Rusted Axil Bolts
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Re: Rusted Axil Bolts
Matt,
I live in Indiana and yes they do at times have to apply lots of salt to the
roads but as well I wash my car often. My garage is not heated but it would
be warmer than sitting outside in the elements. I'm not quite sure what you
mean by more to this story than I am telling you. I had not had any
indication previous to this happening that there was something wrong with my
car. It was only minutes before it happened that I felt a pull to the right
on my steering wheel that something was not right. My first thought was that
the allignment was off but it was also pouring down rain at the time and
there was ponding on the highway. I'm not sure what else I can tell you, I
didn't realize there was a problem until it happened.
Mitzi
Matt Whiting wrote:
>> I was driving my 1999 Sanota and was making a right turn off the highway and
>> lost control of my steering power. The a-frame of my car went left and the
>[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>> to put the gear shift in park, there were no gears, I just had to turn the
>> car off.
>
>Where do you live? Near the coast? In an area that applies lots of
>salt to the roads in the winter? Is your garage heated (this isn't good
>for cars driven in winter weather)?
>
>I'm guessing there is a lot more to this story than you are telling us
>so far.
>
>Matt
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I live in Indiana and yes they do at times have to apply lots of salt to the
roads but as well I wash my car often. My garage is not heated but it would
be warmer than sitting outside in the elements. I'm not quite sure what you
mean by more to this story than I am telling you. I had not had any
indication previous to this happening that there was something wrong with my
car. It was only minutes before it happened that I felt a pull to the right
on my steering wheel that something was not right. My first thought was that
the allignment was off but it was also pouring down rain at the time and
there was ponding on the highway. I'm not sure what else I can tell you, I
didn't realize there was a problem until it happened.
Mitzi
Matt Whiting wrote:
>> I was driving my 1999 Sanota and was making a right turn off the highway and
>> lost control of my steering power. The a-frame of my car went left and the
>[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>> to put the gear shift in park, there were no gears, I just had to turn the
>> car off.
>
>Where do you live? Near the coast? In an area that applies lots of
>salt to the roads in the winter? Is your garage heated (this isn't good
>for cars driven in winter weather)?
>
>I'm guessing there is a lot more to this story than you are telling us
>so far.
>
>Matt
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Re: Rusted Axil Bolts
sassycat via CarKB.com wrote:
> Matt,
>
> I live in Indiana and yes they do at times have to apply lots of salt to the
> roads but as well I wash my car often. My garage is not heated but it would
> be warmer than sitting outside in the elements. I'm not quite sure what you
> mean by more to this story than I am telling you. I had not had any
> indication previous to this happening that there was something wrong with my
> car. It was only minutes before it happened that I felt a pull to the right
> on my steering wheel that something was not right. My first thought was that
> the allignment was off but it was also pouring down rain at the time and
> there was ponding on the highway. I'm not sure what else I can tell you, I
> didn't realize there was a problem until it happened.
I meant things like how many miles are on the car. I've seen 99 cars
with 300,000 miles with 200,000 of those on salty NY or PA roads. If
you wash your car often in the winter with salt on the roads, this is
NOT good for it. Adding water to the salt is a recipe for rust.
Matt
> Matt,
>
> I live in Indiana and yes they do at times have to apply lots of salt to the
> roads but as well I wash my car often. My garage is not heated but it would
> be warmer than sitting outside in the elements. I'm not quite sure what you
> mean by more to this story than I am telling you. I had not had any
> indication previous to this happening that there was something wrong with my
> car. It was only minutes before it happened that I felt a pull to the right
> on my steering wheel that something was not right. My first thought was that
> the allignment was off but it was also pouring down rain at the time and
> there was ponding on the highway. I'm not sure what else I can tell you, I
> didn't realize there was a problem until it happened.
I meant things like how many miles are on the car. I've seen 99 cars
with 300,000 miles with 200,000 of those on salty NY or PA roads. If
you wash your car often in the winter with salt on the roads, this is
NOT good for it. Adding water to the salt is a recipe for rust.
Matt
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sassycat via CarKB.com wrote:
> Matt,
>
> I live in Indiana and yes they do at times have to apply lots of salt to the
> roads but as well I wash my car often. My garage is not heated but it would
> be warmer than sitting outside in the elements. I'm not quite sure what you
> mean by more to this story than I am telling you. I had not had any
> indication previous to this happening that there was something wrong with my
> car. It was only minutes before it happened that I felt a pull to the right
> on my steering wheel that something was not right. My first thought was that
> the allignment was off but it was also pouring down rain at the time and
> there was ponding on the highway. I'm not sure what else I can tell you, I
> didn't realize there was a problem until it happened.
I meant things like how many miles are on the car. I've seen 99 cars
with 300,000 miles with 200,000 of those on salty NY or PA roads. If
you wash your car often in the winter with salt on the roads, this is
NOT good for it. Adding water to the salt is a recipe for rust.
