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[centy]

The strut is ****ed mate.
You can see in the pics that the tube has broken away from the cast section on the bottom.
I would still clean the bearing plate on top and look for cracking around the rubber that is bigger then the other side. if in dought when you change the strut then you can change it to.
When you pull the strut apart you can check the insert and spring for damage. If you are lucky then they will both be ok.

 

[mike49]

thanks for your replys guys, new struts it is, i hope the spring etc is ok.

thanks

 

[rob drag racer]

springs should be fine but god dam that's some serious strut damage lucky you and your front wheel Assembly didn't part ways after the fact

 

[vn calais manual]

im from whyalla mate, youl have trouble getting the wreckers to let ya take a strut theyre dicks here.

did a fair old number on that strut and balljoint, your springs will be fine, hopefully your rack end is aswell check that out.

lesson learnt for taking a low car on a dirt road

 

[mike49]

lesson learnt very very well mate

 

[Smallies]

lol, Im from whyalla too - and it seems to me that the bumps and **** you see on dirt roads out bush are'nt too different to the proper roads in town. My point being - most roads in this city are shocking. Off topic i know - sorry. Good luck with the repairs mate. let us know how it goes.

 

[Rhino Racing]

Also it may pay to check out the radius rod that goes from the front of your k-frame to your lower control arm.it may get a bend in it too, as well as it may pull the front of the K-frame in on itself a bit.(where the nut goes on the radius rod at the front through the rubber bush)

 

[VT Berlina 07]

well we know what the moral of that story is