Bang

[richors 0]

Had a slight altercation with a barrier at cadwell yesterday when i went too wide on one corner, got a wheel on the grass and that was it - spun round and into the barrier on opposite side.

 

So - Just wondering before i start, apart from bolts on top, how is the front wing held on elsewhere?

Also, drivers rear wheel appears to have been pushed backwards slightly - could that be just tracking or likely stub axle/ beam bent etc? Any easy way to check without going for wheel alignment which i guess would just tell me it was out etc?

 

Pologies if this should really be in another section.

 

cheers

 

Mark.

[MrG 3]

mark, shame about that. where a bouts on the circuit did it happen? sorry can't give any answers to your questions though.

[welshpug 1,737]

get it on a 4 wheel alignment check would be the first thing to do really, you can have a look underneath whilst its being checked to look for what's causing any issues.

 

could be a number of things, bent stub axle, bent trailing arm, bent arm shaft, bent tube, or bent chassis.

[richors 0]

Thought so - Doubt it is anything major as i had lost a lot of speed by the time i hit and can't see anything obvious underneath.

 

MrG - It was coming out of the downhill part after the hairpin, where you are accelerating while turning right.

Not a difficult corner at all and i have done cadwell many times but i overtook someone down the short hill with their consent and then i was just too wide going into the corner.

Once out of control there is almost no runoff in that area and like i said, only had one wheel on the grass but it was enough.

 

car looks a mess this morning but am sure repair won't be too bad once i get into it..........

 

cheers

[pug_ham 245 3 Cars]

Sorry to hear about this Mark, hope its nothing terminal.

 

The rear wheel looking further back the stub axle is the weakest link followed by the radus arm imo. It'd take a hard impact to bend the radius arm shaft, tube or chassis imo.

 

As for the front wing, I think its mainly sealant apart from the line of bolts under the bonnet but this topic might give some pointers.

 

Graham.

[grandos 16]

The wing is held on by the line of 10mm on the top.

 

One at the back of the wheel arch.

 

Two inside the vehicle behind the dash (you can see the speed nuts in the door shut).

 

Three behind the front bumper (go into the inner wing by the rubber buffer bumper mount)

 

Plus if its a factory wing or someone took time to replace it properly a load of sealer.

[richors 0]

The wing is held on by the line of 10mm on the top.

 

One at the back of the wheel arch.

 

Two inside the vehicle behind the dash (you can see the speed nuts in the door shut).

 

Three behind the front bumper (go into the inner wing by the rubber buffer bumper mount)

 

Plus if its a factory wing or someone took time to replace it properly a load of sealer.

 

Thanks for the info - much appreciated.

 

Graham - Think you are probably right but it may be easier, though more expensive, to get a rebuilt complete rear beam and swop the whole thing at once? or is that totally over the top type of thing?

 

how's yours going mate?

 

cheers

 

Mark.

[pug_ham 245 3 Cars]

Graham - Think you are probably right but it may be easier, though more expensive, to get a rebuilt complete rear beam and swop the whole thing at once? or is that totally over the top type of thing?

It would be easier but more expensive yeah although if you don't know the rebuild state of your current beam much better in the long run.

 

You can replace the stub axle just by taking the wheel off but a radius arm needs a partial beam strip down which can unearth all kinds of problems, I wouldn't rebuild just one side though, do it all together.

 

You have a pm.

 

Graham.