> resident experts, is that kind of wear possible without something
> else bent or messed up in the front suspension?
>
> I'll deal with the tire today, and order either 034 mounts or RS4
> mounts from ECS Monday, but what do you guys think?
>
> TIA,
>
> Steve
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