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EVO_PAJ **
Age: 46 Zodiac: Joined: 30 Aug 2011 Posts: 68 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:40 Post subject: Darn Lucky |
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So i normally keep some old *beep* carpet on the garage floor to stop any oil getting on it (not that the girl has any leaks mind you) as well as a rug that we don't use anymore. (its also much more comfy than the stone driveway to lie on )
I was working on the car when i asked a mate to stick his head under the car and listen for the traditional Squeak our paj's seem to suffer from.
"You got a rag wrapped round your tail shaft" he said...
Well i cant possible imagine how a rag would get up there so i clambered out of the back and stuck my head under for a quick peep.
"What Rag you talking about ?" I laughed jokingly...
"That one wrapped up under the car". he mentioned.
First thing that jumps to my mind, is the picture of the BMW driver who drove over a mattress, the whole thing coiled up under her tail shaft making a massive knot of metal and.... well more metal...
I look to the rear right wheel arch and low and behold the rug i used in the garage has gotten stuck to my tyres and rolled itself around the inside of the wheel, ball joint , break lines, discs and sway bar. (can you
imagine the costs of a repair like that... ouch !). My mate was being painful calling it a rag.. it was definitely a rug
Now here's the lucky part, I was working on the car so i drove it about 10 meters in reverse then drove beside my garage for another 10 meters 2 hours later when my mate popped round i hadn't driven the car.
The fact that i had driven the car in reverse then exactly the same distance in forward, when i first pulled the car out to work on it, meant that the Rug was looser than expected. it had gotten just about to its threshold in the 5 meters i reversed then I unwound it unknowingly by driving forward again to park.
It took a bit to remove it but in a whole we unraveled it once and pulled it out no issues...
I had planned for a big drive the following day and if i hadn't randomly, for no reason, asked my mate to check a squeak i don't normally care about, things could have been alot worse.
Starters i reckon my break lines would have been first to go, closely followed by myself.
Lesson out of this. if your car don't drip oil , you don't need carpets or rugs on the floor that could potentially get stuck to your tyres...
Or nail your carpets down in your garage
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Simon_W *******
Joined: 21 May 2013 Posts: 4881 Location: Watford
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:34 Post subject: |
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A fortunate outcome indeed!
I'm sure you couldn't have foreseen that the rug would end up wrapped around the axle, so thanks for the warning.
My own Challenger is currently 'drip-free' for the first time since I've owned it. A new oil pressure sender fixed the last of the leaks. Well, for the time being at least. |
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peteinchad LifeTime Member
Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Posts: 15079 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 14:46 Post subject: |
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If you have a drip - perhaps use a plastic tray instead of a rug - they don't wrap round tyres easily |
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T04GTR **
Age: 43 Zodiac: Joined: 29 Jun 2013 Posts: 70 Location: AUSTRALIA,sydney
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:49 Post subject: |
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lol. thats heaps lucky.
i noticed that both my engine mount top nuts were missing a while ago aswell.... |
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