[Shotimes] (OT) curb-impact damage to RWD

[Leigh Smith]

Joe
Axles can get bent.Would cause bad brake throb like you describe.
Check the rotor hub area runout with a dial indicator.
Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 1:18 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] (OT) curb-impact damage to RWD


> I need help figuring out what's wrong with our Crown Vic.  My 16-year-old
> overcooked a corner last week, in the rain, spun the car, and put the left
> rear wheel into a curb.
>
> The alloy rim is bent, no question.  We put a winter rim on to see if
there
> might be other damage.  It appears there is.  The brakes now "throb" (like
a
> warped rotor but worse) and the left rear rotor gets very hot quickly,
> indicating drag.  Solid rotor about 1/2" thick, BTW, and Crown Vics also
> have a small cable-operated drum brake inside the rotor hat.
>
> What to do next?
>
> --- I'm thinking of removing the rotor, taking it into a parts store, and
> asking them to check on their lathe whether the rotor was bent.  Rotors
are
> cheap.
>
> --- How would I know or test whether the caliper is damaged?  I suppose we
> could replace it to rule it out.
>
> --- The hub mounts to the solid axle with four bolts.  Is there any way to
> check whether the hub, or the flange on the end of axle, is bent?
>
> --- Or should I just put the winter tire back on, drive it to a collision
> shop, and ask them to tell me what's wrong?
>
> We're not affluent enough to just hand the car to a shop.  TIA for any
help.
>
> Joseph van Oss
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