Hit a curb - bent my spindle.

[dfalk]

So I hit a curb pretty good today and poped my front passanger tire. Well it was in the shop gettin worked on I told the guy to check the alignment as well. He said he couldnt adjust the caster because the spindel was bent. He also said the main front end guy wasnt in today so that was just his theory and that I need to have it looked at again.

 

Does that sound right though? Bad spindel, cant adjust caster? Also I looked on a few part store sites and none of them have a replacement spindle. Any ideas? Oh ya its an 05 legacy 2.5i

[sactojesse]

It's probably a bent lower control arm. $135 from your Subaru dealership. Don't ask me why I know this.

 

BTW, how does one "pope" a tire? Is that like a blessing from the Vatican?

[whitetiger]

Caster is not adjustable on subarus. you may have a bent strut or control arm, but caster is definitly not adjustable. plus there is not "spindle" part. you have the control arm, inner and outer tie rod, steering knuckle, wheel bearing hub assembly, and strut. It sounds like the shop you go to is not very good. id bring it to a dealer for a second opinion.

[dfalk]

maybe it was the camber then that was off, it was wrote on the sheet but i dont have it with me at the moment. And i dont wanna take it in to a shop because I do all my own work on cars, i dont believe in payin for labor.

[Guest]

Sometimes they refer to the knuckle as spindle.

 

Any of these parts can be bent - strut, control arm, knuckle, even crossmember. Bent knuckles are actually not that uncommon, despite being big piece of cast iron.