[duballstar]

Update... I didn't have a come along so I decided to use a rope and my expedition in AWD Low. It actually worked a lot better than I thought, but it had to be one of the scariest things I've done to my car. Haha Any advice on making small adjustments to the bent frame would be appreciated.

Also after looking better at the passenger wheel damage I realized my tie rod is bent to shit, but everything else looks in order. Off to the junk yard for parts.

The Crusher

 

[fakingdeath]

Looks like its BFH time

 

[nissanfreak8]

^Yes it does, a little coaxing down and a little more forward.

 

[duballstar]

Haha I didn't know what BFH meant until I went out and "attempted" to remove my inner tie rod. Should I separate the inner from the outer rod before of after I separate the inner from the steering rack?

 

[nissanfreak8]

Yes, I would and while your at it I would change the outer one anyway. No sense in putting something back on that could be damamged internally. The inner tie rods should not be very hard unless the have been reefed on or it is bent that badly. Good luck.

 

[duballstar]

Alright so I went out and replaced the tie rod so I could try to drive her around a little. After replacing the tie rod my wheel still seems to be pushed back toward the passenger door. Nothing else looks bent in my steering system and hub though.

I went out for a drive and it just wanted to turn left. If I was going straight and let go of the wheel it would spin hard left. Is this an alignment issue or is there a bent/broken part I am missing.

Sorry for no pictures at the moment my camera went to shit.

 

[nissanfreak8]

Sounds like you didn't screw the inner and outer tierods together enough, which will cause it to turn left. If you want to find out if your wheel is still farther back than it should be, get a tape measure and have somebody help you measure from the front of the front wheel hub to the rear of the rear hub on both sides and compare them. they should be damn close to identical if not, then something is still bent. But the wanting to turn left still makes me think that you didn't adjust the tierods enough when you put the new inner one in.

 

[duballstar]

Some pics while I think... I can't physically find a bent piece in the system. The tension rod looks a little worn out, but I wouldn't think it would make that big of a deal. I can't really tell if the LCA is bent, but I really can't see if it is or not.

 

[Car Crazy Curry]

WOW Dude, I'm so glad I found this thread. The pretty much free shell I've got has got some similar but not as bad damage on it (the guy I got it from pulled the worst of it out). Since the price was right I was gonna use it for a drift/auto x car until I took the front end apart and found the damage. But now I think it well may be fixable. I'll try to get a thread started with pics up tonight.

 

[allntrlundrgrnd]

what the deal with that lip curry?

dub: i need your compression tester

 

[Car Crazy Curry]

Still haven't found it yet but I think when I do I may keep it. It's somewheres in my garage but a buddy had to store a bunch of his crap in there too so I can't find anything in there right now.

 

[nissanfreak8]

Something is still bent, look at how far back your tire sits in your wheel well and your strut is almost behind its center line, when it should be just ahead. I would bet you pulled the whole area where the tension rod mounts backward when the wheel got pulled backward. Start comparing everything to the other side, it should be mirror images.

 

[duballstar]

I have compared it to the other side and I honestly can't see a difference. I was thinking the same exact thing about how the part where the tension rod mounts to the frame being pushed back, but it looks like it lines up at the bottom. The top part of the frame is the only part that go bent.

Could my car be so NOT aligned that the wheel would sit like that due to horrible caster??

 

[nissanfreak8]

Its a possibility but I have never saw them that far back even with horrible caster.
Ima go out and crawl under my car and see if I can get some ideas.

 

[duballstar]

Alright after farther examination I realized I actually do have some bent parts.

Tension Rod Bracket, Tension Rod, and Transverse link assembly (LCA) (other piece tension rod connects too)

I'm going to check the junkyard for some pricing on these parts, but as for now she still just sits.

 

[nissanfreak8]

Glad to hear you found out what was bent. Good luck finding parts, hopefully soon. :thumbsup

 

[allntrlundrgrnd]

i just got back from crazy rays. there was only one vert there. looked like sub frame was pretty f'ed up though

 

[duballstar]

I just uploaded some pictures from my phone right after the crash. She has come a long way

 

[nissanfreak8]

Damn man those pics make me wanna cry. But then I remember that you are fixing it and I am all happy again.
Any luck finding any other donor cars??

 

[duballstar]

I ordered a Nismo Power brace, new oem LCAs, and STK Tension Rods today. Hopefully I will get her drivable soon.