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Hello Corsa B'ers, well.. weather has been absolutely s**t recently in my area, and as i came round a corner down a back lane my lil baby has skidded and bashed into a curb! Got out straight away to have a look and my alloy had cracked and was pushing in to the tyre.. This has been my first 'crash' so pretty upset about it..... The steering is now pulling to the left drastically, so i changed to the spare and it is still pulling to the left and i just don't know what to do, my mate said the axle may be bent but i just don't know what to do with it or myself atm so any advice/ info/ help will be much appreciated as it only happened about an hour ago, cheers in advance, Mike...

is it front or back? i guess the front, have you checked the track rod end on the steering? orr have a look and see if the wheels sat in the centre of the arch if its not then you might have bent your bottom wishbone, iv done both of these and its simple enough to replace, if its on the back tho look from behind to see if the wheels straight with the car if its pointing in or out then you'v bent your rear beam and you'l have to get another from a scrappy, its a bit orquad but simple enough to replace as you can un-bolt the hubs from the beam and just remove the beam saves having to disturb the brake lines.

Yeaaa its front and seems to sit right,, how do i check the track rod??

just look at it, it should be straight,

Sorry mate thick as.. Where is it? lol

its this bit on the right hand side of the strut, which is attatched to the rack,



and here is a bent one just to show that they should be really straight, and its bit orquad but easy to change as they screw on and off.

Ahh i seee i see, will let yu know how things go tommorow, cheers mate.