OddballJ
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I was driving home from school in my m1009 a week or two ago and had a bit of a problem. the truck made some fun noises, pulled pretty violently to the right and I eventually my brakes went soft. I pulled off to the side of the highway (I was doing about 60 when this occurred) and there was smoke pouring out of my wheel well. I let it cool down, but had to move from where I was to a safer place. I puttered along the side of the highway until I could pull a good ways off the road without ending up in pond.
Long story short, I had it towed and the truck is now at a shop in Winston Salem NC (2 hours from either home or school). The mechanic there is telling me that the entire passenger side "knuckle assembly" is fubar, and based on the noises that poor truck was making, I believe him. Additionally, they can't find the part anywhere.
I did a little searching and found this
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/cucv/1670-urgent-need-passenger-side-spindle-m1008.html
poor blighter never got much help either.
If anyone has any advice, or can point me in the direction of a place that would have what we need, I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm not in any huge rush, but it's been about 2 weeks now with no luck. Advice, commiseration, sympathy, a new knuckle assembly, or a new truck would all be appreciated on this one.
Thanks for your time
-a sad little boy with no truck
Long story short, I had it towed and the truck is now at a shop in Winston Salem NC (2 hours from either home or school). The mechanic there is telling me that the entire passenger side "knuckle assembly" is fubar, and based on the noises that poor truck was making, I believe him. Additionally, they can't find the part anywhere.
I did a little searching and found this
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/cucv/1670-urgent-need-passenger-side-spindle-m1008.html
poor blighter never got much help either.
If anyone has any advice, or can point me in the direction of a place that would have what we need, I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm not in any huge rush, but it's been about 2 weeks now with no luck. Advice, commiseration, sympathy, a new knuckle assembly, or a new truck would all be appreciated on this one.
Thanks for your time
-a sad little boy with no truck