Re: Crap, my tie rod just fell off!
 

At least I was only going 2 mph and it was easy enough to get back on,
so yup, that was lucky all right.

Mike

"A.H. MacIntosh aka USERNAME" wrote:
>
> Some guys have all the luck
>
> "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