puppysandwich
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Set off this morning to Drive Strata Florida with the 4x4 Response South Wales group. Got to the beginning of the lane where the tarmac ends everything was fine. I don't think we'd done mile and suddenly there was one hell of a noise coming from the rear offside corner. A quick inspection revealed the noise was the bobbles on the tire rubbing on the end of the sill guard, nothing major we thought, jumped back in after removing the end of the sill cover and the same thing! A closer inspection revealed that the lower Tie Rod mount had sheared clean off the axle. 
Luckily for me a couple of the guys immediately got down in the dirt and managed to use ratchet straps (That I carry) to strap the mount back in place. They then followed me back over the rough stuff to the Tarmac and I limped 52 miles home. Had to replace the straps 8 miles from home but got back safely. So a massive thank you to the guys who did a brilliant job of getting me going albeit very slowly!!!
Does anyone know if you can but these mounts, as I might as well get 2 new ones welded on, rather than weld the old one back.
Luckily for me a couple of the guys immediately got down in the dirt and managed to use ratchet straps (That I carry) to strap the mount back in place. They then followed me back over the rough stuff to the Tarmac and I limped 52 miles home. Had to replace the straps 8 miles from home but got back safely. So a massive thank you to the guys who did a brilliant job of getting me going albeit very slowly!!! Does anyone know if you can but these mounts, as I might as well get 2 new ones welded on, rather than weld the old one back.
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