Re: Crap, my tie rod just fell off!
 

Ah...now is the time for paybacks for JO! Woman, get over there and change out his
tie rod!!! =)

Dang, Mike, its just raining on you.


On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:45:45 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>>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

Re: Crap, my tie rod just fell off!
 

Agreed. Many people own Mike.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

jbjeep wrote:
>
> Ah...now is the time for paybacks for JO! Woman, get over there and change out his
> tie rod!!! =)
>
> Dang, Mike, its just raining on you.

Re: Crap, my tie rod just fell off!
 

Hell, if he wasnt on the other side of the country I would go over and do it for him
myself...but, there is no way I can make it that far and back in a weekend.



On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 04:14:53 GMT, L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@cox.net> wrote:

>> Agreed. Many people own Mike.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>>jbjeep wrote:
>>>
>>> Ah...now is the time for paybacks for JO! Woman, get over there and change out his
>>> tie rod!!! =)
>>>
>>> Dang, Mike, its just raining on you.