Nope its stupid me on an empty country road and going a bit airborne on a bump, followed by a tremendous heavy landing.
I think I might have broken/bent something as I now have a rather odd little knock when manoeuvring at low speeds. Car steers, brakes and tracks fine and I am hearing nothing when going at a bit more speed.
But after 80k+ miles (and now this dumbassery from myself) I think its probably best to replace some stuff on the frontend. I haven't got under the car yet with a crowbar to see if anything is loose but my plan is to do the tie rods, drop links, roll bar bushes etc and sort the creaky top mounts anyway. basically a full rebuild barring the shocks/springs.
Watched a couple of videos that are the jobs on a mk7 Golf so I presume the process is very similar, in which they use a couple of what looks like specialist tools.
First one is for undoing the inner tie rod, looks a bit like an oil filter tool, second one was a small socket that they used to loosen the mount where the bottom of the shock sits.
Has anyone done this job, are these specialist tools absolutely required or is there a feasible workaround?
Also are there are any pitfalls I should be aware of before taking the thing to bits as it is my only car so don't want to be stuck needing a tool and have no way to get it barring a next day delivery?
Cheers for any advice
I think I might have broken/bent something as I now have a rather odd little knock when manoeuvring at low speeds. Car steers, brakes and tracks fine and I am hearing nothing when going at a bit more speed.
But after 80k+ miles (and now this dumbassery from myself) I think its probably best to replace some stuff on the frontend. I haven't got under the car yet with a crowbar to see if anything is loose but my plan is to do the tie rods, drop links, roll bar bushes etc and sort the creaky top mounts anyway. basically a full rebuild barring the shocks/springs.
Watched a couple of videos that are the jobs on a mk7 Golf so I presume the process is very similar, in which they use a couple of what looks like specialist tools.
First one is for undoing the inner tie rod, looks a bit like an oil filter tool, second one was a small socket that they used to loosen the mount where the bottom of the shock sits.
Has anyone done this job, are these specialist tools absolutely required or is there a feasible workaround?
Also are there are any pitfalls I should be aware of before taking the thing to bits as it is my only car so don't want to be stuck needing a tool and have no way to get it barring a next day delivery?
Cheers for any advice