The esteemed Jake de Villiers wrote, That can't happen Gary. Even if all the rubber vaporizes due to cosmic rays or reefer madness or aliens the steel still encircles the pivot and will retain the control arm. Well, Jake, I admit it wasn't in a VW, but yes, the left front A-frame dropped out of my $175 '83 Isuzu at speed. Interesting you brought up aliens - - I'm only about 85 miles from Area 51, but I think the more likely cause was my own personal "bozone layer" (Jeez, Gary, what is that horrible racket coming from under your car? Oh, nothing a little WD-40 won't take care of!). Yep, once you wear enough of the steel off, it will indeed fall out! So, making an already too long story short, replace those squeeky front end parts! Gary __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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