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what happend to me when driver side UJ failed

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Subject: what happend to me when driver side UJ failed
From: Henry Stike <stiker2126@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:49:44 -0800 (PST)
well one pretty day i was driving along in my little
red spitty, and taking curves mildly when the driver
side u-joind locked up, no the caps the break or
anything but the berings in the caps did which
prevented the wheel from rotating for a quick second. 
When this happen the spit was left in an uncontrolable

spin, in a curve mind you, for all the spit listeners
out there.  Check you u joints well and the allignment
of the knuckles of the half shafts.

currently, im looking for a new frame a 76 to 79 frame
preferably.

As when the spit spun, it smacked into the guard rail
and smashed in the quarter and the bonnet, and bent
the frame, Luckily i had recently purchased a better
body for around 250 that had been z barted when it was
new.  << NO RUST >>



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