Hi all,
I've just run my elderly mates elderly missus home after the nose of their elderly but tidy looking Audi hit the floor just as they came to a halt in a car park.
They were both shaken up, not because of what happened but what could of happened had it occurred 5 mins earlier when they were doing 70 mph.
So, I had a quick look and the o/s/f wheel arch was sitting on the wheel and the outer end of the track control arm was a couple of inches off the floor with that looked like half of the ball joint socket showing (like a torn 'U' facing the outside of the car).
Apparently they had just been over a pothole (nothing really nasty) and she had heard a 'clonk' so in hindsight there was a little warning.
So, what sort of trauma would this sort of thing had to suffered to fail like that?
Cheers. T i m
p.s. When I got the call I had just seen the stepdaughter off after charging her battery (whilst awaiting delivery of a new one) then on the way home I noticed the o/s/f caliper dragging on the old Rover ... ;-(
They say things happen in threes. ;-)