It landed on the ground with no wheel, what may I have damaged? I got another jack (this one mangled) and put the new tyre on. I haven't driven it yet!
2007-04-22 04:39:47 · 10 answers · asked by roytochaps 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
About the only thing you may have damaged is the rock sheild on the backside of the brake rotor.
It's no big deal though.
2007-04-22 04:45:15 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Hopefully nothing, but I would have it looked at just be be sure. If it seems to drive okay, you probably dodged the bullet that time.
Now, why did it come off the jack? You did break the lug nuts loose with the tire (sorry, the tyre) still on the ground, right? And then put a wheel chock under the opposite tyre on the opposite end of the vehicle before jacking it up, and had it on level ground with the parking brake set and in park if it's an automatic, right?
If not, you will know for next time.
2007-04-22 04:46:22 · answer #2 · answered by oklatom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends, may have just landed on the jack, or on the body pan or frame. It is a visual thing. You didn't say which tire(front - rear), onto what kind of surface.
All in all, you are now better aware of what could have happened if you had a leg under there or was under there just with a jack holding your car up. Always block it up when you can. A visual inspection should be done by somebody with some mechanical knowledge to be sure you didn't pinch a brake line or crack a drum or something.
2007-04-22 05:10:46 · answer #3 · answered by ButwhatdoIno? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At worst, you might have a bent brake drum or rotor. Everything else down there is strong enough to support the weight of the car. If the car is very low to the ground, there could be minor damage to the lowest part of the fender. I did the same thing on a '99 ford truck once. No damage at all, except to my pride. Use wheel chocks from now on. The park brake only holds the rear wheels.
2007-04-22 04:51:48 · answer #4 · answered by carguy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you first loosen the lug nuts up a little on it then place the jack in under the right spot on it,the owners manual will tell this,then you raise it, finish removing the lug nuts and remove the wheel,put on the other wheel,tighten the nuts as good as you can let it down some and finish tightening them,then remove the jack ,and check that all nuts are tight,and your done,replace everything ,and that's it,be careful and make sure the car doesn't move while its jacked up,use the e-brake on it,good luck with it.,,but read the owners manual really good on all of this.
2016-05-21 01:01:35 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have brake drums, you may very well have damaged the drum, taking it out of round. If you have disk brakes, it likely landed on the edge of the rotor and that is a tough piece of metal and likely not damaged. If a front wheel, you may have changed the alignment of the front end. All of this is from the unnatural angle of the brake parts ending up on the ground at a substantially lower level than the rest of the car.
2007-04-22 04:54:44 · answer #6 · answered by rowlfe 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Generally this type of accident won't do much damage but this also is why we must use jack stands for safety. A car can sit on the rotors or drums and, cause literally no damage but if you heard some unusual noise it probably will come from the rotor or the related shields.
2007-04-22 04:49:52 · answer #7 · answered by Keith 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If it was the front you bent the dust shield and scratched the rotor, If it was the rear check the break drum for damaged
2007-04-22 05:09:56 · answer #8 · answered by JT B ford man 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
once you get the wheel back on,check it out.i would say probably the only thing would hurt is the backing plate on the rotor,but you can bend it back in shape.
2007-04-22 04:49:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think of something bad may happen.
please, be more positive in life.
2007-04-22 05:17:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