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First, you ***** about how you spent $500 clams on a 20 year old car with God knows how many miles, and the shop should have told you that a mysterious noise was going to appear out of nowhere. Now, the tow company wants too much money to tow your car. I don't know what you do for a living, sir, but I will wager you don't let people negotiate your salary for you. Paper pushers indeed. |
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have them check the vertical links that join the rear sway bar to the wheel assemblies.one of these breaks[lots of weight in trunk]they have been known to grind on the inside of a rear wheel.
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Thanks David!! Appreciate the feedback. I'm going to give all the suggestions as to what it may be to the service manager at the dealership.
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You've managed to fit two bad analogies into one short post. The ham and eggs analogy relates to bringing your own parts into the repair shop - no relevance to the subject matter here. And rejecting a tow company quote has nothing whatsoever to do with negotiating a salary. Getting multiple competitive bids is entirely acceptable behavior in a free market economic system.
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Ah yes inspector, but what was it they should have caught eh?
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The next time I want to use an analogy, I'll make sure to clear it with you first, lest I make another terrible faux pax in your opinion. You know about opinions don't you? Everyone has one, just like everyone has a...... |
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If you continue to drive on it it shouldn't harm the rim (i imagine you have stock 15 holer's on it) other than scraping the unside up. (nothing should get hot enough, nor wear through the metal of the wheel) You should be able take it slow and limp home at a reasonable highway speed (60-65). I hope the radio works gets loud. If your daughter is still with the car, ask her (or a male friend) to climb under the rear end and look for anything touching the inside of the rim, or at the very least look for fresh scrape marks on the inside of it (shiny metal). Im willing to bet the farm on this.
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After reading the initial post, I was going to point out the same thing that David Poole just pointed out, because it happened to me. After the plastic piece snapped, it was scraping on the inside of the wheel and it sounded like something dragging. It was an easy fix. I should have replaced both sides at the same time, because a few weeks later, the other link snapped. I wasn't sure if the older cars used the same plastic suspension links as mine.
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Thanks to all for your input. It WAS the sway bar links. It hadn't broken but had rattled loose. I had them replace before my daughter left for Michigan. The dealership in Michigan said that whomever worked on the car didn't tighten they properly causing the right one to rattle and the left one to almost fall off. All they did was check for any damage and tighten. Problem solved!!
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Who would've thought. Glad she will be able to carry on without further ado.
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