Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 19:32
Hi Willem
It was on hell of a trip. We had to cut our desert section 2 days short(we were out in
the desert for 15 days). From Thomas No 1, We should have heaed northeast, coming out near
Kilpatha. A Munga Stake hit up under the front wheel arch and broke my brake line, hey bingo no brakes. A litre of brake fluid does not go far. Was not able to crip the brake line enough. Had that fixed in
Birdsville. 61 kms south of Mungeranie and car starts makeing loud noise and vibrating badly. Called up the VKS and told up what to do. Had the front wheel bearing checked and wheel alignment before the trip in
Adelaide. The driver side front circlips not put back correctly. Just as
well it was on the
Birdsville Track and not in the Middle of
the desert. What did you think of those mega new live dunes at the Geo Centre? We went cross country from the Geo Centre, back out to the main shot line, only 6kms as the crow flies, but it took 2 hours of hard driving. When we hit the French Line and headed to
Birdsville, the biggest joke was every large dune heading to Birdville, someone in front of us was getting bogged on every dune and must have spend hours putting cane grass in their wheel tracks to gain traction. We found after
the desert propper that the French Line was like driving on a road of silk, nice and flat and smooth. Someone should have told the vehicle in front of up to drop their tyre pressure and they would have had no problems.
Cheers
Stephen
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