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·We were driving down the Sea to Sky highway in BC here and about 10 mins
outside of Horseshoe Bay my friend loses all steering in his 85 4x4 Yota.
It ended up being the drag link that lost it's connection.
Now I don't know if anyone here is familiar with the sea to sky but we must
have horseshoes up the yin yang cause it lost steering coming out of a
corner that lead straight into a rest stop as opposed to the 50 previous
corners leading off cliffs or into jagged rocks or oncoming traffic
After a couple hours trying to jury rig it back together with some
kiteboarding string a passing Aircraft mechanic leant to us we determined
that no, it was not going to happen tonight and being 5:30 in the morning we
were content to give up and phone the house for a ride where it just
happened that our friends were getting home from a party and by that time
were sober enough to drive.
So people do check your older trucks steering from time to time. The Drag
link looks like a 10 minute fix, instead of a 6 month hospital stay.
Oh and do your best to build up all the good Karma you can, you never know
when you might need it.
Alive and well,
-Andrew
outside of Horseshoe Bay my friend loses all steering in his 85 4x4 Yota.
It ended up being the drag link that lost it's connection.
Now I don't know if anyone here is familiar with the sea to sky but we must
have horseshoes up the yin yang cause it lost steering coming out of a
corner that lead straight into a rest stop as opposed to the 50 previous
corners leading off cliffs or into jagged rocks or oncoming traffic
After a couple hours trying to jury rig it back together with some
kiteboarding string a passing Aircraft mechanic leant to us we determined
that no, it was not going to happen tonight and being 5:30 in the morning we
were content to give up and phone the house for a ride where it just
happened that our friends were getting home from a party and by that time
were sober enough to drive.
So people do check your older trucks steering from time to time. The Drag
link looks like a 10 minute fix, instead of a 6 month hospital stay.
Oh and do your best to build up all the good Karma you can, you never know
when you might need it.
Alive and well,
-Andrew