Ok this is not a new item for inspection having seen many cracked front arms where the tension road arm fixings pass through but the level of damage to this arm is a first for me and it has been a good while since seeing something so bad and dangerous.

 

Forced by oncoming traffic to go kerb side whilst driving through a pot hole and the owner of this zed hear a loud crack and then the steering went very odd feeling, inspection found the nearside wheel pushed way back and rubbing the back end of the front wheel arch.

 

The failure coincided with a requirement for 4 x new discs and pads so a good time to sort it all out at the same time, today`s sunshine provided a perfect opportunity and so all the work was done under a blue sky with full sunshine, with tea and toast provided by the customer the job went like a dream and all was restored.

 

Worth a look down there occasionally to keep an eye on these front arms, especially if fitted with the early type tension rod bushes that are very hard and afford less movement thus transmitting extra load on to the arm.

 

Jeff

 

 

 

 

That looks as bad as it gets lol, i dont recall having those rubber bits on my arms, i guess the brackets rot over time and either get taken off or fall off/

Those rubber bits on the arms are air channel guides that are supposed to help aid cooling to the front disks. They were standard on TT Z32s, but most have either fallen off or disintegrated. You can buy new ones, but they're pretty expensive.

 

As Si said, standard on UK cars only, most imports do not have them.

 

Jeff

Think you get them on S14s as well so potential there for robbery.