I need some major help asap *pics*

[WickedClown77 10+ year member]

Ok, 1. I dont know anything about cars (just car audio) and 2. I'm in some deep ****

I cracked something on my dad's van and now the breaks barely work and there's no power stearing at all.

What did I crack and around how much do you think it'll cost to fix?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/WickedClown77/100-0019_IMG.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/WickedClown77/100-0018_IMG.jpg

Click to read more...

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

jeeez it looks like something from a horror movie!

WHAT did u do?

 

[WickedClown77 10+ year member]

I was driving to mcdonalds to get some lunch and one of my dads friends just happened to be in front of me and he had a trailer completely full of really thick tree branches and he waved me to go on cause he got out of his truck to put the branches back on the trailer cause they were falling out. So i drove on past him and our tires rubbed and jerked my wheel completely over to the right side and I did that to my dad's van and my dad's friends trailer got the axel bent and the tire slashed/rim bent. And the really wierd thing is is i was only doing 5-7 mph.

P.s I couldnt see his tires cause the branches were laying over them/falling out of the trailer

WickedClown

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

I was driving to mcdonalds to get some lunch and one of my dads friends just happened to be in front of me and he had a trailer completely full of really thick tree branches and he waved me to go on cause he got out of his truck to put the branches back on the trailer cause they were falling out. So i drove on past him and our tires rubbed and jerked my wheel completely over to the right side and I did that to my dad's van and my dad's friends trailer got the axel bent and the tire slashed/rim bent. And the really wierd thing is is i was only doing 5-7 mph.
P.s I couldnt see his tires cause the branches were laying over them/falling out of the trailer

WickedClown

stering assembly?

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

So the first pic looks like **** dripped on the idler arm, then the seccond pic I can't tell wtf it is, looks kinda like some kind of ball joint or somethin. Did you punch a hole in the steering box? What type of van is it? Can we get a picture that isn't so far zoomed in on the second one?

 

[rollin_clean 10+ year member]

power steering fluid is red

 

[destruction 10+ year member]

yep. he knocked out the bottom of his power steering pump.

the second picture is looking inside it.

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Ahhh ok, never had the displeasure of looking the wron way into a power steering pump.

 

[bogus 10+ year member]

the hydraulic pump it hosed. That pump also provides brake boost in some larger vans and box trucks.

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

It doesn't look like the pump, it's the steering gearbox that's bashed (where the pitman arm bolts in) and the power steering does provide brake boost on some older large trucks and vans (hydroboost I believe it was called). From what I can see, you need a new steering gearbox.

 

[destruction 10+ year member]

aghh, thats what i meant. i dunno why i said pump. you are right, its teh box.

 

[WickedClown77 10+ year member]

its a 99 safari van, how much do you guys think it'll cost to fix? Yeah the power steering's out and the breaks are almost out considering I have to push the pedal to the floor just to barely stop.

WickedClown

 

[Dozerboy 10+ year member]

I would think $300-400 to fix more of a guess I don’t know much about the Safari, but stop driving it. If you trash the pump it going to get costly not to mention that’s a major fire hazard.