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Old Sep 20, 2015 | 04:43 PM
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Cracked my frame and bent my k member

I hit a concrete sewage pipe when turning around in some tall grass, was only going about 10 mph if that, it popped my tire , bent my cross member and cracked my frame , the crack Is on the back of my drivers side wheel well, my drivers wheel is pushed out from the bent k member so it's not straight like the passenger side, my car yanks hard to the left if I don't hold the wheel, do you think that frame crack is fixable, I have a 1988 rx7 turbo 2 with 72k miles





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Old Sep 20, 2015 | 05:00 PM
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I would take the bent crossmember and any noticeably damaged components off and use a new (or undamaged) crossmember to judge how bad it is
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Old Sep 20, 2015 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by badsvt1
I would take the bent crossmember and any noticeably damaged components off and use a new (or undamaged) crossmember to judge how bad it is
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do you think a cross member will straighten it so my wheel is straight? The control arms and tierods looked ok , think that crack will effect my ability to drive straight
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Old Sep 20, 2015 | 07:15 PM
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you need a body shop to assess the damage and put the frame back into spec.
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Old Sep 20, 2015 | 07:19 PM
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well, technically a frame shop who specializes in frame work. a bodyshop who may happen to do frame work probably will do half *** work.
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Old Sep 20, 2015 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Devon300zx
do you think a cross member will straighten it so my wheel is straight? The control arms and tierods looked ok , think that crack will effect my ability to drive straight
What I meant was a new crossmember will give you a reference to the extent of the damage, even a tape measure and some string can give you a great starting point to determining the amount/severity of damage, as Lyger said a frame shop is the most professional way to address the issue, if the funds aren't available for that you can do quite a bit with a tree a come along and ratcheting binders(for chaining down heavy equipment)
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Old Sep 21, 2015 | 12:26 AM
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well, technically a frame shop who specializes in frame work. a bodyshop who may happen to do frame work probably will do half *** work.
Sorry Tiger Guy...lol!..(by the way,Love the new Avatar..you look Titanium!)
The shop I took my car to did frame straightening as well as body work.
They call themselves a collision shop.I assumed that is the norm..
Hence why I mentioned "body" shop.
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Old Sep 21, 2015 | 05:59 PM
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Sorry Tiger Guy...lol!..(by the way,Love the new Avatar..you look Titanium!)

lol thanks, i'm partial to steampunk 'cause i can be a bit nerdy and love to fabricate.
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Old Sep 22, 2015 | 12:07 PM
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getting a new crossmember today. does the s4 and s5 have the same crossmember?
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