Avoided collision by jumping a curb, need help!

**Reefer82** · 07-08-2011

Ouch, had a similar incident but didn't involve another car

I ended up cracking a rim, cutting a tire, bent tie rods. Got lucky on the cv, lca however. It's a lot of work and really sucks. Personally w the amount of force it takes to damage a kncukle and mangle a control arm I'd probably replace all of that. Struts I'm not well versed in. If it were my car and the knuckle were damaged that badly (we haven't seen pics here so have to assume the worst) I would probably remove the strut to make sure it was not bent as well. Seems like it would be very unlikely it came out out of this unscathed. How old are strut and mounts? If original this may be a good time to upgrade if the funds are available

**Lionel** · 07-09-2011

Unfortunately I didnt take any pics, I should have.
I already took off my inner tie rod with that special tool.
The strut seems ok, I think I just damaged my strut mount, plus i hear clicking noise when i turn my wheels.
And yes my steering knuckle took a beating, it snapped in half basically where the caliper attaches to it i could see the bolt, and it exposed my wheel bearing.

I'm going to replace the strut mount and see what happens. I'm just going to replace my outer tie rod, it seems to move too easily.

Thanks for all the feedback guys.