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Originally Posted by greglepore

Had a torque arm on a f350 break at the weld where the eye is and drop down into the steering, preventing me from going right, as I was halfway thru a righthand turn. Near headon, everyone slowed and all ok, but the other driver must have thought I was drunk or high.

Same car as the lugnut issue in my previous post. I left the HS parking lot in my '65 Impala and was coming up to my turn. When I hit the brakes, the driver's side strut bar snapped in the middle at the rear of the threads (must have been 6" of threads). Hit the brakes and the car steered hard right enough that the car hopped the curb toward the oncoming lane. I let off of the brakes and the steering normalized. Hit the brakes again, and again the car was determined to turn right whether I wanted to or not. It was scary as sheisse. I did figure out before I got it stopped that if I was hard on the brakes, that the car was going to go where it wanted, but if I was light on the brakes, it was manageable. I can't remember if I managed to limp the car home by being really light on the brakes or if I just managed to get it stopped and out of the way and got it towed home (<1mile). I'm sure there were folks on the road that thought I was drunk or high.