what grade and type of bolt were they? there are a few really critical
bolts on my car, mostly regular grade 5 and grade 8.
usually a bolt needs to be under torqued to break, as being close to the
torque spec is the safest and strongest (from what i recall). 3COM
definitely loosened up some of mine in the past. but not since ive been
paying closer attention to torque specs.
and i agree with navid... just hammer stuff back in place :) check the
front suspension for straightness, of course.
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Kupper" <skupper@2xtreme.net>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: damage done to my car
> 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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