Drag racing can sure suck
Don - I feel for you as that seems to be my modus operandus too only I'm usually worse! 020 light then a -.080. How do you do that??? I find a way.
But I know you're a great racer with a gorgeous car so get back out there the next time and mow 'em down. :thumbsup:
Thanks.
In retrospect, I think all my luck was used up on checkin day Thursday.
The previous week, the Ram I use to pull my trailer needed brakes, so the shop we use( 15 years now) put new pads and rotors on all around.
I got about 15 miles from the track and had to stop and get gas. Heard a rubbing/ screeching noise, figured I will look at it when I get to the track.
Buddies heard it when I pulled in. Figure I will get car/ golf car unloaded, unhook then see what’s going on.
My friend Rick was checking me back off the trailer and hollers out…Stop!
There was a big *** metric bolt laying right in front of the passenger rear slick.
We are trying to figure out where it belongs. So, get unloaded and unhooked. Pull forward, hear the rubbing, go to back up, truck acts like it’s locked up.
We look inside the rear wheels, DRIVER side rear caliper is not where it belongs
Take tire off, caliper was rubbing on wheel. Missing a caliper bolt( the one we found must have hit the pavement, bounced up, and landed in front of the PASSENGER rear tire on the Dart.
The other caliper bolt was finger tight… sheesh… could have gotten killed and lost my whole rig.
Needless to say, called the shop owner, who has become a good friend over the years and he was devestated. The tech must have gotten distracted, and not went back and checked the bolts after putting it back togethet( or applied blue locktite, which was applied at some point way in the past but not for this job, it was old)
Anyhow, how that bolt ended up where it did was unreal. And it wouldn’t have been easy to find another I am guessing.
Crazy!