Rear suspension damaged, need advice Options

[bonzaisushi]

Hey guys last nite i was cruzin around with a friend just to cruze and i hit a patch of ice and lost control, i went spinning into the curb and it bend my driver rear tire into the wheel well, im thinking its my cv joint or the axels, im gunna try to get pics up but not sure how fast i can, all i know is trying to drive it id have to turn the steering wheel all the way to the right inorder to barely go straigh. i need advice guys, how much will this cost to fix? what else gould it be the tire is at this angle ----> \ <------- so ne help would be great, thanks in advance

[Guest_Matthew_*]

I bet that the ball joint came undone. This happened to me in a previous car once. If it is the ball joint you are lucky cuz it could've gave out when you were driving down the highway. One time after work one day I let one of my buddies drive my 98 cavalier home. (we lived in the next town). It was on this half ice, half snow covered road. He started goofing off and trying to fishtail and the car spun out of control and we went off the road onto this side road and he got control and he kept driving down this road and he took this corner going about 35 or so and all of a sudden it felt like we hit this HUMONGOUS pothole with all the wheels and the car started bouncing really rough and then it stopped. He tried to start going again and it wouldn't. It just revved up real high. He put it in reverse and that didn't work. He got out and looked at the front tire and his jaw dropped. I thought that we got hung up on a tree stump or something and that's why it wouldn't go. I got out and looked at it and the only that was holding the wheel on was the top of the strut and spring. The top was all the way out and the bottom was all the way in. We had to walk back in town and had it towed and the mechanic told me that I was lucky that it happened that way cuz these things normally don't give out even under that much abuse. He said that it was pretty worn-out, especially for being such a new car. Then my friend being the way that he is didn't pay a nickel to get it fixed. He said that I was lucky to have a friend who would look out for him like that and that I should thank him for potentially saving my life.

Matt

[bonzaisushi]

im hopin thats the problembut, it sounds like things are bent to me. the top of my tire is at 8:30. i just hope it didnt damage the front or the frame

[bonzaisushi]

well it ended up that not being the problem but it ended up being 2700 dollars of problems my whole rear end suspesnioni is jackd, my diskc brake all the arms and shock and struts and a whole list of every thing, damn toyotas are nice to own when there working cuz there reliable as hell, but when they get broken parts are so expensive from toyota, oh well at least i know there quality parts

[rlan214]

QUOTE (bonzaisushi @ Jan 21 2003, 03:33 PM)

well it ended up that not being the problem but it ended up being 2700 dollars of problems my whole rear end suspesnioni is jackd, my diskc brake all the arms and shock and struts and a whole list of every thing, damn toyotas are nice to own when there working cuz there reliable as hell, but when they get broken parts are so expensive from toyota, oh well at least i know there quality parts

2700 $$$
do car-parts.com
should help you
oh try to ask another place i mean toyota dealership can such an a hole sometimes