need help!!!ASAP please

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I was driveing today and I think my tie rod broke. ( i know for sure there is a rod broke)It is the rod that keep my wheel from going back and hit my fenderwell! I hit the sidewalk head on but my wheels was turn while drifting! it's the rod that connet on the front of the car!:help


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First thing: If you are drifting anywhere that has sidewalks to hit at the point where you still hit things, you're...stupid.

Second: You probably bent you A-bar or whatever it's actually called up front there.

Third and most important: Why are you even asking this here? Go to a mechanic (get it towed) and get it fixed or order the part and do it youself.

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90s13flyingduck wrote:I was driveing today and I think my tie rod broke. ( i know for sure there is a rod broke)It is the rod that keep my wheel from going back and hit my fenderwell! I hit the sidewalk head on but my wheels was turn while drifting! it's the rod that connet on the front of the car!:help


Even though your post is using English words, it's like reading a different language. So what's your question? You broke a undertermined rod by being stupid? Want me to laugh at you? That's all I can really help you with since you can't explain anything and I don't understand you. Go back to school, that would be more helpful to you then posting here.

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it actually sounds more like a tension rod to me. Tie rods steer the car by moving in and out of the steering rack assembly.

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I can't really spell I am sorry! But I would never drift on a street. I was doing it at my work parking lot. which is very big. I mean very big. there is no one there other then me so I know I would not endanger anyone else! Other then my baby (my S13) and my self!

But here is what I am trying to say. Maybe if I cut the story, it might be easier to understand.

I was drifting at my work parking lot. Since NO ONE THERE OTHER THEN MY SELF. I drift and try to learn better skill. Anyway While I was drifting, By accident I lost it and was going to fast. So I slam my car going? speed. I know not more then 15MPH. Head on but with my steering wheel turn (which made my front tire hit side ways to the side walk) Which broke a rod. here is what I am trying to found out. Which rod is it? It is the rod that is connect from the front fame to the front wheel suspension.

P.S Like I say before, I will never drift or do anything to endanger anyone else on the street or where ever i go. And I am 22 so please don't think I am just another ricer teen.

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yea tension control rod but if u broke that u must have bent ur lower control arm too. http://www.pdm-racing.com/prod....htmlthey sell T/C rods with OEM or whiteline bushings

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seriously though, before you bother spending money fixing your car, please learn english so that you can communicate in our country

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he already admitted to being dumb when typin so am i i try to type too fast. and a couple other people already ripped on him for it but still gave advice. ur even more of a retard for thinking ur cool about making fun of him. although i am doin the same thing right now

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definitly a tension rod, you may have damage to the wheel/tire, and the strut depending on how bad it was, it could have also bent the front of your frame, although this is usually no big deal because nothing is attached infront of this. there is some other piece, sorry i can not think of the name, nothing expensive. might cost you around 400 total to get fixed, if you dont pull your own parts. if you find out whats broken you could do this. you could probably replace the parts yourself, but you will need an alignment after it is all installed. replace those tension rods with something better than stock! =)

the LCA was fine in my experience, so was the sway bar (unless there isnt one up there) id say impact was around 25-30mph, and just like you said the wheel was parallel with the curb on contact. the strut was also ok, but should be checked regardless.

those of you laughing at someone getting into an accident, havnt driven long enough.

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Again Sorry to the people that can't understand me. I speak alot better then I can type. I am not good on spelling since the day I was born. But thank's alot your for helping me. I got me a T-rod for $56 at a Nissan Dealer here in ATL. Did I pay more then a After market one that is better then stock?:ylsuper

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noand you should check out some of the other parts like others have said. my friend did something simaler in his zuki sidekick 4wheeling, hite a tree trunk with the passenger side tire trying to stay out of a deep rut and completly stoped his car, luckly we where able to drive it out, but he ruined the tires just on the drive home. he ended up replacing the a arm, strut, and had to get the fram pulled strait. so you may want to check some other parts out also, and junk yard parts are they way to go!

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I am going to get the T-Rod on it for now, then I can take it back to my school to check for the aliement, and stuff!When your talk about Strut it mean the shock and spring right? So what I really need just the shocks?

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Heh glad to hear you were being safe...just most of the time people who hit sidewalks arn't in parking lots, thankfully you were! sorry for jumping to the conclusion, hope it all works out.


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