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Rear axle snapped

  • 28-12-2009 3:28pm
    #1
    bonnie1810
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭


    Hey the rear axle has snapped in my 1997 nissan micra wondering would it be worth getting it fixed? and if i did would it be safe?


Comments

  • #2
    v300
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭v300


    A 10 year old Micra ? Get a written quote first.
    IF the quote exceeds the price of a replacement car
    then REPLACE THE CAR !!:D:D

    It may be cheaper to repair the car, but the car would be safe
    with a new axle so long as in the act of breaking the axle
    the chassis was not twisted too...

    If the chassis is twisted it's totally feecckked. RIP


  • #3
    congo_90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭congo_90


    She's fubar op.
    I wouldn't even dream of quoting a car for a rear axle of it's age.
    Scrap her in with the scrappage deal if you can. If not scrap it yourself and then buy another 2nd hand motor.
    As v300 said. If there's any damage to chassis its a definate walk-away


  • #4
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,560 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    Forget it...even if you find a garage daft enough to attempt a replacement, it will never be the same again.


  • #5
    ianobrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭ianobrien


    How in the name of God did you snap the rear axle?:eek:

    I've driven a 96 Micra at 90mph plus down forest tracks regularly and never did any damage to the rear axle (the front cross-member didn't get away however)


  • #6
    v300
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭v300


    ianobrien wrote: »
    How in the name of God did you snap the rear axle?:eek:

    I've driven a 96 Micra at 90mph plus down forest tracks regularly and never did any damage to the rear axle (the front cross-member didn't get away however)
    In this weather, slipping slowly sideways into a tree or kerb
    at 15mph will do the trick.

    Off topic, but I wish I had an Auto Repair Shop
    as they are going to CLEAN UP in the next few weeks
    with all the Ice induced vehicle damage.


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  • #7
    frank gooding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 259 ✭✭frank gooding


    I would have thought the NCAP rating for an old micra would be in the minus figures.

    Let the car go to the big scrap heap in the sky.


  • #8
    ianobrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭ianobrien


    v300 wrote: »
    In this weather, slipping slowly sideways into a tree or kerb
    at 15mph will do the trick.

    I've done that as well and only bent the wheel...

    I imagine that the axle has moved shearing a mount off it, rather than snapping it like a twig

    Still, I reckon it's time to dump the car


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