You're lucky. You did see those pics of the guy who lost one at 55mph didn't you? He flipped over & had to be pried out by firemen. His car was toast. That's why I made my comment about needing an ambulance. --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> wrote: > It was probably less than 20mph. > There was a loud clunk, like when a half axle falls off. HAHA.. I don't > know who can share the laughs with me there. Anyways... > > I pulled over to the side of the road without trouble to make sure all > important parts were still attached. I couldn't really tell much, there > was high enough grass to obstruct seeing anything. There was a side > street up ahead, so i drove the car up to it and turned. Another clunk. > Stopped again, still couldn't see anything. Half axle seemed like it was > still in there. :P tried to move the driver's side tire, it looked > straight and didn't move when I pushed it. Started suspecting the TAB, > but wasn't really convinced anything was wrong yet (sigh). So I drove > down the street, one hand on the steering wheel, the other on the sill, > hanging halfway out the car, zero eyes on the road and two on the driver > rear wheel. It looked fine, except under more than slight acceleration, > the rear wheel turned out like 10 degrees and another clunk. So I called > the tow truck. > > I'm not sure how other people's whole suspension starts bending out, > maybe it's just at higher speeds. My trailing arm seemed pretty much > trapped between the frame and body, allowing only like 10 degrees of > movement. > > Like I said, pretty uneventful. Ah well. > > Jim > > > On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 02:26:08 -0000 "content22207" > <brobertson@xxxx> writes: > > What was speed at failure? How did car handle to side of road? Could > > you use transaxle or did you have to coast? > > > > Bill Robertson > > #5939 > > > > >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland > > <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> > > wrote: > > > I just sheared a bolt. It was pretty uneventful besides a tow > > truck > > > trip. Most people don't carry around two 10mm wrenches/sockets to > > take > > > off the stealth fighter (air deflector) plus two wrenches/sockets > > for the > > > TAB. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:39:55 -0000 "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> > > > writes: > > > > If anyone "loses" a trailing arm bolt you will most likely be > > calling > > > > > > > > them an ambulance and a wrecker. > > > > > > > > Though I suppose if you were at a tech social where everyone was > > > > > > poking into everyone else's car and found a guy who was - about- > > to > > > > snap a bolt it would be very timely of you to have a spare. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > > > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > > > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=259538.3936685.5168404.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1750876/R=0/SIG=11v1mrq3u/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/hit?pa ge=1762-1062629109228440> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259538.3936685.5168404.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1750876/rand=418179824> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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