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07-30-2008, 05:09 PM
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UK VCA Member
 
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Broken Control arms
Never seen this before.....
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07-30-2008, 05:24 PM
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TN/AL VCA Member
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Re: Broken Control arms
Me neither, it looks like corrosion. Front or rears?
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07-30-2008, 05:25 PM
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NY/CT/NE VCA Technical Director/Site Supporter
 
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Re: Broken Control arms
Where did that Viper come from the bottom of the English Channel!!
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07-30-2008, 05:36 PM
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UK VCA Member
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Re: Broken Control arms
Think this one missed the boat and drove here...... Its a 99 GTS
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07-30-2008, 09:24 PM
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N. Texas VCA Member
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Re: Broken Control arms
Just add pepper. Looks like it's already been salted.
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07-30-2008, 09:49 PM
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Re: Broken Control arms
that is a horrible case case of exfoliation and intergranular corrosion.
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07-30-2008, 10:00 PM
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Viper owner
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NJ
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Re: Broken Control arms
looks like it spent the summers in Wales !!
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07-30-2008, 10:12 PM
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Woodhouse Viper Service Manager - Site Supporter
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Re: Broken Control arms
I have seen this a bunch of times before it is actually very common to have these kind of stress fractures...................on a Fn sandrail
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07-30-2008, 10:28 PM
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VCA Member/Site Sponsor
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Re: Broken Control arms
Did that car have a snow plow on the front and a salter on the back by chance? Man... that takes the cake from a corrosion standpoint in my book!
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07-31-2008, 12:56 AM
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VA/MD VCA Member
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Re: Broken Control arms
Dont show me that!
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07-31-2008, 06:19 AM
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NY/CT VCA Member Site Supporter
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Re: Broken Control arms
Why would the aluminum show more corrosion than the steel parts (like the sport shims) and the frame? Were all four corners similarly bad? What do the side sills look like?
Where is the piece the sway bar end link attaches to?
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07-31-2008, 07:06 AM
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VCA Regional President Quebec
 
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Location: Canada
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Re: Broken Control arms
THIS IS NOT CORROSION but fatigue ....
In Canada we have so much salt on the roads and never have seen this. This must be a 10 years old Viper raced all over England ... Corrosion is way different. Other parts on the car should be rusted too. There is no rust on this Viper. The little red on bolts is just oxydation but I would not call it rust at all  Come here to Canada and see what the rust really looks like. The sway bar link end broke away ! What did you do ?! In Canada when we see this we think about poor road conditions .... What year is this Viper ? |
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07-31-2008, 08:06 AM
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N. Texas VCA Member
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Re: Broken Control arms
That car needs an Anode Radiator Cap for sure.
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07-31-2008, 08:55 AM
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Viper owner
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NJ
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Re: Broken Control arms
A little undercarriage wash once in a while wouldn't have hurt none either.. call the RSPCA and report that snake abuse.
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07-31-2008, 09:12 AM
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UK VCA Member
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Location: ENGLAND
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Re: Broken Control arms
Its a 1999 GTS with 52km on it.....
The side sills are coming of to be painted a little bubbly but not that bad... The bush part of the arm broke just backing out of his drive but not sure when the drop link broke..... Havn't taken the other wheels of yet..
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