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Originally Posted by Plumbus
Sounds rough. What do you think would cause a strut tower to bust open like that guy? Someone mentioned over torquing the top hat nuts, and that's likely the case but it's hard to believe that would have more impact than a ditch.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ft86/commen...ng_the_engine/ |
If it feels fine and drives straight you probably didn't hurt a thing. The alignment may be off a hair but if you are dialing in a specific track setup it is likely still within the acceptable range.
The towers are not made out of sugar and can take a beating. That is why you have suspension and not solid bolt on axles. They take the bulk of the hit. Yes, you will get bounced around a bit and can bend wheels, snap bearings and all sort of weird and wonderful things but damaging a tower by hitting a pothole would be spectacular.
The dude on Reddit is either not telling the whole story or it happened before he got the car. My guess in that case would be a very poor installation job on the coilover not damage from a bump. A bump causing that would have shattered pain and created stress marks. There is no sign of any upward force at all.