Lets just say i got some major curb rash to where my left rear wheel is now bent vertically and about 1/4 of the tire is sticking out through the wheel well.

 

the car drives without any alignment issues but my question is how much is this gonna cost? is the axle bent? any price quotes would be great its a 97obw, (the rim isent bent)

sounds weird, got a picture? i would guess the axle is fine, the cv joint might be stressed depending where the deformation is occurring, but i don't think that's an issue.

 

source an entire used rear hub assembly and swap it out, along with a new rear strut if that's jacked up. i'd bet a rear hub assembly could be had for $100 at the most. the yards around here you can go pull that yourself for $35. plus installation if yo'ure not doing it yourself. figure another $100-$200 for that. roughly of course....

$35 rear hubs:

 

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call to verify it will work...ABS or not, ask for the entire assembly, and ask them to ship if it's not close.

what about the strut?

sounds like you could have bent up the strut, where the strut mounts w/ the hub... ouch.. maybe have messed up both parts, no good.

What were you doing to do this? doughnuts in a parking lot w/ a firmly attached curb? they tend to messup things like that if you hit them wrong....

struts are cheap enough, buy a used one of those also and replace everything. if you have another ride, just take it apart and see what's going on. remove the wheel. take a picture and post it here so we can see it.

 

i can't picture the bottom of the strut being displaced without anything else "moving" with it, that's why i say replace the entire rear hub assembly with everything on it. not too bad, i've done it once, wasn't that bad and they aren't that expensive. if the strut is damaged that should be visually obvious i would think. the "wheel bent" scenario's i've seen have never involved a bent shock, not to say it can't happen, that's just my experience. i've had control arms and the like get bent on wheel impacts and bends. but anything is possible.

i dont have a digital camera but i did open it up and it looks like the caliper is bent downwards. Imagine looking at the car from the rear and looking down at its tires from the rear. the left tire is tilted to the left. looking at the car from the side the tire is jolting out vertically(not even with the wheel well)

to update the strut looks fine..

Lets just say i got some major curb rash to where my left rear wheel is now bent vertically and about 1/4 of the tire is sticking out through the wheel well.

 

I can't even picture what you're talking about. Well... I guess sort of. It sounds bad if your tire has wrapped around your wheel. Did you mean horizontally? Cause vertical kinda makes sense. But if it's horizontal, I can't figure how the car drives. Post pics, cause my imagination says it's cartoonish when you drive.

 

the car drives without any alignment issues but my question is how much is this gonna cost?

 

My cartoony idea says this is impossible. Please post pics. If you slid into a curb sideways. You need an alignment. If you went over a curb hard enough to cause tire bubbling, or burst the tire, you probably need an alignment, and depending on treadwear, 4 new tires. Anyway, please post pics so I know what you're talkin' about.

nothings wrapped or even touching the wheel well, its just slanted like the leaning tower of pizza. theres no rubbing or bouncing or any alignment issues.

 

it even kinda looks like its flexing, but on level ground

you just put a lot of positive camber in the left rear.

wut?

me and the dad are gonna take it to the shop soon ill update you guys later on tonight

Jack the car up, put the rear on jackstands, and remove the wheels. Look at all the suspension componants, the struts, links, crossmember, ect. Compare left to right. Something has to be obviously bent for it to lean the wheel. Guessing at what might be bent is pointless. You have to look and compare to spot the bent piece.

 

BTW, positive camber is when the wheel leans out at the top, negative is when it leans in at the top.

in the shop and there takin it to this place where a machine bends the thing back? i dunno i couldent really understand what he was saying but he said the strut, axles or anything that he could see(without talking off the wheel) wasent bent 49.99 for the machine thing...post your thoughts

can you post pictures? as many as possible?

 

i wouldn't bend without knowing exactly what is damaged. some parts should be replaced, not bent back. bending weakens the metal, i wouldn't do that without knowing exactly what was going on.

 

EDIT - i see you dont have a digital camera.

 

i'd remove the wheel and use a freaking T square or whatever to see if the hub (the studs) are bent (they have to be since they are connected to the wheel). after that....something has to give in the suspension somewhere for this to happen.

 

jack the car up, remove both rear wheels and walk back and forth between each side like 26 times and see what doesn't measure up...compare good side to bad side. use a ruler if you have to start measuring/comparing distances. find out what is not out of place and what is out of place and that will narrow down the failure point.

My guess: the lower control arms are bent/kinked, so they are not as long... pulling the bottom of the wheel in...

 

That is the only thing I can think of that could possibly be "bent back"....but I don't think I'd recommend it. Go to a U-Pull-It yard and get replacements (if they are in fact the culprit)

 

Hope you get it figured out.

Ciao.

strut + strut housing 1k$ from dealer:(

WTF? that is nuts. Go used my friend....go used FTW.

any of u guys wana sell me these?

i dont even know what to look for, the mechanic says look for "left rear suspension" and it needs everything. one junkyard is saying 200$ for all the parts, dont know how much installing it would be though

i dont even know what to look for, the mechanic says look for "left rear suspension" and it needs everything. one junkyard is saying 200$ for all the parts, dont know how much installing it would be though

 

It's a relitivly easy install, if you get the strut/spriung/cap all together it's 5 bolts... 3 little ones, and 2 REALLY BIG Ones. Once you install it you should get an allignment.

This is totaly an in-your-driveway sytle repair. The bigest PITA will be bleeding the brakes once your done. Just by a manual, like a chiltons from an auto parts store and look at the pictures for the rear suspension. Then remove everything that isn't the crossmember and replace it with the same parts off a junkyard car.