Dammit, bent my tie rod

mimsterzx7r · 08-05-2009, 08:45 PM

Nothing constructive just a rant.
I was backing out of my garage and as I turned my wheel the tire caught the edge of the garage door and scraped my front passenger tire. It was enough to bend the tie rod on the right side.

I really have no one to blame but myself. My garage is very narrow and usually I back out very slowly. I guess I was just careless this morning.

I was traveling about 1-2mph. At first I thought I scraped the body but I wish it were that instead.

Luckily there is a BMW indy shop near my house (1mile) so as soon as I learned about it I went straight there. I missed a meeting at work but you do what have to in an emergency right?!

So now I have to wait for a tie rod to be shipped from Canada and to have it replaced and then have a wheel alignment. Hopefully I will have it by this weekend.

Hawkeye · 08-07-2009, 12:22 PM

That sucks. First time I have heard of that. I am surprised you caught the wheel and no body panels and still hit hard enough to bend something!

sentravq · 08-07-2009, 12:45 PM

One time my wife jumped a curb with my car. She bent my tie rod and destroyed my strut on the passengar side. I was pissed..i hate thing like this happens!

mimsterzx7r · 08-08-2009, 04:02 AM

Thanks for the support fellas. Yeah I didn't realize I could mess up the suspension and steering so much with a little bump. I guess the wheel was pointing the opposite direction and the torque from that angle really did a number on it, even at low speed.

Just got it back and drives like new again.

08-05-2009, 08:45 PM	#1
mimsterzx7r Private First Class 5 Rep 161 Posts Drives: 07 M Roadster, 03 Pathfinder Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (0)	Dammit, bent my tie rod Nothing constructive just a rant. I was backing out of my garage and as I turned my wheel the tire caught the edge of the garage door and scraped my front passenger tire. It was enough to bend the tie rod on the right side. I really have no one to blame but myself. My garage is very narrow and usually I back out very slowly. I guess I was just careless this morning. I was traveling about 1-2mph. At first I thought I scraped the body but I wish it were that instead. Luckily there is a BMW indy shop near my house (1mile) so as soon as I learned about it I went straight there. I missed a meeting at work but you do what have to in an emergency right?! So now I have to wait for a tie rod to be shipped from Canada and to have it replaced and then have a wheel alignment. Hopefully I will have it by this weekend. __________________ ZHP knob/Zeckhausen CDV/ESS Tune/More to come
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sentravq New Member 1 Rep 16 Posts Drives: 2005 S2000 with Comptech SC Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Seattle iTrader: (0)	One time my wife jumped a curb with my car. She bent my tie rod and destroyed my strut on the passengar side. I was pissed..i hate thing like this happens!
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08-08-2009, 04:02 AM	#4
mimsterzx7r Private First Class 5 Rep 161 Posts Drives: 07 M Roadster, 03 Pathfinder Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (0)	Thanks for the support fellas. Yeah I didn't realize I could mess up the suspension and steering so much with a little bump. I guess the wheel was pointing the opposite direction and the torque from that angle really did a number on it, even at low speed. Just got it back and drives like new again. __________________ ZHP knob/Zeckhausen CDV/ESS Tune/More to come
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