Well, yesterday I was driving around, giving a few friends a ride showing what a 7.3 with a little more air and fuel than stock can do
. A few quick acceleration runs, once even hitting 75 MPH(doesn't sound that fast until you continue reading).
I then return to the house I'm staying at for a while, then head back for another class later in the day. As I'm driving to class, I'm making a turn and something isn't right, I'm turning but keep going straight. The tires were still pretty straight, so I backed out of the intersection and take a look.
I'm thinking to myself why me? Then remember the situation earlier in the day. It's not even a complete break, I've been driving for months with half of the gearbox output shaft. Just about enough to give me the heebie-jeebies. Within a few moments I get an 'I'm feeling lucky' moment despite the problem on my hands. I'm a few feet away from the curb, so I walk the 3/4 block to the house, get some help to turn the tires and move it closer to the curb, then get hauled to class. Spent part of today sourcing a correct steering gearbox(1 of 3 for the model) and get the old one out. Tomorrow the right one should be here and I'll be back up running!