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  1. 11th October 2012, 11:35 PM #1
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    Wire attached to rear axle broken

    I heard a bang underneath the car while driving on a corrugated road- found the wire that is attached to the rear axle has broken. Can anyone tell me what it's for ( I guess it's to limit movement of some kind, I know the axle is supposed to move laterally) and how I might fix it? Any part number??
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  2. 11th October 2012, 11:58 PM #2
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    Wire? More info needed as in electrical? Any 'wires' attached to rear axel do nothing to locate and most certianly not make a bang as they detached, unless it was a stick/rock/corolla/getz doing the banging as it/they detached said wire!
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  3. 12th October 2012, 07:54 AM #3
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    There's a harmonic damper that is bolted to the diff/axle casing. It has a length of wire to secure it if the mount breaks.
    It seems like your mount has broken & the flailing damper has broken the wire.

    The damper looks like this:


    It's fitted for vibration refinement purposes so chances are that you won't even notice it missing.
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  4. 15th October 2012, 08:23 PM #4
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    Yes that's definitely it... haven't noticed any difference, thanks for the info. I'll check it out more closely, if it's not too much of a big deal I'll replace the whole unit at some stage. Wasn't really a loud bang, more of a thump I guess. Anyway good to know it's not that important!
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