Gday all

My very much loved little subaru wagon had a run in with the gutter, the car aqua planned whilst tryign to exit a round about, ending up hitting it with front left wheel turned abotu 45 degrees.

I pulled over and checked it all and it all seemed fine, no steering bent, wheels where reasonably aligned.

So i got back in the car and drove down the road for 10-15min then all of a sudden, some horrible sounds like wheel locking up so i blinker and get of the road.

When i get off the road the wheel is now at the back of the guard way out of alignment and i later found that the axle coming out of the gearbox was no longer attached to the gearbox.

 

I have repaired some major steering problems in other cars before and was jsut wondering what would be wrong?

 

Is the wheel all out of place just because the axle is out or is something else broked/damaged?

 

Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated

Is the entire axle shaft pulled loose from the gearbox stub axle, or did the inner boot rip and the DOJ cup (the part that splines onto the gearbox stub axle splines) remain attached to the stub axle? Either way, sounds like sonething else is awry to allow the wheel to move that far away from normal position; the problem should be pretty obvious on good examination.

The entire axle is loose and sitting in the engine bay, other then that i could not see any damage but was thinking there had to be more for the wheel to place

it sounds like the radius rod (or leading rod if you call it that) got badly bent. and probobly the control arm too, if it moved far enough to pull your axel out. put the front of the car on jackstands and compare each side i bet it'll be some pretty obvious damage. good luck. are old subarus abundant in your part of the world (and just where is that)?

I am in the land of oz, Australia south west sydney. I think the car might be having an unpleasent trip to the scrap yard. It runs out of rego real soon and has some pretty bad rust along with some other problems.

 

I love it for its good fuel economy and ability to take abuse but it looks like it has come to that time, no wreckers will even buy it of me.

 

Any one here in or around sydney and want to buy it? its a complete car and ran fien other then this problem

 

 

cya

I am in the land of oz, Australia south west sydney. I think the car might be having an unpleasent trip to the scrap yard. It runs out of rego real soon and has some pretty bad rust along with some other problems.

 

I love it for its good fuel economy and ability to take abuse but it looks like it has come to that time, no wreckers will even buy it of me.

 

Any one here in or around sydney and want to buy it? its a complete car and ran fien other then this problem

 

 

cya

 

that's too bad, the suspension parts are easy to replace if you have a parts car or can get parts from a junkyard, if not it's certainly not worth repairing on an old rusty car.

I had a recent encounter with the curb as well, it killed my CV joint and my wheel bearings - failed wheel bearings can cause axle seperation (with wheel) if the races pop out, and I have seen it, but never on a soob (still is fairly possible) the shock may have broken the spring pin that holds the fron DOJ onto the tranny, or the DOJ may have come apart

 

given the fact that it came apart after impact makes me suspect bearings, but that may just be me

 

honestly, I personally do not think it would be that hard to repair if you can find a parts car in a junkyard. The whole front suspension is relatively easy to disassemble and reassemble - I'd fix it