hey sl, my friend and i were coming home from a friends house and we hit the curb rails on the freeway, and now his steering wheel is totally vertical now and makes a screeching noise.

it looks like this bent.




can anyone tell me what that bar is?

please and thankyou

 

The bar within the yellow box is the tie rod.
The part within the red circle is your steering knuckle connected to the suspension strut.

 

thank you SCIONOSIS

 

You may want to check the inner tie rod and lower control are as well just in case.

 

i did the same thing 2 days ago but my bar is worse i think it conects to the rack and pinion is that true or what part is it and how much

 

sorry to hear that, i hit a curb last year, and bent a tie rod.

 

don't you hate when those curbs jump out at you

 

Yes! I hit a curb on a left turn at a light and the little median curb came out of nowhere and both left side tires went over the curb. Messed up my front driver side rim bad and bent the back left too. It made me get new rims, konigs though but still. Also had to get an alignment and the scion tech guy came up to me and was like "your alignment was BAD!"

 

wow, that sucks for damage. at least you guys are ok and no crash resulted.

 

i just hit a curb this morning.... i think its ok though

 

was the curb properly marked or identified? its a long shot, but there have been times where you could tell the city about the problem and have them cover the costs and this happened when i lived in so cal.

 

No, it's just the same color as the pavement. When I passed it later on, i saw lots of tire marks on it.

 

usually i am the person that would say its your fault since you didn't pay attention, but i am all for going against the system at this point and the way the economy is. take a picture of the area and send it to the city and request they pay for service to get it fixed. it can be labeled and as an improperly marked curbed. worth a shot to try it out.

 

I don't really feel like going through the trouble. it was way long ago when this happened and I never go that route anymore. If I was extremely strapped for cash, i would try to do something about it.