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What not to do if a CV is broken and you drive home
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:20 pm
by mwhitfield_2000
G'day all had the madest long weekend up at lithgow and when we started to leave some guy asked for help cause a MK was stuck (well thats his first problem) then got stuck myself got out drove up the hill and bang, CV right hand driver side, and a blown left hand driver tyre. all in about 2 minutes of each other.
Anyway drove home to hills area from lithgow about 80Km's
and this is what happened !!!
NOT HAPPY JANE!!!
Get truck back this friday
Thanks to Wayne and Len and Shannon for helping me limp home
cheers Guys
WHITTY
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:48 pm
by Thor
ouch dude not cool!
i hope the fun you had makes up for the carnage...
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:02 pm
by GQ Toy
Have done the same myself, had to drive 700km home before I could fix, by the time I got home I could only turn to the left, made very interesting driving through town
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:11 pm
by bundytunna
ohhh
bugger
costly recovery eh
hope ur weekend was enjoyed tho
broken bits
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:13 pm
by DR Frankenstine
maybe next time you will pull the broken cv out (takes about 20 mins) live and learn!!!!!
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:39 pm
by MQ080
Don't worry, we would have pulled it apart if we had of had all of the tools there... Matty, are we making a trip to toolworks this week?!
tools
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:46 pm
by DR Frankenstine
offroading with no tools or spares!! live and learn!!!
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 11:02 pm
by mwhitfield_2000
I had tools i just have never learn how to take a CV joint out before i guest it would be a cheaper alternative next time
WHITTY
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:18 am
by Robbo
Hey thats not to bad a friend smashed a nissan cv that bad it embedded into the inner ball lining & couldn't be steered, night drive in a bog hole yeh good. NOT
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 9:18 am
by Wendle
it's not bad at all. bit of a clean-up & a new inner seal and she'll be like new.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 11:41 am
by bazzle
Any reason you didnt unlock hubs? for drive home?
Bazzle
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 11:59 am
by 80diesel4play
Top pick up Bazzle - BWahahahahahahahahaha
Payout!
Re: tools
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:46 pm
by MQ080
packhorse wrote:offroading with no tools or spares!! live and learn!!!
I want to bring you along next time packhorse.... you could have saved us
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:48 pm
by MQ080
bazzle wrote:Any reason you didnt unlock hubs? for drive home?
Bazzle
We did, but it had fragmented that much that it still didn't want to turn right... onwell matty... back to the trusty onl MQ for you
Re: tools
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:51 pm
by roly
MQ080 wrote:
I want to bring you along next time packhorse.... you could have saved us
this from the boy who set out to do porters and cranstons with 2 or 3 hub bolts already sheared off........
10:30pm BANG!!!!
ring ring " hello roly , we are stuck at the bottom of cranstons can you winch us up please"
Re: tools
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 2:42 pm
by MQ080
roly wrote:MQ080 wrote:
I want to bring you along next time packhorse.... you could have saved us
this from the boy who set out to do porters and cranstons with 2 or 3 hub bolts already sheared off........
10:30pm BANG!!!!
ring ring " hello roly , we are stuck at the bottom of cranstons can you winch us up please"
What you didn't want to come?! ...i thought you wanted to test out your new (at that stage) lightforce products and see if you could do cranstons without any lockers... I must be mistaken
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 5:06 pm
by Monty
Nah Roly wanted to come and see the mq drive cranstons in rear wheel drive that was quite funny.
One of the longest trips ever though taking 14 hours from porters to cranstons there was no airing back up that night
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 3:34 pm
by Steven
I dont know what everyone else pays. but i can get new nissan cv's for about $200 each.
Steve
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 10:20 pm
by dumbdunce
