Efini 8

my rear lower tie rod is bent (one connecting the wheel hub to the mid section with a little screw with a dial on it) where to adjust caster I believe. Bent it drifting and I jumped a curb. Was doing a left hand turn then didnt countersteer in time then the oversteer was too great with the rear sliding out then hit the concrete curb with my rear right rim causing the lower tie rod to bent a little hitting the control arm.

Sputnik

You should take it to a dealership, have that tie rod replaced, have the rest checked to see if there was any other damage. It's hard to tell sometimes, and unless there is a weak piece in the suspension, more than one piece is normally damaged.

Then get a 4 wheel alignment again.

---jps

syntrix

Yeah, unfortunately it's usually more than one component that gets bent when you whack a curb.

Take it to a dealer or a good body shop (if they even have specs on hte car), and they can check frame, lower carriage, and each of the tie rods, etc.

Hopefully it's not that bad!

Efini 8

Here is a pic of the bent rod

Gord96BRG

Is the control arm supposed to be curved slightly, or was that also bent?

Regards,
Gordon

Spin9k

Wow! Think of the lateral forces to do that kind of damage! To be able to bend two solid steel bars like that makes you wonder what those forces did to the frame and attachment areas? Yikes!

You might need a body shop frame straightener.

syntrix

They are both bent

You can see in this pic with my lower arm dropped:

Efini 8

is that a pic of ur install when you did ur JIC coilovers Syntrix?

syntrix

Yes

Doctorr

Rim will be bent 'for sho'.

Spin it and watch it wobble.

Bearings will be damaged, need new ones, will last months but will eventually seize up. Please don't ask how I know,,,,
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Efini 8

fixed it... only took like 30 mins... now need alignment.

project

Get your wheels checked out for cracks as well. I slid into a curb at about 15 mph in an unexpected snowstorm and broke both wheels on the drivers side. Luckily the only other damage was a bent wheel hub....

RenesisX-8

iTrader: (1)

I had to replace the same two arms on my eight.

The night I bought it, it was about 35 degrees and pouring rain. I got off at my exit and it was not raining and looked dry. I went around my usual fun corner a little conservatively and as soon as I throttled out the car snapped and I locked them down but it went past 90 degrees and crossed the road sliding onto the curb RR first.

I replaced the rods myself, dealer ($112) ordered them the next day (Fri.) and I fixed it on Monday, before the wife found out hehe.

After that the car performed flawlessly. I pushed the car hard on every curvey road and in the mountains.

darkducati

This sounds like an excuse for a call to JIC. :D

jaybraveheart

I did te same thing but my airbag deployed as well
I had to go to the dealer It's been two weeks and they still haven'y gotten parts

roto8car

I just did the same thing. car-part.com has the parts listed for $45. A place in OH will ship a rod for $15 extra and it'll be here in 3 days. Tires plus quoted me 260 for the whole job and an alignment. How hard was it to swap the bushings?

BigRed

good use of the search button^, but its 3 years old

roto8car

figured i should add any info for future dummies

G3tR3DDY2GR3DDY

iTrader: (8)

i ususally have quite a few of these laying around from parts cars too if anyone ever needs one pm me

saudkhan

my rear driver side tie rods is bent both rods are bend and Tyre is slightly curved. please help me. what can i do for that?

paimon.soror

iTrader: (15)

holy rust batman! You are going to need to replace with OEM or aftermarket (megan). Not much else you can do that would be recommended. Check on ebay for a set of oem used from a wrecker, there should be a ton out there (there usually are).

syntrix

I would take it to the dealer or a qualified mechanic.

Must be in a snow state to see that much corrosion, yikes!

monchie

That thing needs to be replace asap, it could just break anytime...