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(03-08-2016, 10:01 AM)r3k1355 Wrote: Well the steering appears to still be connected, it's the anti-roll bar thats come loose.
I suppose mid-corner it's enough to create panic and cause an accident.
what he said . . . .
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The 306 held up pretty well in Dj's crash, considering it was an offset crash.... and the car is based off a design that's over 20 years old!
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had an arb link fail mid corner on a mk1 astra I was driving wayyy back. nearly t-boned the car waiting to pull out of the T-junction.
wasn't so much panic-mode as "where's my f*king steering gone?"
It goes, it stops (as reqd).
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08-08-2016, 07:28 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-08-2016, 07:30 AM by Poodle.)
If a drop link goes mid corner it will f*ck you up big time - it's significantly changing the geometry with the suspension already loaded up. Just think about it, what happens when you remove the strut top mount nut without spring compressors fitted up? Same difference - the system works together as a whole and when you put a ton of pressure on it (literally) then remove a link in the chain it'll cause hell. Fairly appalled that most of you lads doubting that have supposedly got relevant quals in mechanics, that's very basic physics there. :S Congratulations on passing your college papers, please don't inflict it on anyone else.
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08-08-2016, 10:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-08-2016, 10:49 AM by Rippthrough.)
I've snapped more than one, yes, the car suddenly rolls more, no, it doesn't cause a massive loss of grip, or the steering, just tucks the front in more. Unless your dampers are f*cked too.
How many people have snapped springs and drive around on them? How many people on here are on Raceland/VMax/Ebay specials and bouncing off the bumpstops everywhere? Similar effect on the roll resistance.
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