Author Topic: R Reg Golf GTI - Misalignment Problem  (Read 1885 times)

Offline tweed

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Re: R Reg Golf GTI - Misalignment Problem
« Reply #10 on: 27 June 2012, 16:49 »
I'm even more certain it's just lower arm.


Been there and done it but was more of a rally drive in the snow. I was in control but thought the road was wider than what it was  :grin: 

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Offline Wayne

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Re: R Reg Golf GTI - Misalignment Problem
« Reply #11 on: 27 June 2012, 23:54 »
The wishbone will bend really easy

Offline thai-wronghorse

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Re: R Reg Golf GTI - Misalignment Problem
« Reply #12 on: 28 June 2012, 10:07 »
I'd have thought they were designed to absorb energy and crumple before the chassis.

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Re: R Reg Golf GTI - Misalignment Problem
« Reply #13 on: 28 June 2012, 23:09 »
My one has done this in the snow and I have a bent driveshaft as a result, which has ruined the wheel bearing.