quote:Originally posted by Cyboman:
Charlie,
Did you notice a change in handling or control prior to the control arm looking for a solo vacation? Or did it just happen all at once? If you can find the time, I'd like to hear the story of your control arm woe.
Michael
No, I noticed no change in handling. Although to be honest, I was possibly so concerned about my engine falling apart that I wasn't concentrating on the suspension. I was on my way home from an International DeTomaso meeting in Italy, so I had been "highway droning" on a long and straight highway for several hours.
Ironically, I was probably saved by the fact that my engine did eventually eat itself, so I pulled over and called a flatbed. At some point between loading and unloading the car, the rear wheel fell off. Well, the upper a-arm pulled through the chassis. I'd spent much of the prior week driving through the Italian Alps at highly anti-social speeds, including an organized hillclimb event. Had that wheel come off a day or two earlier.... But I suspect that the stress of doing so was the straw that broke the camels back on my suspension.