Originally Posted by rcounts

From that description it sounds like the sway bar (rod going accross the car) connecting link (the broken piece) got snapped in the accident. Definitely NOT a big deal at all. It will mean the car leans harder in high speed turns, and the rear end will "waggle" a bit more when making abrupt steering corrections. Just take it easy and slow and it will be a non-issue.


Yeah, they did - HIGH SPEED stability. We're talking about limping the thing home here - not driving the autobahn.

I swear, some of the folks on this forum sound like a bunch of frightened old WOMEN! LOL! So the rear wheel is leaning in a few degrees at the top? BFD! As long as the suspension components that hold the wheel in place aren't broken - or cracked to the point of breaking - it isn't that big of a deal. Hell, I see cars that have more and worse safety issues than that passing me at 70 on the freeway almost every day!

Like I said a couple of posts ago, my main concern would be the tire getting shredded by the damaged sheetmetal. Make sure that can't happen and keep it down to around 50 mph, and driving it 300 or 400 miles is not endangering himself or the public to any significant degree.

Smoothie, I would see if I could replace that secondary filter. Pick up 3 or 4 of the $0.79 ones they sell for for the old carbed VWs at any auto parts store. That way you're keeping the junk out of your primary filter, and if enough stuff gets trapped in there to plug it up, it is a 10 minute pit stop to change it.