Electrathon - A Different Kind of "Hotrod"

**J. Robinson** · 12-11-2013 05:52 AM

You are so right, Johnboy. If the steering had let go exiting that turn instead of entering, I would have hit a half-dozen folks that were standing at the edge of the track.

Probably wouldn't have killed anyone, but there would have been some broken legs and serious lacerations.

I removed the damaged body panels and cut the front tubing off the car yesterday. That allowed me to shoot this picture showing why I lost steering. The eye bolt (blue arrow) is supposed to be between the brackets (red arrow) and there should be a 3/8 inch diameter bolt holding it all together. Problem is, during final assembly, the car builder (me) was supposed to replace the finger-tight standard nut with a wrench-tightened self-locking nut. Obviously, it was overlooked and the nut and bolt eventually worked their way out. I guess we all know what will get checked frequently for tightness in the future...