04-02-2006, 11:12 PM
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My strut mount broke on on me while on the highway last night, caused me to 180 and hit the center divider
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04-02-2006, 11:22 PM
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GLS member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Fairfax, VA
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jesus! never seen that one! could proly pick the parts up at a junk yard.
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04-02-2006, 11:22 PM
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GLS member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: way up in ya
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WOW......... hope your ok dude
thats crazy ive never seen that befor
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04-02-2006, 11:24 PM
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ive got the old hub and stuff out, hopefully i'll be able to grab the parts tomorrow, luckily, i wasnt goin very fast when it happened i think the body damage hurts the most
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04-02-2006, 11:24 PM
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[boosted 2.4L]
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Central PA
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i want to see the rest of the car. is your car lowered? stock struts? very suspicious
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04-02-2006, 11:28 PM
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bone stock, no mods at all, its a 2000 and only has 52,700 on it...
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04-02-2006, 11:30 PM
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Jack-Wagon
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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yup, looks lowered to me. heh.
just glad you're ok
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04-02-2006, 11:31 PM
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AutoCross Alero
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Texas
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are you the original owner?
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04-02-2006, 11:32 PM
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no i bought it when it had 20k on it, some old lady owned it before me
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04-02-2006, 11:33 PM
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GLS member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: way up in ya
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hey where did u get those clear tails? jk
glad your ok
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04-02-2006, 11:34 PM
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AutoCross Alero
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Texas
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dam, maybe she liked potholes and curb's and it had become weak?
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04-02-2006, 11:35 PM
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maybe, it sat in a garage for 2 years shortly after i bought it cuz i got staioned out of the country, but i dont think that just sitting would cause that
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04-02-2006, 11:37 PM
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GLS member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Fairfax, VA
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ya, it was most likely a flaw in the cast. sue gm. lol
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04-02-2006, 11:39 PM
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could be, i'll throw up some pics of the hub tomorrow, the metal looks and feels really brittle
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04-02-2006, 11:46 PM
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GL Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: North Dakota
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Looks like a banged up honda with that spare on!
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04-03-2006, 10:11 AM
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Gone
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Lockport Ny
Posts: 19,244
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daayyuumm! nice smash job. hope that doesn't set ya back too much cash to fix.
i bet the shock of that happening took about a year off your life. jeeze. like said above... at least your ok.
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04-03-2006, 10:23 AM
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@Kutztown University PA
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 954
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Wow man Ive never seen that happen before. Defenilty say somthing to gm about it. That shouldnt happen exspecially at 50k miles. Glad your ok.
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04-03-2006, 10:23 AM
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V.I.P. Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Latrobe, Pa
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thats rough dude..... glad your ok, id be pissed
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04-03-2006, 12:26 PM
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heres a shot of the hub assembly
i noticed these got twisted up as well while i was removing the hub
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04-03-2006, 08:03 PM
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well i got it fixed up as best i could, heres a shot of my handy work
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