I herd a Pop when I parked my car and now my steering wheel is very loose....I think the new axles broke or something in there did.....aughgh

 

My LSJ Engine does not have an Axle....

My Drivetrain does though.....

 

My bad didn't know drivetrain wasn't "Technical Discussion"....

 

It sounds like something in the steering system broke. Usually axles go when you're driving the car hard due to wheel hop - not when you're only parking the car. I've broken one when shifting from 1st to 2nd. Heard a pop followed by a quick rev like I was in neutral and then coasted to the side of the road.

 

It probably was the steering knuckle or the rack

 

How much does that cost to replace?

 

get under her and see whats broken, then you can figure out what it costs

 

Yeah, waiting on a buddy then hopefully I can drive it down the road to the lift. Then I will have a much better Idea on what is really broken. I just wanted some guesses. I really had no clue except the axles I just installed. Could a CV have popped as well?

 

do not drive it like that. call a tow truck.

 

I don't want to pay a tow truck to take my car <1 mile down the road...

 

You're risking breaking additional things and ******* the car up even more though.

Its really not that hard to look and see what you did without jacking up the car.

 

I don't have jacks!

 

seriously, a 1 mile tow costs ****. if you break any part, it will cost more than the tow.

 

Can you turn the front wheels? If your steering wheel feels like it's not connected to anything, try turning and see if the wheels are actually moving, the results will let you know a little more about what happened. You def broke something, and not an axle.

 

Okay, give me a min let me go outside.

 

Don't mess around with suspension stuff. Somethings broken you don't drive it til its fixed. You are just going to tear up more stuff and possibly crash causing you law trouble.

 

Dispite everyone saying not to, I drove the car. I let it roll back to see if I herd anything and to see if anything leaked and got frozen overnight. It rolled back fine w/o and wierd noises or shaking etc etc. I backed out made made a slow drive around the parking lot. I had complete control over the car, no steering problems. I parked in the space next to me. I will put up pictures of this metal round thing I found. Does it go to my car?

 

 

Don't think that belongs to you, if i'm reading that part # correctly it is a spare tire bracket for a '95 monte carlo

 

Well It's scraped. Possible I just ran over this thing and over over reacted? I was a bit buzzed and it was 1:30am

 

Yeah, if you were turning and it was under a tire you would feel the wheel move like it was disconnected. Probably all that happened. Or you hit a patch of oil or something

 

Well I will put it up on the lift just to double check. Like I said rolling around in the parking lot between 0-15 mph nothing felt or sounded weird.