On the way home, I lost steering to one wheel while doing ~50. There wasn't too much drama involved in getting it off the road (rural two lane, nobody following me), but tires did squeal. Drove it right up on a flatbed and had it towed home.

The problem? When reassembling the suspension/engine, some idiot (aka me) forgot a cotter pin for the castle nut on the pass. side tie rod end/steering knuckle connection.

Not a big fix, I just need a new castle nut and cotter pin. It could've been worse. Everybody forgets something when doing a major teardown, I happened to forget something really important.

The tie rod ends are hidden fairly well compared to the rest of the suspension. Check things very carefully!

 

oops.



glad to hear you made it back ok