For those of you who haven't seen my other post; I'm Ben, I'm 21 and I live in Derby. Hi!
Today is a day I've been dreaming about for years: the day I buy my first car. I love it!
As my Mum put it, it's very 'me'...
The 30 mile drive home was not wonderful. The big ends are on their way out, and I discovered that the ring gear is loose, which adds to the many parculiar noises that emit from the engine bay. This meant that I had to drive down the A38 at ~45mph with people overtaking at 70. But the worst part by far was the steering, it has a mind of it's own! There are
inches of play at the wheel, and I think I've found the culprit:
^This is where the majority of the free play is occurring. Help? A diagram of this component would be helpful in working out exactly what is going on here, and what could be faulty/broken. I need to fix this ASAP as the car is basically undrivable atm.
To add to my woes, as it was raining on the way back, one of the wipers went bang! and fell on to the bonnet. I pulled into a petrol station and there happened to be an RAC van there with nothing to do, so he came over and zip-tied the wiper back on. Brilliant!
Thanks for reading.