I've replaced pretty much everything in my suspension since the day I bought
the car, including one of the bolts that broke. I don't know the reason why
they broke It could be old age.
I'll replace all of the suspension bolts before the car gets on the road
again.
steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "james creasy" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>
To: "Steve Kupper" <skupper@2xtreme.net>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: damage done to my car
> ouch that sucks!
>
> did the bolts break in shear? were they previously loose?
>
> i check all my suspension bolts a couple of times a year and will probably
> go through and replace them all at some point.
>
> -james
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Kupper" <skupper@2xtreme.net>
> To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:32 PM
> Subject: damage done to my car
>
>
> > To all those interested in what happend to my car during the last event:
> >
> > Three bolts that hold the right strut on the bottom to the control arm
> broke
> > as the car's suspension unloaded from the left side to load the right at
> the
> > end of the long sweeper going into the final sharp left at the end of my
> > last run. As the result of this I finished 3rd :( and damaged the right
> side
> > of my car as seen in these pictures. The full extent of damage is still
> not
> > known as I have not removed anything from the car yet. It seems that
> nothing
> > actually hit the ground, but I might've bent the camber plate. The
fender
> is
> > gone and will need to be replaced.
> >
> > I might take a step towards Street Mod class and replace the fenders and
> the
> > hood with fiberglass at this point and leave them unpainted until the
> > winter.
> >
> > Check out my website for the pictures of the damage. www.kgb-racing.com
> >
> > steve kupper
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