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Post by moose »

you know that feeling ....
that "OH SH!T" , type feeling !!!! :?

left for work last nite , about 10:20 !!
pulled out the driveway , sort of "clunk" in the steering !! :?
took off up the road , thinking "Ah , will look at that 2moro !!"
1st corner I got too , T junction , traffic lights ...
lights have just gone amber , " its sweet , i,ll make it !!"
turned the wheel , lotsa times , car went half way round the corner , then straight !!! :cry:

straight into a pole !!!! DOH !!

just glanced the bullbar ,
& down the drivers side , so I flattened the only {semi}straight flare I had left !

& bent the crap out off the steering arms !!

Cause of the DOH !! , a bolt fell out of the rag joint !!
No prior warning , until I went to go too work !!

so now it is held together with a trailer chain "D" shackle !! :oops:
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Post by Damo »

Yikes!!!!!!!! :shock:

Glad you made it out of that one Moose! And that you didn't take anyone/thing else out at the same time!!!

BTW, I think you might need to look at some preventative maintenance mate :cool:
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Post by moose »

I was in the engine bay on the weekend , did a headgasket !! (again !!)

3 bolts are still tight , only 1 fell out ???

there were no warning signs , apart from the noise as I left 4 work !!

I had been out driving around , during the day ! :?
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Post by Damo »

moose wrote:I was in the engine bay on the weekend , did a headgasket !! (again !!)

3 bolts are still tight , only 1 fell out ???

there were no warning signs , apart from the noise as I left 4 work !!

I had been out driving around , during the day ! :?


Gremlins :lol:

P*ss that rag joint off and put a u-joint in there.

Go power steer while you're there :cool:
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Post by moose »

yeah , wanna do that !!
but all the one,s at work are a tad LARGE !!!

But ya get that with KW !! :D
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Post by Drewfus »

Whilst there was panal damage, you gotta be STOKED that the damage/injury rate wasn't dramatically worse.......buy a lotto ticket ;) :D
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Post by Damo »

moose wrote:yeah , wanna do that !!
but all the one,s at work are a tad LARGE !!!

But ya get that with KW !! :D


Zooks have 1 uni joint just near the firewall. Just get another one of them. Works good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by nicbeer »

Hey Damo.

Is the other uni joint on the steering as well?

What is needed to convert the rag to this and also would this suit a BL as well.

cheers
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Post by Damo »

nicbeer wrote:Hey Damo.

Is the other uni joint on the steering as well?

What is needed to convert the rag to this and also would this suit a BL as well.

cheers


I just replaced the rag joint with one of those u-joints. I have a Vitara P/S box but I am pretty sure the spline on the Sierra box is the same.

You will need to make some changes to the end of the steering shaft as it has a flange on it and you need a spline to match up with the u-joint.
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Post by nicbeer »

Quick one. If only 1 bolt fell out how did it make it fail. I though they are held by one at each corner??

Or am i wrong.

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Post by zookjedi »

2 bolts per side of rag joint , one falls out allows shaft to free spin around bolt left on side the bolt fell out off (make sense)
if its worth doing do it intensly , better still do it with MADPASSION

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