Speedboat injured!! fecking roadworks!!!

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:20 pm

came home earlier and ran over a rock down my road from where the guys are doing road works - back left wheel. It made a mighty bang!
Now that corner is a lot lower than all the other corners..?
I cant see up there because its too low.

Help! Im starting to get worried. The car doesnt feel right

RDaltron · Post by **RDaltron** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:38 pm

hate to say it but it could be a snapped spring, sounds like what happened to my mate in his astra

Rich4thGen · Post by **Rich4thGen** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:29 pm

or the shock is gone, more likely i think. take the wheel off and have a look.

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:37 pm

It's pretty bouncy on that corner now.
Not fucking happy if it is a snapped spring. I'll be out there at 8am getting phone numbers come Monday morning!

I'm going to jack it up tomorrow and take a look.

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:41 pm

Marc_VT wrote:

FECKKK!!!!!!

notice it???

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:58 pm

cryz2 wrote:the clip holding the ring in place had snaped or popped out of the slot

i hope you can find it

its the step for the spring purch to sit on, and its part of the shock body, so the impact would of flattened it off. new shock needed man

im going to get some pictures of our road tomorrow for the claim, its a mess!!

Oldskool J-EDM · Post by **Oldskool J-EDM** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:25 pm

Bad luck!

You can claim from the council if the road has a defect that exceeds 4cm in depth or height (I forget the dia. requirements). Measure the offending bit of road and take pics of you doing it...lots of them!

Post by **Tahir** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:28 pm

Feck, thats bad. A mixture of bad design and bad road imo.

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:28 am

Oldskool J-EDM wrote:Bad luck!

You can claim from the council if the road has a defect that exceeds 4cm in depth or height (I forget the dia. requirements). Measure the offending bit of road and take pics of you doing it...lots of them!

It's not the road, it was a rock on the road.

Tahir wrote:Feck, thats bad. A mixture of bad design and bad road imo.

I don't think its bad design, I've seen worse.

So pissed off man, had a very bad weekend... this just tops it all off!!

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:28 am

Here are the pics:

The road and area... I must of smashed the rock/rubble as there were no large pieces about.

Touching the brake hose/mount..

Dropped spring...

Slight damage to purch and brake hose..

Purch has dropped below the ARB, stuck!

And the damage to the shock. Turns out its not part of the shock body as I thought. I have tried with all my might to push it back up, but it's not happening - the purch is jammed on very tight...

MominF · Post by **MominF** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:33 am

Hammer it, if that doesnt help youl have to get an engineer to use a press and push it into place.

Gotta say tho, the new ride height looks better than before lol.

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:44 am

MominF wrote:Hammer it, if that doesnt help youl have to get an engineer to use a press and push it into place.

Don't you think I've tried that already!

MominF wrote:Gotta say tho, the new ride height looks better than before lol.

Not helping..
I can't drive it like that so not an improvement.

EF_Russ · Post by **EF_Russ** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:15 am

Sorry to see that mate, hope things brighten up

Post by **Marc_EE9** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:48 am

managed to put it back to normal, just need to find a jubilee clip to tighten underneath it so it doesnt happen again (thanks Si

)

still not happy though. i need to check my brakes still work, as it squashed the pipe and has dented to securing nut for it

EF_Russ · Post by **EF_Russ** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:07 pm

nice one

at least the worst case now is just a flexi hose, not a whole new shock