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With all the body shop technology, I hardly think you should total a car because it hits a curb. That seems a little excessive.
Someone should be able to heat that up and nudge it back into place, or very close to it.
Most people don't bother fixing it and then sell the car off . I mean the car is basically broken unless you spend a few g's fixing the frame damage but then again people do Micky mouse jobs and the cars usually never get properly repaired and you end up having alignment issues etc . My Sentra had its front smashed in and was not written off and not a single part bolted indirectly anymore even after they used the pulling machine, everything had to me wrestled in . Amazingly though that car was rock solid until the engine blew up due to a lack of oil ( my fault, i relied on the sensor which was busted until it was too late)
you do need to get under the car, but other than that its not hard. with mine i think i had all the arms out, but not all at once, so the rear end actually never left the car. the Watts link can come completely out, and you can still drive the car enough to park it, wouldn't go faster than that though
Thanks. The new Watts linkage arrived today along with all the bushings and the Mazdatrix Watts linkage reenforcer.
Was taking off the brake calipers last night and the parking brake bracket that attaches to the brake housing is broken on the driver's side. So much busted stuff on this car.
Well....
New rear end bushings are in, springs are in and.... the Watts linkage has been replaced along with adding the anti-shear bracket from Mazdatrix. Hardest part was putting the damn sway bar back on.
Going to get around to the brakes hopefully this evening but I want to be one of those boy racers and paint my calipers red while they are off.
Tonight I think I'll start on the front struts. New Sway Bar bushings and springs Old twisted Watts Link in relation to the "straight" anti-shear bracket New Watts Link in relation to the "straight" anti-shear bracket Watts Linkage with anti-shear bracket. Not sitting very nice, sway bar bushing. Red springs and Gabriel shocks.
Sounds like watts link hardware, maybe the car hit a curb or something in its previous lifetime? And I would go over the entire rea end hardware to look for any other signs of damage..
Not seen this one before.
If it helps, the watts links and the bracket are all available new from Mazda.
Although I haven't dropped it onto the wheels yet. Would like to finish the front first, it's already starting to look like replacing the Watts Link was the answer. Thank you.
11-21-20, 05:35 AM
