Rear ended...

[COramprat]

Last week I was hit pretty hard in the rear. I thought at first the whole back would be caved in but when I looked it really wasn't bad. But when I started the car to leave it had a vibration at idle and the steering wheel was bent. I haven't driven it until today, just to see if I could tell what was wrong. It goes away somewhat once I get going but it is there at idle and low speeds. Also the vibration changes a bit when I hit the clutch. I also had a pretty bad clutch smell when I got home. Could the flywheel been damaged in a hard hit?

 

[Dragstr05]

How bad did you get hit? When you say "hard hit" I'm thinking its the kind of hit where you cant even drive it...I would think the car should be in the shop.

 

[tomustang]

get under the car and check the whole driveline and see if it's rubbing anywhere

 

[timeless2]

If the body experienced torsional trauma (from an impact), the mounts where the powertrain is fastened to the body could be misaligned and not true anymore.

 

[COramprat]

get under the car and check the whole driveline and see if it's rubbing anywhere

It does it at idle though...I don't think the drive line is the problem other than maybe the flywheel.

If the body experienced torsional trauma (from an impact), the mounts where the powertrain is fastened to the body could be misaligned and not true anymore.

Like engine mounts?

 

[timeless2]

Like engine mounts?

Possibly, since you stated it's at idle as well. Transmission are a possibility, too, as it is directly connected to the rear axle.

Your driveshaft could have suffered as well. Some stuff will check out fine when they do repairs, but time will press on and failures will begin. I've been there twice and it sucks.

 

[tomustang]

It does it at idle though...I don't think the drive line is the problem other than maybe the flywheel.

still you did get an impact that jolted though the whole driveline, it could be there and having higher revs might just balance it out

I had a buddy tell me his engine mount was busted and it lead to vibrating at lower speeds/idle

 

[tomustang]

If the body experienced torsional trauma (from an impact), the mounts where the powertrain is fastened to the body could be misaligned and not true anymore.

didn't come true from the factory

 

[KronicRacer]

how hard of a hit was it? did the rear cave into the axle? if it hit the axle and moved it. a whole bunch of things couldve happened. the rear is out of alignment, the driveshaft damaged the tranny. lower and upper control arms are possibly shot. im getting flashbacks to my wrecked 99 v6

 

[timeless2]

didn't come true from the factory

Tolerances.

 

[COramprat]

I'm waiting for the Ins Co to determine fault. Seems the guy who caused all of it is saying that the van hit me first and then he hit her...but I got news for him. He screwed up everybody...on top of that he was on a cell phone.

No real visible damage from the back but I crawled under the rear and the bumper brace is bent along with a bent steering wheel. It also looks like the trunk is a little out of whack, very little, and the passenger door seems to be a little off as well. Maybe that I just never really looked at them close before. Probably a 15-20MPH jolt but it felt much worse. Freaked my son out but we were OK.