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[kazkillinger]

So i was driving home doing a simple left turn all of a sudden i hear a loud knock and i lose control unable to drive the wheels i hit a curb and crash into some mud. anyone ever had the drive shafts break on them the tow truck guy said the a frame was fucked up too????all i know is the right side is till conneteced to the tranny yet the wheels dont spin any help would be great. thnx guys.

[superbird]

ur screwed dude

[crazybrew609]

could be anything from a bad axle, to tie rod end, to steering rack, to anything else... hard to tell... techs will figure it out tho

[Sp00ner]

You hit a curb, crashed into mud?

Well, if you hit a curb, that could snap it right there... suddenly lost control of the wheels... hmmm... not sure.

[yrethguad]

Lost control of the wheels wouldn't be the driveaxle. It may have broke during the impact..... somehow.... Still doesn't sound right to me, for a driveaxle to break. Even a curb hitting a wheel sideways, unless hitting 40mph+.

Losing control, some sort of suspension arm, or a steering arm broke. Very interesting to see how much you sue GM for.

[Sp00ner]

Originally Posted by yrethguad

Lost control of the wheels wouldn't be the driveaxle. It may have broke during the impact..... somehow.... Still doesn't sound right to me, for a driveaxle to break. Even a curb hitting a wheel sideways, unless hitting 40mph+.

Losing control, some sort of suspension arm, or a steering arm broke. Very interesting to see how much you sue GM for.

How can you make a 'simple' left turn, at a high enough rate of speed to snap off a wheel and bend the frame of the car?

[ionicfury]

at least 35 mph cuz i did it in my old 99 sc1, stupidity i know but yeah i was doing 35 and slid to far hit a curb and found the wheel under the car

[yrethguad]

Originally Posted by Sp00ner

How can you make a 'simple' left turn, at a high enough rate of speed to snap off a wheel and bend the frame of the car?

Yeah, that's what I meant.

[kazkillinger]

So saturn towed it today and ill find out what exactly happened tommrow hopefully.

[Watts-Up]

Originally Posted by superbird

ur screwed dude

WOW! That's a great contribution of information to this thread there dude! I'm sure that's just the type of info he was looking for.

Kaz, I would think that a bolt on a control arm or something came loose. Did you have any front end work or anything done lately? Maybe someone left something loose.