my 05 forester, abit damaged :(

clarkey · Post by **clarkey** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:49 am

a couple of weeks ago now some stupid B***h stopped in the middle of the road with no warning what so ever, and i ran up the ass end of her, my car is abit damaged but lastnight mate and i were out haveing abit of fun and i hit a bump abit fast and got a really bad wheel wabble.

it is either a buckled wheel or an axle job, can someone please give me some tips on how to check??

my dad will kill me if he finds out, so gotta fix it befor he notices. some how.

Cheers Mike.

P.S HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL (for yesterday)

Post by **TOONGA** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:44 am

visually

jack the wheel you think is buggered up and spin it

if the wheel wobbles around it is buckled if you can't find a buckled wheel it is an axle (hard to fix)

expensively

take it to a wheel shop and let them do it

the lesson here is don't hoon around in your car

TOONGA

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:04 pm

swap another wheel into same position
look under front end and compare left to right

your Foz...or your fathers?

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:11 pm

I assume by axel you mean driveshaft. If so that's incredibly easy to fix and would cost about $170 for a brand new one. Pretty unlikely for that to be the cause though I think.

I'd say most likely it's a wheel. As suggested u should be able to tell visually. Otherwise just swap you spare on and see how it goes.

Possibly maybe you've damaged the power steering rack too but check the easier stuff first.

clarkey · Post by **clarkey** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:03 pm

steptoe wrote:swap another wheel into same position
look under front end and compare left to right

your Foz...or your fathers?

my foz, just my old man gets really angry about soomething like this.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 6:48 pm

Just don;t drive with or near your dad until it is sorted

Post by **Captain Obvious** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:31 am

if it has factory forester steel wheel id say you have bent on rim, they are like butter and bend easy.!!

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:02 am

Captain Obvious wrote:if it has factory forester steel wheel id say you have bent on rim, they are like butter and bend easy.!!

Yes not first time Ive seen this, Get the rim wheel balanced and if its not, then its somewhere else ie. hub.
Cheers
AP