Broken Rear Wishbone

Hi Guys,

 

I haven't been on here for a while, the Diablo has been tucked away in my garage for ages & i've been using an old 911 to do my running around in.

 

Anyway .. Took the Diablo out today to blow the dust off & noticed a rather loud creaking noise from the rear right. Jacked it up and the top rear wishbone has completely broken on it's front most leg. All very scary to think I was doing 'perhaps a little' over the speed limit with it like that too, i think i've lost one of my nine lives today !

 

Has this ever happened to anyone else ? - i've search for wishbone on the forum but can't find anything.

 

Cheers,

Dave

Scary , glad you noted it before anything more catastrophic happened. Do you have any pics of the wishbone? Other than the "creaking" any other signs that something was wrong? handling, rear-end behavior?

Scary , glad you noted it before anything more catastrophic happened. Do you have any pics of the wishbone? Other than the "creaking" any other signs that something was wrong? handling, rear-end behavior?

 

It actually sounded more like a shock absorber had seized at the time - with a kind of stiff / jammed creaking every time the rear wheel moved upwards / downwards within the arch.

Haven't even taken the wheel off as yet, the broken wishbone was visible by just jacking it up a bit at the rear & looking underneath.

I'll order a new one & post a pic of the failed one when i'm changing it.

ps) 'Did anything feel wrong in the handling etc.' : No, nothing scarily - it felt normal !

Let me know what number you need and I might have one in stock

 

Glen

 

Hi Dave,

Definitely need to post some more pics of your car! Sorry to hear about the wishbone...sounds scary. Please keep us updated on your findings. Best!