What are you doing today?

[Sparx]

I pulled out of my driveway
Thankfully didn't happen at high speeds. That could have been serious.

Are you saying It snapped on its own?

 

[emeraldking]

Had two friends over who are real fans of rare livebearers this afternoon. Had some good conversations and laughs. And they brought fish of mine back home.

 

[connorlindeman]

Are you saying It snapped on its own?

Yup. Just heard grinding and scraping and that's what I found. Whats strange is with this type of failure, there should have been warning noises miles ago. Nothing at all.

 

[Fishmanic]

Yup. Just heard grinding and scraping and that's what I found. Whats strange is with this type of failure, there should have been warning noises miles ago. Nothing at all.

How many miles on that car
What is make and model
Do u still have the bmw convertible?

 

[Alice B]

What am I doing today? Figuring out how to get more iron absorbed by my body. The platelet war is back on.... cleaned a small pond, unclogged the filter line on a bigger one

 

[jaylach]

I pulled out of my driveway
Thankfully didn't happen at high speeds. That could have been serious.

A friend way back when had a Monte Carlo on the Interstate and a front wheel bearing seized ripping off the wheel. Kind of a catch 22 as, as long as he kept speed, the front end stayed off the road. At least it gave him time to maintain control but when he finally backed off it toasted he front end on that side.

 

[connorlindeman]

How many miles on that car
What is make and model
Do u still have the bmw convertible?

That van has 350000. Its my parents car. Toyota sienna.
Yep, the BMW is still going strong. Just fixed oil and power steering leak, so now there's no leaking fluids.

 

[Sparx]

Yup. Just heard grinding and scraping and that's what I found. Whats strange is with this type of failure, there should have been warning noises miles ago. Nothing at all.

Absolutely. I work for a commercial service centre and we service and repair trucks and vans. Normally you’d have heard squeaking/grinding noises before hand.
I might be wrong but from the look of your pictures the control arm has snapped and it’s ripped the drive shaft out.. looks like that cv boot has been split for a while though..
oh well, off to the scrapyard in the sky then!

 

[connorlindeman]

Absolutely. I work for a commercial service centre and we service and repair trucks and vans. Normally you’d have heard squeaking/grinding noises before hand.
I might be wrong but from the look of your pictures the control arm has snapped and it’s ripped the drive shaft out.. looks like that cv boot has been split for a while though..
oh well, off to the scrapyard in the sky then!

We've been looking for another van for a while now. We plan on road trips next year and needed something more reliable. Might go for a certified pre owned.

 

[connorlindeman]

Very sad. I purchased a used Taylor 314ce in excellent shape and it arrived with drop damage. Hopefully, Reverb makes it right.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

That is not a cheap guitar. But, usually if the package has not been insured with the shipper, then you may be out of luck. But, if it is anything like shipping fish, no matter what the shipper does the burden is usually on the seller. But there the problem is DOA fish and i am sure the seller was happy to guarantee it would arrive dead. A reputable seller should help with this I would hope.

Good luck.

 

[connorlindeman]

That is not a cheap guitar. But, usually if the package has not been insured with the shipper, then you may be out of luck. But, if it is anything like shipping fish, no matter what the shipper does the burden is usually on the seller. But there the problem is DOA fish and i am sure the seller was happy to guarantee it would arrive dead. A reputable seller should help with this I would hope.

Good luck.

We shall see. Thanks.

 

[GaryE]

On the bright side, at least it doesn't have wheels.

 

[Alice B]

I ran a 'this is not going anywhere" bid, cropped off a hat to one of the kids that went to fireworks, a chair to my granddaughter, and put a customer pump on and picked up my loaner. cooking now

 

[ClownLurch]

“Ingerland Ingerland Ingerland” wahey!