damages sustained from hitting a curb?

[fivespeedsteed]

so as some of you may remember, i spun out in the rain and hit a 45 degree curb. it bent my right rear axle (fixed) and has messed up my alignment. i made a very rough drawing of the mess up.

i started where you see the box in the top right and ended up on the curb half on and half off at the bottom right. the back end hit first and bent the axle then the front right hit next, with the wheel turned all the way to the right, the left 2 wheels never touched a curb. the alignment now is it tracks straight but in order to turn right you need to turn sharper than to the left. a turn of the wheel to the left is much more dramatic than the same turn of the wheel to the right when moving. so somehow the curb made my turning radius off somehow.

im getting new shocks and struts, and strut mount bushings, but what do you tihnk can cause this aligment issue. will a normal old alignment fix it or do you think i shifted my steering rack somehow?

 

[86bluecobra]

I doubt you shifted the steering rack but I bet you did bend somthing in your front end off your rack. Take it to a shop and have them look at it but I bet you will be replacing something in there.

 

[fivespeedsteed]

so you think thats why its turning unevenly. thanks. i appreciate it. any other ideas?

 

[tbovee]

I'd take it to a alignment shop and tell them what it is doing. you may have bent a inner or outer tie rod. Possibly bent a control arm. I bent a lower control arm once and the car did about the same thing you describe.

 

[Daggar]

The frame should be measured to ensure that it's straight. Most collision repair centers can tell you if it's goign to need some tweaking.