Holy crap this was scary
#7
As far as changing pants. Lol. I don't no what was worse me trying to stop of my wife beating the s*** out of me while I was trying to stop. What was scary is I had just got off the interstate and turned onto the main road. I could've only imagined if it broke 2 minutes earlier.
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#8
I tied mine back together with rope when that happened to me. Then drove the truck ~20 miles back home, at a relatively safe speed of course(no highway travel obviously). Making sure I didn't turn the wheel too sharply while cornering, and cause the whole thing to come unravelled.
I know what you mean about having good brakes(glad I did too). I was only going ~10 mph though. But I was coming down a semi-steep, narrow, single-lane, gravel road about 3000 ft. up the side of a mountain. With a seriously steep drop off on one side, and the mountain on the other. Can you guess which side the truck veered violently towards when the idler arm broke? Not the safe side...that's for sure.
I know what you mean about having good brakes(glad I did too). I was only going ~10 mph though. But I was coming down a semi-steep, narrow, single-lane, gravel road about 3000 ft. up the side of a mountain. With a seriously steep drop off on one side, and the mountain on the other. Can you guess which side the truck veered violently towards when the idler arm broke? Not the safe side...that's for sure.
Last edited by MudHippy; 02-21-2013 at 12:46 PM.
#10
I've had that happen before, that's why I always carried a spare idler arm. After bending a few of them I just ponied up and bought a total chaos idler arm. It's expensive but it's piece of mind!
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