Had A Oh F&ck What Did I Break Moment Today

[04CHASE]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b351/04chase/IMAGE_029.jpg[/img]i know almost all of you have had this, well today after picking up the truck from the interior shop im heading home and exit the 91 freeway. come to a stop a thought the road got real bumpy but looked flat . so i was like wtf is going on here so i let off the brake and the truck doesent move i giv eit gas and it wants to move but doesent. so i get out and walk arounf the truck and at first glance everything looks ok . wheels arent loose so light turns green and i cant just sit in the middle of traffic since it was rush hour. so i make it get across the interesction where i can some safely pull over. i dont have any cones since i had to park on the other side of the intersection where people come into that land hauling ass so i find the largest object in the back of my truck that people will aviod. lol a 5 gallon methanol can.

 

it worked fairly well.

 

anyhow i get to inspecting and find my front caliper bolt came out and got bound up between the wheel and the other bolt. so i back the one off , back the truck up a bit to get it unbound , call gmracer ( aka shannon since he is about 5 miles away working and has four bolts in stock) and he was so nice he hoped in the parts truck and brought me the bolt . talk about luck i got home just fine and am good to go , just a littil cut on the insie of my wheel. but i thought something really bad had happened. and another reason why i have a tool set on my truck at all times

 

lol here if this is for shits and giggles

 

Edited July 29, 2008 by 04CHASE (see edit history)

[supersub]

Glad it worked out chase,need a bigger brighter can though LOL!

[brobradh77]

nice pic..lol glad it wasnt too big of a deal.

[SS Silv]

you need to paint that can hunter orange, lol.

[BlkSSnCpt]

damn Chase it wasnt anything big, lol good thing Shannon wasnt to far huh?? he was probably dickin around at the dealer pretending to work anyway . Shannon is a relly cool guy tho and im not surprised he helped with question.

 

-Rob

[Champion201]

Glad to hear everything is OK.

 

FYI, what I did was picked up an emergency road kit from Wal-Mart for about 20.00 if memory serves me correctly. It included 2 foldable ornage reflective triangles and a couple flairs and comes in a handy little pouch. I have used the triangles more than once for other people when they were disabled but not ever for me, knock on wood.

[FireRescueSS]

Flares are ok, but we've been called out to several grass fires caused by flares being used incorrectly. Around here, you can easily call for law enforcement or fire/rescue, and they'll be glad to come out and assist with traffic warning. It's a service call, and we rather see it done correctly, and safely, and everyone goes home in one piece. (our 48,000lbs engine beats a 5 gallon can, lol)

 

Anyway, glad it was nothing to serious. Didn't you just get brand new wheels!?

[SSThunder]

dang chase you've got no luck. Glad it wasn't nothing major and hope it didn't mess up the wheel.