[V8] Just when things were going so well.....

[toml99 at todomundo.com]

Hey, I drove the 5-speed to my girlfriend's last night and heard a  
nasty sound while turning the steering wheel.  Had her move it back/ 
forth, and saw the rack actually moving back/forth.  Found the  
drivers side "mount"(generous term for that area of sheetmetal), and  
it indeed was cracked around both bolts and flexing enough to allow  
the rack to move 1/4" or so.  Just to get it back home, I hacked up a  
Simson tie from a neighbor with a dull wood blade in a jigsaw, and  
drilled the 2 holes w/ a 3/8 diamond masonry bit(only thing I had  
with that fit...it was Sunday).  While it surprisingly seemed to  
"fix" it, and the wheel is back @ 12'oclock .....this is temporary as  
the ski season is coming to a close(24th), and need it driveable.  I  
know a few of you have dealt w/ this, just wondering what you did?  I  
almost reached for the gallon of Epoxy and some carbon fiber mat 
(which I had, but am leaning more toward making a better version of  
the Simson bracket/welding the cracks. Sincerely, Tom

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