bend rear axel?

[boyricer]

Slippery conditions today, rear end of my 96Ek hatch slid out and hit the gutter. At first glance the rear wheel is now tucking under the car inward from the bottom, bad enough to throw the alignment out but still drivable.
Any suggestions what damage to look for? As I'm now going to have to get this fixed ASAP.

[2MPRS]

check rear subframe to see if its bent, trailing arm usually takes most of the force but really could be anything. first i would go and see if just an allignment will fix it if it isnt crazy bent

[boyricer]

It's bent pretty bad that I doubt an alignment won't be the simple fix but I won't exclude it. I'll let see if I can post a photo.

[boyricer]

Here is a shot of the angle its bent at. Hope that helps.
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z375/Nikon_boy/20140601_194504.jpg (http://s1186.photobucket.com/user/Nikon_boy/media/20140601_194504.jpg.html)

this is the other side - Normal.
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z375/Nikon_boy/20140601_194559.jpg (http://s1186.photobucket.com/user/Nikon_boy/media/20140601_194559.jpg.html)

[bennjamin]

Either upper arm , lower control arm or part of the trailing arm.
Get it checked out , damaged part replaced then realigned

[boyricer]

im going to show my ignorance with this next question.
Q. Why would this throw the steering wheel out ie. not straight and lined up anymore, how or why?

[.Dave]

I'm assuming if the front end didn't hit that it is steering fine but the direction of the wheel is making the rear want to go a different way to the front and so the rear is fighting the front

Likely upper arm (camber arm) or the lca

[boyricer]

Any suggestions who i can take this too and get it done professionally if it gets to tricky for me to do and asses the damage. Im in Sydney in the Liverpool area.

[lilthug]

jax tyres liverpool

[mocchi]

might be new stance trend

[Vvvtec]

Pm user 'PHO'

He recently did same thing at King lake, he can help

[EKVTIR-T]

or user TyD

[boyricer]

Apart from the greasy conditions is it common that the civic slides out like this? Or combination of old tyres also. No idea how old the rear tyres are but plenty of tread.

[Hondarally]

Can be a lot of things - driving too fast for the conditions being high up that list.

Just because tyres have tread does not make them good. I've seen (reasonable brand name) tyres lose heaps of grip in the wet after only moderate wear.

You might also find that the stub axle or hub flange has bent if you hit hard enough. That kind of hit would damage the hub bearing, and definitely damage the trailing arm and likely upper and / or lower control arms. There are fairly easy ways to check all of these things, but you're best to take it to someone who knows what to look for (a decent suspension place should be the first port of call).

[boyricer]

Hondarally, thanks for your suggestions, and i think you are right, best to take it to the professionals and get it sorted out right. Now to find a decent place to go and not get stuffed around.

[boyricer]

So i hope this might help as a guide to someone with a similar gutter bump.
The outcome of the damage was the trailing arm that coped the brunt of the impact. (the impact wasnt at high speed more like watching bumper bowling by a 3year old).
Also attached pics of damaged trailing arm, and replacement as a guide to how little the damage was compared to how the wheel ended up.

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z375/Nikon_boy/20140605_132441.jpg (http://s1186.photobucket.com/user/Nikon_boy/media/20140605_132441.jpg.html)

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z375/Nikon_boy/20140605_132403.jpg (http://s1186.photobucket.com/user/Nikon_boy/media/20140605_132403.jpg.html)