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Passenger FT tire rubbing on steering knuckle post collision

Discussion in 'Suspension' started by domtron88, Aug 19, 2022.

  1. Aug 19, 2022 at 2:12 PM
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    domtron88

    domtron88 [OP] New Member

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    Greetings
    First time member here, so pardon the newness of my being.

    Last year I collided with the corner edge of a rather stout flatbed trailer while turning onto a crowded suburban street at night. The impact happened entirely to my front passenger wheel and it blew the tire immediately and bent something in the front end. For the life of me, I cannot figure out if it's the UCA or LCA or something more serious like damage to the frame. The rear tabs on the frame for the LCA seemed bent, but I can't see how that could affect camber that seriously.

    Also, the steering rack and/or power power steering is completely toast as well. Given the steering knuckle has so many pivot points, I wonder if the issue is the interface of the hub and steering knuckle causing the wheel to want to point extremely inward?

    Any thoughts or guidance would be great. Being as the used market for Toyota anything is so atrocious, I'm just going to try to repair my 4runner and keep er going. As most Toyotas, it's 230k and runs better than my 17 Forester. Go figure :D

    Pictures below. Thanks guys!

     
  2. Aug 30, 2022 at 10:31 AM
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    TrailSpecial22

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    your steering knuckle is bent. This happened to a friend of mine 2016 4runner. He got hit square on driver side and his looked the same as yours.
     
  3. Sep 22, 2022 at 9:15 PM
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    ShimStack

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    Yep, bent knuckle/spindle. Time to replace.
     

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