You do have a point there Erik.

I had something similar with the TRE's- looked/felt good; had one of the inners fail, and the other shortly behind it. About all I can say to that is thank God I was travelling <30 mph when they failed, or it would've been bad. There wasn't a shimmy, sloppy handling; simply went around a corner, went to straighten, and kept on towards the grass.

I do try and keep some spare stuff on hand, but then I live about 47 miles out of town; nearest NAPA is 36 miles.

Preventative maintenance is something you should take more seriously now. Erik's leakdown/compression check is an excellent suggestion to get the overall health of the engine. We just did that with the roomdawg's Corolla with 291K on it. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />