Crap... this sucks!

Mine came from Mustangs Unlimited, they never mentioned anything about it.

 

strut rod

Sucks that the car got dinged up because of this breaking. It would have been really ugly if it would have happened at a higher speed. It is cool that your brother wasn't hurt, and glad to hear that you have decided to fix your car.

I had my driver's side strut rod break while the passenger side tire was going over a speed bump at 10 mph. The drivers side was on level ground. It wrenched the steering wheel right out of my grip. Probably would have put me head-on into oncoming traffic if I had been on the road ...

My car had the original rubber bushings at the time. The strut rod had a crack halfway through at the end of the threads and it had a bit of rust in the crack, so I probably drove it for a long time like that before it let go.

 

I'm sure this is a silly idea, but do we have a safety section under tech info or any other place.

I'm sure those that have been at it a long time know all about the potential problems with this vintage of machine, but us youngn's do not!

Just a thaught, I have so few

Lou

 

the only time i have ever heard of a strut rod breaking, was when someone hit a curb at a high rate of speed.

hope you get it fixed..

 

I did run over a curb one time, but I believe the poly bushings are what ultimately caused them to fail in this case. Regardless, I will keep an eye on the condition of the strut rods anytime I'm under the car from now on.