NWI INGO General Thread #27 - Fresh Pink Air On US-30 smells like...

[melensdad]

Well was accelerating on the highway last Friday when suddenly my truck wanted to lurch to the left. Almost flipped the truck but I got it under control and pulled over. Looked at the wheels and couldn't see anything wrong. Tires were okay. So I started driving slow with the hazards and everything seemed fine, but I something had obviously happened. Got off the highway and headed home. We were going to change my brakes anyways, going to have to investigate this too.

Got to a hill and suddenly the steering wheel started going a little squirrely, but manageable. Took about 30 minutes to get home going slow and letting others pass me with the hazards on (thank goodness for barely used country roads) Eventually got to my friend Scott's house, who has a lift. When my stepdad got off work, we investigated and lo and behold my driver side tie rod sheered off the wheel. Cost us less than $100 to fix, but Friday was not a fun day for me. Going to have to get a new truck here soon, ugh.

On a lighter side, my bathroom is now fully functional, just not 100% finished. Hopefully will be moving in here in a week or two.

Had a similar thing happen to me. Front driver's side tie rod broken. It was in a Pontiac, not a pick up. But yeah, no fun at all. I ended up crossing 3 lanes of traffic, 2 of which were oncoming.

No accident, no injury, but whoopee what a fun 15 seconds.

Had mine towed to the shop.

 

[ZurokSlayer7X9]

TBH if I had known it was the tie rod at the time, I probably wouldn't have risked driving it back. However, I don't regret not hiring a tow truck. The tie rod smacked against the rim and cracked it open, so the tire wouldn't hold air for more than an hour. We managed to patch the rim from the inside, and so far it's still good. Still bought one of those Bullseye mobile air compressors just in case, though.

 

[crookcountygo]

Had a similar thing happen to me. Front driver's side tie rod broken. It was in a Pontiac, not a pick up. But yeah, no fun at all. I ended up crossing 3 lanes of traffic, 2 of which were oncoming.

No accident, no injury, but whoopee what a fun 15 seconds.

Had mine towed to the shop.

Also had a similar experience in my truck when the drivers side radius arm in my truck broke while I was driving on Rt 30.

 

[nonobaddog]

TBH if I had known it was the tie rod at the time, I probably wouldn't have risked driving it back. However, I don't regret not hiring a tow truck. The tie rod smacked against the rim and cracked it open, so the tire wouldn't hold air for more than an hour. We managed to patch the rim from the inside, and so far it's still good. Still bought one of those Bullseye mobile air compressors just in case, though.

I got a similar air compressor made by Ryobi. It works great. I hope yours does as well!

 

[jedi]

Paging melensad
Paging all the other ggrandpa's.

The Whiting mascot museum is closing.

 

[chef larry]

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Paging melensad
Paging all the other ggrandpa's.

The Whiting mascot museum is closing.

Never been there.

 

[melensdad]

Also had a similar experience in my truck when the drivers side radius arm in my truck broke while I was driving on Rt 30.

I think it must have been Jedi who got involved in an accident late this morning out on 294 near OakBrook ... Story says it was the Wienermobile ... flipped like one of those hot dogs at the 7-11 on the roller grill.

Wienermobile crashes on Tri-State Tollway near Oak Brook — but 'Hotdoggers' safe

The Wienermobile and a car were both going north on the tollway when the Wienermobile struck the car, lost control and rolled over, Illinois State Police said. No injuries were reported.

chicago.suntimes.com

 

[actaeon277]

Fortunately, my tie rod broke while I was parked at work.
Inconvenient, but not dangerous.

 

[Ballstater98]

They're back!

 

[jedi]

Never been there.

Take the little ones before it closes. Lots of fun activities for them and nice history on mascots for the adults.

Sadly since melensdad never took jedi it's now gonna close.

 

[jedi]

I think it must have been Jedi who got involved in an accident late this morning out on 294 near OakBrook ... Story says it was the Wienermobile ... flipped like one of those hot dogs at the 7-11 on the roller grill.

Wienermobile crashes on Tri-State Tollway near Oak Brook — but 'Hotdoggers' safe

The Wienermobile and a car were both going north on the tollway when the Wienermobile struck the car, lost control and rolled over, Illinois State Police said. No injuries were reported.

chicago.suntimes.com

This morning 94 leaving the city was fully stopped at Sibley. The snow plows were blocking thr highway.

6 state trooper cars on the road, 1 car flipped on its back. Troopers all over the road looking for something.

Maybe it was a police chase with shooting. Unknown

 

[Ballstater98]

Take the little ones before it closes. Lots of fun activities for them and nice history on mascots for the adults.

Would it hold the interests of 8 and 10 year olds?

 

[Ballstater98]

A few more days until Pierogi Fest!

 

[2A_Tom]

 

[JamesV]

Would it hold the interests of 8 and 10 year olds?

I would say yes, just remember that it isn't that big so even going thru a few times will not be an entire day

 

[melensdad]

And since we are on the topic of music . . .

 

[Ballstater98]

I would say yes, just remember that it isn't that big so even going thru a few times will not be an entire day

I was thinking before Pierogi Fest.

 

[jedi]

Would it hold the interests of 8 and 10 year olds?

From kid sister who had taken niece (5) to it several times.

to do the for older kids, they had like a computer screen where you can design mascots, they have the magnet ties, the Build-A-Bear's, a dance thing where you can put on the weight of the mascot, and a place where you can do like videos like create like a commercial. I think it just depends on the kid.

 

[melensdad]

I was thinking before Pierogi Fest.

I was thinking to avoid the Pierogi Fest. We make our own.

We buy some.

But driving up to Thug Land to see Jedi and his kin folk profiteering off the Pols/Slavs while hating on the fuzzy and cuddly raccoon army just seems like a mistake to the highest order.

On the bright side, we real Slavs and Poles can get Pierogi without the crowds from Dan's food truck or from the Carpathian Deli/Market at 30\41.

 

[KLB]

After 18 years we are going to look at getting a new truck, RAM 2500 Mega Cab. God I hate vehicle shopping