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Good eyes!
I kind of get the feeling this is someone’s desperate bid for fame. “I’ll attach some zip ties to a random part of my undercarriage, send it to TIFI, and wait for the accolades and the puns to pour in.”
Can’t tell what’s even being “fixed” here – I’ll just wait for the next one.
There are hose clamps underneath the zip ties. I would imagine that the duct tape is underneath those. Anyone with any sense would have tried duct tape first…
Owner’s Manual, Pg.7:
“Replace belts every 30,000 miles, including the one zip-tied to your axle”
Looks like the suspension’s lower A-arm or control arm is being reinforced with a pry bar (look close at the bottom ends of the “repair”). Me thinks this would work as a low speed limp home or to a repair site repair.
Duct tae, caulking, zip tie! Only in that order to be a real fix. I can’t imagine that it is really fixed for more that a trip to the garage…
uh…, yeah… until you’re stopped by the OPP
Looks too clean to be real.
Holy zip tie, Batman!
tie rips ftw
…..no mínimo ele vai até o Japão assim….
And at the very bottom of the kludge, off to the left, you can see what appears to be a screwdriver handle. There has to be SOMETHING underneath all that to act as a splint, or the whole effort is in vain.
Me, I’d haul out the MIG or the Gas Axe and make a meatball weld with coat-hanger wire filler to get back to civilization. But if all you have with you is a screwdriver, a belt, a bunch of hose clamps and zip-ties…
LOL I was looking at the very interestingly placed two pairs of feet near the front of the car…perhaps why the axle was broken in the first place???
I think Jason was right. There’s a silver-colored pry bar sticking out of each end, which (as any mechanic will tell you) when hose-clamped, wrapped with a leather belt and zip-tied tightly, should be good for another one to two miles of slow, steady driving.
Don’t think I’d want to get under there to take a picture.
this guy is from sinaloa, they think that they going to be famous for this kind of pictures
That’s not the axel. The photo is from the rear of the car, and there’s no drive shaft going down the center so it’s front wheel drive. It doesn’t look like it even has a rear axel. Looks more like it’s the fuel line for filling the tank, which in turn might be more dangerous than if it were the axel…
@Slantsixx
Okay, if we’re going to get technical, it’s not the axel (nor is it the axle) and it also isn’t the fuel line. If anyone cares, it’s the rear suspension arm.
Part #3332-1097264.
If anyone cares, the man used a squirrel under the farthest right zip tie. Anyone in their right mind knows that is the position for a rat, not a squirrel.
@dono1
Unless it is the car of the lead singer of Guns n’ Roses.
@dono1
Excuse me Mr. English-is-my-first-language. If we’re going to be technical, then why did we refer to it as the axle instead of the “rear suspension arm”?
“Owner’s Manual, Pg.7:
“Replace belts every 30,000 miles, including the one zip-tied to your axle””
I like how someone calls an elephant a duck, and then the person to point out that it’s an elephant is nitpicking.
I accept your apology.
LOL!
“It’s a Jeep thing… You wouldn’t understand”
Actual, viable repairs = No good
“Repairs” which would make Macguyver cringe = Awesome!
This reminds me of an ingenious fix from about 15 years ago (pity there are no pix of it): Fisherman’s car and workhorse, the exhaust pipe between the manifold and the hot dog was peppered with rust. Several Coke cans slit down the center, their ends cut off, were threaded onto the pipe, then muffler bandage tape was would over the lot. Superb! That jalopy lasted another five years like that.
oops: That should be was [i]wound[/i] over the lot …
Wanna see pics of Slim Shady walking around with a dozen zip-ties that replaced his belt.
Hey how’d you guys get a picture of my dad’s car? Seriously though this looks like something my dad would’ve done.
Well, then, if you’re looking for a unique Father’s Day gift, may I suggest a rear suspension arm (part #3332-1097264)?
thats for a ford escort right?
rear suspension arm (part #3332-1097264)…
OH LOL….
Hello all! Cool to see so many comments!
The pic you see here is of the rear Axel on a Hyundai Accent which had snapped and been repaired using : 2 Leather belts, tyre iron, jubilee clips and many many cable ties. The car was taking part in this year’s ‘Mongol Rally’ where you drive pieces of crap from the UK to Mongolia and did the last few hundred k’s to Ulaan Bataar in this state. I know this ‘cos I submitted the pic!
The event is renowned for the epic fixes teams make to their battered cars to try & get them to the finish line.
Can’t believe it, this was on car. It was on the Mongol rally this summer. The arm snapped, so we used a tyre level, our belts, some jubilee clips, and one or two zip ties.
Oh, and we drove around 100km with it like this!
If anyone cares, it was a Hyundai Accent
Well, just great! Now what am I going to do with the rear suspension arm of a Ford Escort? My dad doesn’t even OWN a Ford Escort!
want a pipe to go along with the zipties?
@Danny
one or two zipties? lol
mechanic yep we got er fixed only took an hour or so and some parts billy bob over there took a look at it and thought maybe it wouldnt take to long owner do you have a warrenty and what do i owe you mechanic thatel be $578.98 and yes we have what we call a tail light warrenty around here just as soon as i cant see the tail lights any more the warrenty is expired
everyone notices the zip ties but did anyone realize that there is a belt looped around the axle under the zip ties? that cannot be safe.
It’s a control arm But it looks like they did use another straight piece of metal (like a long pry bar)then the belt then the zip ties. On an older car you should be able to buy a used one for about $20 or so.
look it’s re-incarnated Micheal jackson with a axle-rectomy.
remember those your mama jokes? now the axle’s gonna get it.
Your axle’s so fine that it had to be strapped on.
Your axle’s so mental they put it in a straight jacket.
Your axle’s so lazy it came with it’s own zip code.
Your axle’s so noisy, it “rings” like a telephone
Here is one of the 3 solutions again!
For those who don’t know… They are…
A)Zipties B)Tape and C)Stacking Things
whats funny is that isnt an axle, its a lower control arm for the rear of a front wheel drive car. i just dont see why going to the junkyard and buying a $10 part wasnt the logical choice over the $10 crow bar, belts and zip ties