Re: [Amc-list] Kelley tires is just like Oreo cookies...

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

Tom Jennings wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Matt Haas wrote:
> 
>> I also learned today what it sounds like when a tie rod end is shoved
>> into a tire
> 
> Wow, that's scary! Sounds like you got away OK.
> 
> How and why did the part fail? Bad casting?

Tom,

It looks like a stupid design. Since my intended stop was the grocery 
store, I didn't want to get dirty handling busted parts but what it 
looks like is that the top of the joint wasn't a beefy casting like I'm 
used to seeing. I haven't gone through receipts but I think this is the 
second driver's side outer tie rod end for the truck (the pitman arm 
went about 100,000 miles and I think it had a ball joint around that 
time) and both lasted about the same amount of time so I'm not too 
terribly surprised it needed replaced again. It is a scary failure mode 
(and even worse is that it checked out fine when it was aligned around 
Christmas) and I am truly grateful that it went on the way to the store 
yesterday and not on the highway on the way to work. I'm still amazed 
that I was able to drive it the mile and a half to where it was fixed 
without the tire blowing out. I live on a pretty windy road and took it 
easy but still, one wheel steering isn't exactly cool.

Matt

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