Axle broke, tire exploded
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Axle broke, tire exploded
Just wanted to share with you my unfortunate drive with a '02 Freelander today, in a snowy day. I was making a right turn on a street and while trying to squeeze in between a truck that was exiting and the curb, I scratched my tire by the curb and suddenly a huge bang and the car stopped in its tracks. The seatbelt held me otherwise I would've bumped my head on the windshield, even though I was driving very slow; that's how sudden the stop was.
Before checking what happened I tried moving a little and so I steered to the left, then straightened out the wheels, but the car kept going left until I got all the way on the other side of the street. Turns out my right tire blew up, the wheel was badly scratched and turned at a 45 degree inwards (to the left.) I tried steering all the way to the right and only the left wheel would turn, so I ended up with the front wheels in this position: / \
Got the car on a flatbed, straigtened out the right wheel with my hand and then took these pics:
This is gonna cost me...
Could the axle brake down because of a tire explosion at such a slow speed? Any of you had a similar problem before?
Before checking what happened I tried moving a little and so I steered to the left, then straightened out the wheels, but the car kept going left until I got all the way on the other side of the street. Turns out my right tire blew up, the wheel was badly scratched and turned at a 45 degree inwards (to the left.) I tried steering all the way to the right and only the left wheel would turn, so I ended up with the front wheels in this position: / \
Got the car on a flatbed, straigtened out the right wheel with my hand and then took these pics:
This is gonna cost me...
Could the axle brake down because of a tire explosion at such a slow speed? Any of you had a similar problem before?
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RE: Axle broke, tire exploded
I popped the hood today and the power steering fluid reservoir cap was gone and nowhere to be found, and a mark was made on the hood's protective cover, obviously having popped off. Suprisingly there was still fluid in there, having lost very little.
In the meanwhile I figured why the tire had exploded; I squeezed it between the curb and the rim; the blow caused the axle to snap and that caused the power steering cap to pop off. Sounds a little incredible, but it's the only possible explanation.
Check your tire pressure, mine were according to the specs, but they always looked a little toodeflated to me.
In the meanwhile I figured why the tire had exploded; I squeezed it between the curb and the rim; the blow caused the axle to snap and that caused the power steering cap to pop off. Sounds a little incredible, but it's the only possible explanation.
Check your tire pressure, mine were according to the specs, but they always looked a little toodeflated to me.
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