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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: godsANGER on 24 August 2012, 18:20
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oks was driving home a car shot out in front of me i had to brake hard and the hole front of the car felt like it clasped and had a hissing/scraping sound got home and found my drivers side wheel looks like its got camber and its not centered in the wheel arch like the passenger side plus the drive shaft on that side has damage/scrape marks.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/wallace1984uk/drivershaftdamage.jpg)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/wallace1984uk/driversside.jpg)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/wallace1984uk/passside.jpg)
could my coilover had just given in and failed ?
or is it something more terminal
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you can see the camber on the drivers side on this shot
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/wallace1984uk/driv.jpg) (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/wallace1984uk/pass.jpg)
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lower arm rear bushes? wheel bearing? top mount? somthing loose? also has somone been messing with your locking wheel nut? looks liek somones tried nicking wheels lol
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Bets on it being coilovers and lower arm bushes mine done the same but not quite as bad but def the same camber
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went out in the pissing rain looking for the culprit, and found it lol and its a hum dinger,
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/wallace1984uk/1bolt3holes.jpg)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/wallace1984uk/1bolt3holes-1.jpg)
yep thats one bolt holding the hub to the wish bone lol
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The bolts haven't sheared have they?
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The bolts haven't sheared have they?
don't know having a proper look tomorrow but didn't look it, was banging it down when took pics so want out long. i think the ball joint was in the vode but not all the way and at a angle so one bolt was dun up and the others missed, anyway got a mate from garage coming tomorrow and sorting it he's just replaced my steering rack so he may have fudged up doing the bolts, which he's gutted about putting me in danger as drove it to pick the GF up yestaday and i had a scrubbing sound when turning when moving and was going to see him tomorrow about it guessing it was the ball joint rubbing against the disk hence the scores on it in the pic.
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That would explain it then. Very silly school boy error to only get one bolt in..... :lipsrsealed:
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That would explain it then. Very silly school boy error to only get one bolt in..... :lipsrsealed:
i know has as giving him self a right ruff time on phone when i rang him, schoolboy error but at least at the min there's no really damage but will find out tomorrow.