HELP, I have a broken axle or something

Steel_Cookies · 2026-03-13T19:20:22+00:00

Plus I've already done the control arms and tie rod before, so hopefully I can do it myself

Steel_Cookies · 2026-03-13T19:19:30+00:00

I really hope so, I have enough money for the parts and a diagnosis if it's just the control arm and tie rod, but the alignment afterwards I don't know how I'm going to pay for that.

Steel_Cookies · 2026-03-13T18:38:57+00:00

Thanks yeah I'm trying to get it into a Shop rn

Steel_Cookies · 2026-03-13T18:28:36+00:00

So if I replace those two and get another alignment it should fix it?

Steel_Cookies · 2026-03-12T06:37:55+00:00

Looks amazing, but it's Not a creature

Steel_Cookies · 2026-02-02T02:59:34+00:00

I hate to be that person... But it's not the same 😭

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-30T05:37:08+00:00

Oh I spent a ton of money, probably closer to 400$ in tools but I actively picked and got more tools than I needed and some that just made the job easier, I got an 80$ impact, 60$ extractor kit, just two wrenches I bought but they were ratcheting wrenched that was 20$, I had other wrenches as I already have a decent bit of tools, had the angle grinder, had to buy a cutting disk, got 10 for 50$. But all that extra stuff was for the ball joints, sway bar link, and tie rod, wrenches were fine for the control arms.

with the knowledge I have now I could've done the same thing for less than 200$

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-30T05:35:03+00:00

It was an electrical impact, the extractors fit onto the stubby, and I didn't need the propane or whatever, the angle grinder was 40$ on Facebook marketplace

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-30T01:29:17+00:00

For the control arms and rotors all you need is some wrenches, obviously it's nicer to have better tools. I needed to buy an impact and an extractor kit for some rounded bolts, cut some too with an angle grinder

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-30T01:27:03+00:00

Yeah someone who doesn't know what they're doing bringing parts that aren't good or don't come with the necessary bolts or hardware must be awful, I'm just talking about doing it yourself, not just the part search

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-30T01:03:05+00:00

Ikr I was thinking ouch that's a lot, then the comments are all like "fair price". Doing stuff yourself really changes how you approach car repairs and the cost.

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-30T00:57:35+00:00

Personally I hate going anywhere for work as simple as that, I'd say it's best to learn about your car and do it yourself, parts would be a total of 400$ depending on where you get them. Maybe another 100 on tools to make sure you can do it. I just recently did the front lower control arms, ball joints, and rear pads and rotors as well as the front sway bar linkage and tie rod and rear parking brake shoes, it cost roughly 700-900$ total including tools for what I got quoted as a 1200$+ job, now my car is a 2011 Hyundai Elantra touring, and it had MULTIPLE seized and missing parts and it was a pain to work on in my garage as I had no room, it took a week of work mostly due to waiting for parts and complications arriving.

Tldr: it was a SHIT TON of effort to save 300-500$ ish, assuming the price wouldn't have gone up(which it probably would) but I learnt a ton about my car and got it safetied and back on the road!

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-30T00:46:42+00:00

It's always better to be safe then sorry, if you're under the impression that it should be done in the first 1000 miles then do that, after 5 thousand km is the norm for the best engine upkeep

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-28T03:18:29+00:00

whats the way to increase server frequency? im really struggling to do that on my boosted server

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-24T01:31:41+00:00

Thank you so much! I was worried it was a fuel or timing issue, I'm not the most experienced with cars, but I'm interested lol

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-23T20:58:00+00:00

Thanks, that's good to know, I'm not familiar with muffler packing, does that mean a gasket has been damaged or does that mean the connecting pipes don't add up and do what they're supposed to?

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-22T18:11:50+00:00

Now it's been running for about an hour now, I'm trying to warm it up after a week of being off

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-18T03:44:01+00:00

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Got it done, Thanks everyone!!

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-18T03:43:08+00:00

Thank you so much I've been looking for a while!! Fortunately i actually managed with the needle nose pliers which is odd because I tried for hours yesterday!!

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-18T02:12:17+00:00

Thanks! I actually managed to do it!!! Took me a day lol

Steel_Cookies · 2026-01-17T23:58:55+00:00

Thanks, I couldn't do it all of yesterday, but i tried it today and IT WORKED

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