4whlmama
Active Member
This repair is actually on a 2010 Ford Edge SE. It belongs to a friend of mine. She was in a low speed accident and the person that hit her made first contact at her front drivers side wheel. The damage was to her steering knuckle mostly. Where the upper tie rod connects to the steering knuckle, the knuckle itself broke off right where the tie rod bolts to it. Initially I thought the tie rod broke, but when I pulled the wheel off and seen that the knuckle had broke I was surprised! Anyway, I'm replacing the hub, hub bearing, and knuckle. The bolt for the tie rod was still in the tie rod and it doesn't look to be damaged at all. Some oil came out of the axle when I pulled it apart. This is where my concern is and if I should maybe replace any other parts??? Nothing shows visible damage. I'm about to put in the parts order for her vehicle and need to make sure we are only gonna do this one time. I would really hate to have to pull it back apart to fix something else. So I'm turning to my expedition family...any suggestions? Sorry, I don't have any other photos to show the actual damage on the stearing knuckle. This is the best I got. It looks worse than it is without the number trim, but it isn't that bad.