Re: Re: O.T. new trucks breaking down

Posted by txblu on June 15, 2004 at 07:57:07 from (199.46.199.230):

In Reply to: Re: O.T. new trucks breaking down posted by GG on June 14, 2004 at 16:03:49:

If you knew how little is keeping a front wheel drive automobile in it's lane it would scare the pants off you.

When the tie rod becomes disengaged, the drive tire on the drivers side has traction, but nothing to keep it aligned fore and aft. The normal action-reaction result is the rear of the tire jams into the frame. Guess where the front of the tire is pointed.

So when you see black skid marks from the right hand lane, clear across the left lane,and thru the median on a straight stretch of road with nothing around you don't have to guess. A rack and pinion steering system failed.

Almost happened to my wife. She was backing out of the driveway to go on a trip and it failed at the end of the driveway, not 15 minutes later at 70 mph on the highway. That is scary (got goose bumps talking about it).

Mark

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