Last Monday I had to take the truck because the headlights wouldn't work,(switch went bad, I fixed it 2 days ago), Hubby usually drives it, but he leaves at 3:30am and I don't leave till 9am, so I don't really need lights lol. I noticed if I hit a bump it would kind of thump a bit, but since I hadn't driven it in a while I didn't think much of it, then over the weekend when hubby and I were driving together he pointed out the noise as being something new. We didn't really think much of it after that honestly. Today when he got home tho he said something broke, I guess when he was about to leave work he saw something hanging 3" above the ground(pics to follow) and secured it with a piece of wire, from reading online (because neither of us are very car savy, I probably am a bit more so then him) it looks to be a shock absorber, the problem seems to be that it rotted out of the frame, so we are wondering, A: is it fixable? B: If it is, how much would the fix likely cost and C: is it worth it to fix? Sorry the pics aren't the greatest, my cell was dead so I took the pics with my DSLR, which isn't the best for close up(and it only has a view finder so I had to hold it close to the ground and guess what I was aiming at lol) FYI:this is the passenger side.
I can get more pics tomorrow if needed(it's dark now) Just let me know what pics are needed.
I should also add that even tho hubby doesn't know a whole lot about cars, he is a welder, so he questioned whether he could weld a plate where he believe it rotted from, of if that whole cross-member has to be replaced.
And the pic from Hubby's phone where he think it broke off from.
Hope my pics upload, they are just showing gray boxes right now. (not anymore)