Re: Crap, my tie rod just fell off!
Oh man... just what you needed.
Let it sit in the driveway, don't try to fix it yourself until you're ready - we don't want your next posting to be "so I was fixing my tie rod and now I have to type with a pencil in my mouth". -Brian "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:3F158139.8E28F1AD@sympatico.ca... : So here I am going to the doctor to have physio done on my torn up knee : with a neck I cannot move at all and as I turn into the parking lot I : get this screech like one brake has locked up. : : So I stop and get out and one wheel is point left with the other : pointing right.... : : I look under and the freaking tie rod is laying on the spring!!! : : The tie rod end that threads into the rod had fallen out of the rod. : Grrrr... : : Looks like the bolt on the clamp let go and I guess the hollow tie rod : has stretched enough that the threads on the tie rod end no longer grab : anything. So I turn the wheels and get the end stuck back in and for : sure I don't have a bolt the right size with me so I took a mini pare of : vise grips and clamped them down on the clamp. : : It worked, I came home very slowly along the side roads. : : I will be willing to bet that stupid rod is one expensive puppy. :-( : : Mike : 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 : 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's |
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