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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 04:59 PM
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So I hit something with my 2001 volvo s40 today and now my front passenger side axle is bent I believe. The wheel got pushed back to the frame of the car and it hardly turns. It rubs against the street and so it's not drive able. How much would an axle cost and how much would it cost labor wise? hours, and etc. Is the axle two separate parts? It only looked like the last part of the axle closest to the tire was bent. The axle is like bent as the picture shows. The steering wheel turns perfectly now and the left front wheel turns perfectly but the right doesnt. It lifts the whole car up when turning because it's going into the frame of the car. What could be broken?2001 Volvo S40 Front Axle-photo.jpg
 
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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 05:58 PM
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Wow. What did you hit. Must have been quite hard.
It looks a bit like you may have damaged your lower control arm for starters, maybe bent it back or sheared a bolt where it connects to the subframe with bushes.
You'll need to jack it up, remove the wheel and see whats obvious suspension/steering wise once you have clear visual access.
More pics would be interesting to see also.
Good luck.

edit: You might be interested in this thread from the Matthews volvo forum on a damaged S60 with a similar problem, athough the wheel had moved forwards. He bought her de registered for parts but fixed her quite cheaply.
http://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/for...hp?f=9&t=57459
 

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Old Oct 13, 2013 | 07:52 PM
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My 2005 s40, t5 engine has a sheared off rad pet-****. Cannot drive car cause coolant leaking out. Looked in the relevant area; little room to work with (lovely turbo, not). Any ideas as to how to remove the broken piece?
 
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Old Oct 13, 2013 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Caliber
My 2005 s40, t5 engine has a sheared off rad pet-****. Cannot drive car cause coolant leaking out. Looked in the relevant area; little room to work with (lovely turbo, not). Any ideas as to how to remove the broken piece?
Come on, 'fess up, you did that didn't you. Broke the pet-****. How'd you do it? Turn it the wrong way?
 
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