gorge

i was driving my FC around a slight bend on the highway and suddenly i was thrown into a drift at 100km/h and a semi truck was driving past me in the opposite lane , luckily i kept it on my side of the road and was able to slow down and pull over.
I had the car towed to a mechanic, and he said that a bolt near the suspension of the rear left wheel had come loose which had caused the wheel to come loose and sit angled to the left.
Is it a known problem of FCs that this small bolt when loosened can cause an instant loss of traction like this?
What should I do, take the car to the mechanic every month and get him to check that this bolt is tightened to avoid near death in the future?

hkp

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i would learn how to work on my own car, lot cheaper.

Seamoan

weld it

MadScience_7

Well, don't be hasty.

I'd just load it up with loctite and make sure it's torqued to spec. The suspensions on these cars aren't known for falling apart.

just startn

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seriously.......

RotaryRocket88

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Buy a torque wrench.

87 t-66

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"a bolt near the suspension of the rear left wheel had come loose"

please explain. which bolt are you talking about? i have never heard of this.

texFCturboII

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yes, bolts dont typically unscrew themselves when torqued down correctly.

hkp

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maybe you didnt almost die, maybe you were almost murdered......... been sleeping with someones old lady? come out of the closet recently? hanging out in the wrong library full of candlestick wielding crazy butlers?

Dusty2Rusty

That's not too common.....Did you or someone ever work on the suspension? Maybe they were lazy :O

Vdub2002

i figured it out!!!

it was the mechanic, with the FC, on the freeway!!!

honestly, i sling the rear end on mine out... its a rear wheel drive car...

im thinkin you were over doin it and screwed up... and the mechanic is tryin to milk money outa you

Seamoan

scary **** man

FCJoe

You are a *****.

Black Knight RX7 FC3S

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The bolt that I can think of that would angle a rear wheel is the DTSS and the camber links.
Pretty hard for the DTSS bolt to come out, so I am thinking the bolts for the camber links. I mean its not an impossible thing for the bolt to come loose. If it did come loose that wheel would have max negative camber and would make the rear end drift out.

hkp

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i concur!