[Vwdiesel] Never heard of

[Mark Shepherd]

Shalyn, this could be your chance to find that 'Trouble 'n S'trife' who has so far eluded you. ;o)...

Re the break, inspect the fracture line and see if it was one quick fail, or shows that it grew from one spot with many flexes over a period of time by the ripples and rust 
present.

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Message Received: Apr 09 2014, 11:21 AM
From: "Val Christian" 
To: sshourds at flash.net, vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Never heard of

Was it a weld failure? I had that happen once with a KYB shock in the 70's.


> 
> Sorry, first off:=A0 it's neither VW nor Diesel, but that aside:
> 
> A co-worker grabbed me first thing a week ago and asked me to look at her c=
> ar.=A0 Some kind of KIA mini SUV.=A0 Said it'd made a banging sound then dr=
> ove crazy.=A0 Fortunately, she was almost to work when it happened and idle=
> d it in.=A0 I crawled underneath and found that what had happened was that =
> the bottom loop/eye/what have you was broken off a front strut where it bol=
> ts to the control arm.=A0 Rather explained the symptoms, but I have never h=
> eard of that happening.=A0 She doesn't offroad the car or anything, no erra=
> nt curb jumping, etc.=A0 =
> 
> 
> Anyone heard of that?=A0 The good news is that it happened when she was run=
> ning slowly, not on the highway which she'd just exited.=A0 I can't even be=
> gin to imagine what would have happened had it occurred at speed.=A0 =
> 
> 
> 
> -Shalyn
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