Matt
> Matt,
>
> I live in Indiana and yes they do at times have to apply lots of salt to the
> roads but as well I wash my car often. My garage is not heated but it would
> be warmer than sitting outside in the elements. I'm not quite sure what you
> mean by more to this story than I am telling you. I had not had any
> indication previous to this happening that there was something wrong with my
> car. It was only minutes before it happened that I felt a pull to the right
> on my steering wheel that something was not right. My first thought was that
> the allignment was off but it was also pouring down rain at the time and
> there was ponding on the highway. I'm not sure what else I can tell you, I
> didn't realize there was a problem until it happened.
I meant things like how many miles are on the car. I've seen 99 cars
with 300,000 miles with 200,000 of those on salty NY or PA roads. If
you wash your car often in the winter with salt on the roads, this is
NOT good for it. Adding water to the salt is a recipe for rust.
Matt
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sassycat via CarKB.com wrote:
> Matt,
>
> I live in Indiana and yes they do at times have to apply lots of salt to the
> roads but as well I wash my car often. My garage is not heated but it would
> be warmer than sitting outside in the elements. I'm not quite sure what you
> mean by more to this story than I am telling you. I had not had any
> indication previous to this happening that there was something wrong with my
> car. It was only minutes before it happened that I felt a pull to the right
> on my steering wheel that something was not right. My first thought was that
> the allignment was off but it was also pouring down rain at the time and
> there was ponding on the highway. I'm not sure what else I can tell you, I
> didn't realize there was a problem until it happened.
I meant things like how many miles are on the car. I've seen 99 cars
with 300,000 miles with 200,000 of those on salty NY or PA roads. If
you wash your car often in the winter with salt on the roads, this is
NOT good for it. Adding water to the salt is a recipe for rust.
Matt
> Matt,
>
> I live in Indiana and yes they do at times have to apply lots of salt to the
> roads but as well I wash my car often. My garage is not heated but it would
> be warmer than sitting outside in the elements. I'm not quite sure what you
> mean by more to this story than I am telling you. I had not had any
> indication previous to this happening that there was something wrong with my
> car. It was only minutes before it happened that I felt a pull to the right
> on my steering wheel that something was not right. My first thought was that
> the allignment was off but it was also pouring down rain at the time and
> there was ponding on the highway. I'm not sure what else I can tell you, I
> didn't realize there was a problem until it happened.
I meant things like how many miles are on the car. I've seen 99 cars
with 300,000 miles with 200,000 of those on salty NY or PA roads. If
you wash your car often in the winter with salt on the roads, this is
NOT good for it. Adding water to the salt is a recipe for rust.
Matt
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"nothermark" <nothermark@not.here> wrote in message
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> Ditto - almost - I know that in upstate NY out attached garage is just
> warm enough to melt the snow down to a nice brine. I expect a really
> heated garage would then evaporate the brine down to salt. Brine is
> the problem.
>
Where in upstate?
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"nothermark" <nothermark@not.here> wrote in message
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> Ditto - almost - I know that in upstate NY out attached garage is just
> warm enough to melt the snow down to a nice brine. I expect a really
> heated garage would then evaporate the brine down to salt. Brine is
> the problem.
>
Where in upstate?
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"nothermark" <nothermark@not.here> wrote in message
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>
> Ditto - almost - I know that in upstate NY out attached garage is just
> warm enough to melt the snow down to a nice brine. I expect a really
> heated garage would then evaporate the brine down to salt. Brine is
> the problem.
>
Where in upstate?
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"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
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> I meant things like how many miles are on the car. I've seen 99 cars
> with 300,000 miles with 200,000 of those on salty NY or PA roads. If
> you wash your car often in the winter with salt on the roads, this is
> NOT good for it. Adding water to the salt is a recipe for rust.
>
This was much more true in years past than it is now. Seldom do you see
much rust on cars even in NY where we use a lot of salt. Galvanized metals
and plastic fender liners have done much to make those problems more of a
thing of the past. We wash our cars regularly all winter long and we don't
suffer major rust problems. If we didn't wash our cars in the winter we'd
all be driving white cars. Today, the fears of heated garages, washing,
etc. are a non-entity. My garage is heated and we've never had a car suffer
any advanced rust problems.
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"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
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> I meant things like how many miles are on the car. I've seen 99 cars
> with 300,000 miles with 200,000 of those on salty NY or PA roads. If
> you wash your car often in the winter with salt on the roads, this is
> NOT good for it. Adding water to the salt is a recipe for rust.
>
This was much more true in years past than it is now. Seldom do you see
much rust on cars even in NY where we use a lot of salt. Galvanized metals
and plastic fender liners have done much to make those problems more of a
thing of the past. We wash our cars regularly all winter long and we don't
suffer major rust problems. If we didn't wash our cars in the winter we'd
all be driving white cars. Today, the fears of heated garages, washing,
etc. are a non-entity. My garage is heated and we've never had a car suffer
any advanced rust problems.
--
-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net