I hit a nasty pothole coming out of a driveway at my local store. Couldnt have been going more than 10 mph.
Car sounded like it bottomed out but when I looked at the car from the front it looked like the radiator support had hit too cause the air dam was shredded.
Now in city driving the car feels like it leans hard to the right when making a left turn, more so than to the left when making a right turn.
While driving on the highway, when im turning left, not a hard left, the wheel maybe 45 degrees, the car feels like it wants to continue to go in to the turn. ( hope that makes sense )
Although I didnt jack the car up, I turned the wheels all the way left while parked to look at the passenger side. Didnt see anything out of the ordinary, no leaking balljoints, bent arms, etc...
I was thinkin maybe the strut blew, but having dspecs, I turned both fronts all the way stiff till it wouldnt turn anymore, drove around, and felt the difference in stiffness for both struts but with the same aforementioned problem.
I would jack up the front end of youre car to inspect the lower arm, Tie rods ends, Also take a look at youre link arm bushings as well, You could have just bumped the front end out a bit, In which knocked the wheel alignment out.
Yea, I plan to do that soon as the weather permits. I was kinda concerned about the struts though, if its something else I can always buy ONE replacement part but if its the struts that means a set!!!
Dspec struts wouldnt blow out that easily would they? Besides if a strut blows out doesnt the fluid from the strut leak out around it? I didnt see any fluid. Lifted the strut boot an everything.
Wouldn't necessarily leak out the fluid. The valving inside could have been damaged letting too much fluid flow past making the strut soft. I agree with getting the alignment checked ASAP too.
The tokico's are gas filled, not liquid. You won't get fluid coming out of them if they're blown.
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Aw man, If there was a leak would the strut still "lock" when adjusting all the way stiff?
Dave Dunsmoor wrote:The tokico's are gas filled, not liquid. You won't get fluid coming out of them if they're blown.
Gas pressurized (usually nitrogen), to keep the liquid from frothing. All shocks and struts still have oil in them.
Ok, so with that said, has anyone experienced a dspec blow out? and if so, was there any fluid around the strut?
Im in the process of checking under the car now. So far, havent found anything but ima keep lookin.
Lemme know if any of anyone has experienced a dspec blowout.
Well I finished looking under the car and I think it was what I feared, It really feels like the strut blew. With the car jacked up and wheel off, I pulled up on the control arm to compress the strut and it compressed way to easily for me to do it by hand. I dont think this is the best way to test it but its the only indication I have. I lifted the strut boot and no liquid.
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Gas pressurized (usually nitrogen), to keep the liquid from frothing. All shocks and struts still have oil in them.
If some of the nitrogen was lost could that cause the strut to go soft?
Question, if you adjust them to full hard, then go driving, do you get a different feel?
" To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous. "
Yes in a way, when I adjusted both front struts to full hard, I can feel the extra stiffness in the passenger side strut when I turn left, but the same uneven feeling is there, like the passenger side is weak or something.
Yorksir wrote:Well I finished looking under the car and I think it was what I feared, It really feels like the strut blew. With the car jacked up and wheel off, I pulled up on the control arm to compress the strut and it compressed way to easily for me to do it by hand. I dont think this is the best way to test it but its the only indication I have. I lifted the strut boot and no liquid.
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Gas pressurized (usually nitrogen), to keep the liquid from frothing. All shocks and struts still have oil in them.
If some of the nitrogen was lost could that cause the strut to go soft?
Probably. The best way I have found to test if its bad, especially on stock springs, is to push down on the affected corner of the car as hard as you can a few times, if it bounces more than once or twice, the shock/strut is bad. You should only be able to push down really hard and the car should come back up and pretty much stop.
