Delberts Wallet Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Me and the wife have got the day off, great day for a blat. We were driving down a track to a local railway station and BANG. We hit a steel post which was sticking out of the ground. It seems to have pushed the engine back about 2 inches and the come to rest an inch further back then normal. It has dented both foot wells, broken the gearbox mount, detached the handbrake (some how), split the fuel pipe and lifted the tunnel cover and of coarse taken a fair chunk of the sump (but no hole)...we were only doing 10mph if that. Any more ideas on what I could of damaged? Looks like I may have to miss the sprint at Llandow ☹️ Blue and Carbon Supersport No.28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DohNut Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 OUCH!!! If you have pushed your whole drive train back then every bit of the drive train would need looking at. My thoughts are the diff mounts could be knackered - but I am not sure how much *slack* there is in the system. ie the prop shaft is splined to fit in the end of the gearbox - how far can the gearbox move back untill the prop shaft starts to move? Does the prop hit the gearbox casing or transfer that load up the gearbox internals ? Hope you are lucky Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Double "Ouch". I second Nicks post here, the gearbox will only move a few millimeters back until it blocks out with the prop shaft. Worth checking Diff, Diff-mountings, engine-mountings. Sorry to hear. Marius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 i think there's a fair bit of slack in there... but it sounds like you need at least: gearbox mounts engine mounts check diff mounts check / strip diffcheck propshaft check / strip gearbox exhaust mount / damage to side skin new sump the tunnel cover lifting could be serious - it may just be the cover has lifted with the impact. or it may have bent something underneath. lift it up (it just pulls up at the back and slides out) and check everything is square. Actually - thinking about it - get the car to arch first and get them to check the chassis is square and nothing is bent / cracked. If the chassis is OK then hopefully its just a case of new mounts everywhere, drop the sump and get the diff and gearbox checked out by RRT. hopefully the sump took the impact and the engine should be fine otherwise. ☹️ ☹️ ☹️ ☹️ where did this happen exactly 🤔 Its possible to get compensation if a pothole damges a tyre on the road... HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaman Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Fully Comp? Sounds like an insurance job 🙆🏻 ☹️ West is best!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberts Wallet Posted June 25, 2003 Author Share Posted June 25, 2003 Just checked and the side skin is bent from the exhust hitting it. Waiting to here from MSM re insurance claim. Blue and Carbon Supersport No.28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberts Wallet Posted June 25, 2003 Author Share Posted June 25, 2003 Hoopy, it happen on a gravel road which leads to a local steam railway. The post only sticks out 1.5 inches but the road is worn either side. I may go and have a word with them before I make an insurance claim. Blue and Carbon Supersport No.28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Carmichael Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 I reckon the gearbox bucked when it sheared the mount, dislodging the tunnel cover , so this is how you got two inches of engine movement when the propshaft only has mm ov remaining movement. You are going to have to check this all the way back to the diff. Many comiserations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glynn Harrold Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Hi Bruv, Bad news!!!!! ☹️ Didn't realise it was metal!No wonder it caused so much damage. Hope it get's sorted soon. See you on Friday. Big Bruv Edited by - Glynn Harrold on 25 Jun 2003 13:28:35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glynn Harrold Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Forgot to say, If it's a company owned road, then they it may be covered my their Public Liability insurance. Worth checkin with them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Spalding Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Gareth, Really sorry to hear about the accident - hope thier insurance covers it. Sid W77 CAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberts Wallet Posted June 25, 2003 Author Share Posted June 25, 2003 Cheers Sid. I've been back to take some photos of the post and I'm going to see them tomorrow to see what they have to say. Hopefully things will go OK, if not I'll have to claim through my insurance which will f**k up my premium for the next couple of years. Fingers Crossed Blue and Carbon Supersport No.28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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