Quick Repair!

Use Gorilla Duct Tape, then it's repaired properly. :)

slickest1 wrote:
There is a career awaiting you at Camping World!

Hilarious. :)

I've done worse. get on er shes good to go. for what its worth though jumper cables and a few car batteries can weld better than you would think.

Wait...It didn't come from the factory that way??

If you have any handy, I've used exhaust clamps. They work VERY well.

That's what happens when you flip the axle.

Army11Bravo wrote:
I would have tied the vice grips off to the frame with bailing wire in case one falls off. That way you don't lose a valuable tool.

My thoughts exactly.:)

Coming from a guy that put 30,000 miles on a nylon ratcheting tie-down to hold my gas tank in, I'd say that might not hold up. I'd have put the bigger Vise-grips farther out where the smaller on is. As someone else mentioned, C-clamps would be good, too. Also, need to introduce some wood to the repair - maybe 2x4 or plywood. Last, as others have said, there's a waste of extremely valuable duct tape there. One wrap around the handles would suffice. Everything else is window dressing.

I can also tell you from experience that no amount of duct tape and vise-grips will hold together a broken tie-rod end on a Cadillac for any sort of distance.

Looks like the Gorilla tape eliminates the need for baling wire. Well done!

Only use the Gorilla tape if you are doing a permanent fix.

If you would have just used Gorilla tape around the springs, approx. 10 wraps, it would have been a permanent fix. Maybe add 1 wrap per 6 months just to help with water logging.

That way you can free up the vise grips for taking lug nuts off when you get flat tires....




BTW, the brakes appear to be working fine to me.....