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Banned user
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ADELAIDE - The Drift City
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July 2002
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anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Thu, 11 September 2003 23:32
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Last night i was driving around on this road that i always take a short cut through.. its in the middle of no where and this was late Ive got it sideways a fair bit and ive gone to countersteer and i was met with this clunk sound....
anyway... at this point im without steering and heading towards a tree... ive hit the picks.. locked em up and managed to stop and avoid everything. I reversed and then drove up the road under a light and had a look.
I managed to snap the steering column! i dont know about anyone else but i have NEVER heard of a steering coloum breaking in ANY car!
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Thu, 11 September 2003 23:45
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I have seen this happen, but it was the result of hitting a tree that left the car very 2nd hand, and the driver in hospital!
Go buy a lotto ticket!!
Craig.
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Location:
adelaide
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Thu, 11 September 2003 23:59
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No shit man i havent heard of this even in collisions, Ouch, how would have that happened?...
Good to hear your okay dude that coulda been a bit worse, howd u get it home?
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Location:
Madrid - Spain
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Fri, 12 September 2003 00:11
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Bugger 
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Fri, 12 September 2003 00:31
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wow! good effort!!
where did it actually break? i can do a failure anyalysis on it if you like 
Cya, Stewart
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Banned user
Location:
ADELAIDE - The Drift City
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Fri, 12 September 2003 01:26
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hey guys... taken the shaft out that goes through the firewall.. this is the bit where it has sheared off the uni just under the dash!
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Registered:
May 2002
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Fri, 12 September 2003 01:49
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Is it just me, or does that look like it's been welded at some point?
(If it has, and the weld was dodgy, that would always be a potential point of failure... )
Lotto ticket time...
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Registered:
March 2003
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Fri, 12 September 2003 02:56
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I had this happen to me in my old TF Cortina. Was doing the same thing, no steering almost hit a stoby pole. Clunk noise as well.
Very scary without steering.
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Banned user
Location:
ADELAIDE - The Drift City
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Fri, 12 September 2003 06:23
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yep it does doesnt it... scary thing is that its an OEM weld... and a poor one at that
it turns out its a manufacturing defect.
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Is it just me, or does that look like it's been welded at some point?
(If it has, and the weld was dodgy, that would always be a potential point of failure... )
Lotto ticket time...
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Location:
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Fri, 12 September 2003 06:30
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Ayrton Senna had this problem I believe.......... 
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Fri, 12 September 2003 06:30
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so... you wanna buy some tickets in bulk for the rest of us or is that pushing it a bit too far? 
you are definitely one lucky bugger!!! lucky it didn't happen in traffic! ai yai
Cya, Stewart
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Banned user
Location:
ADELAIDE - The Drift City
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Fri, 12 September 2003 06:39
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its not a part on the car that i would expect to fail!
having just put new shocks and brakes on the car the day before,.. i initially thought something of mine failed.. but it turns out to be this!
its lucky it wasnt on a fast windying road or something...
but yeah.. i've ripped the shaft out.. just need to find another column
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Location:
Malaysia,Kuala Lumpur
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Fri, 12 September 2003 15:29
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I say o'le chap , you must have been going to church every Sunday without fail.
God knows how lucky you were, All the same glad to hear you're OK.
cheers
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: anyone heard of this? --- Very lucky...
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Sat, 13 September 2003 00:47
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Closest thing like that to happen to me is a ball joint fell out of the lower control arm not very nice at 100km/h around a corner.
Buy a lotto ticket
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