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As some might know, car has had most of the front end steering and suspension replaced, by yours truly. And, the ride has been sensational, until Saturday...

I was going to the local shop - about 4k away. As I went around a round about, the car twitched when it shouldn't. When I straigtened up, the steering wheel was no longer centred and the car want to pull left.

I was near shop, so parked and got my things. Had a look under and noticed the passenger front wheel was further forward than it ought to be. I figured I needed to jack up and suspected the steering rack had moved. So drove home.

This is what I found:



Shit. So close to disaster. Took me an hour to line everything up again and push the bolt through, torquing it properly with the right 19mm nut and washer. I can only conclude that I didn't tighten correctly, or (shame), left the nut off altogether. This was three weeks ago, have driven down coast and so on....

Regards to all - Chris

Brrrr lucky escape mate!

Woah, was your arm just about to fall out!?

Lucky catch Chris. Unfortunately I have seen it happen before - luckily not to me.

When you have the possibility you put the bolt from the other side in. She can not escape then because of the steeringarm.

i put them in the other way around when i did the suspension cuz it was a bitch to get in otherwise. Its the first thing ill be checking next time i go out in it!!

Peter V. wrote:When you have the possibility you put the bolt from the other side in. She can not escape then because of the steeringarm.

Agree Peter, it was precisely because I needed to remove the steering arms that I chose to push the bolt through the other way. But it shows that, once you think you have completed the task, you do need to spend a few minutes checking your work.

regards to everyone

A very lucky escape!