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rcman50166 posted:
No brake lights on the back one? Edit: D'oh. It's missing a wheel.
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Jul 26, 2011 04:23
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Those super short wheelbase buses are enough of a mechanical failure alone. A little bit of washboard turns them into a rollercoaster. Bill from marketing: hey gus, it's bill from marketing, A customer wants to know how long of a bus we could slap on an 10' pick-up frame Gus from engineering: Anything more than 18 feet would be suicide Bill from marketing: 30 feet, gotcha, thanks gus
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Jul 26, 2011 04:55
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Also, they haven't hooked up the lights. edit: Always look for another page.
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Jul 26, 2011 06:41
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It's also missing a license plate  And everyone mentioned the missing inside tire but the left inside tire looks like the tread was worn down like crazy (that could just be an illusion because of my crappy laptop monitor).
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Jul 26, 2011 13:45
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What's really eerie is that I was right there, Sargent Drive in New Haven yesterday.
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Jul 26, 2011 16:13
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The single tire is more than capable of holding the bus up. The fronts are singles forever. This happens all the time on busses, semis and regular dually trucks. I would be mcuh more worried about the towing.
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Jul 26, 2011 20:49
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rcman50166 posted:
Is it the fact that they don't seem to have hooked up some form of brake lights on the back of the second bus? edit: oh dammit
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Jul 26, 2011 21:47
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Konigwheels posted:The single tire is more than capable of holding the bus up. The fronts are singles forever. This happens all the time on busses, semis and regular dually trucks. I would be mcuh more worried about the towing. No, you don't understand. There were two wheels on that side when they hitched it up. 
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Jul 26, 2011 21:53
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I was going through there yesterday, and when the Jeep in front of me hit the bump where the lanes shift by exit 3, its front end started shaking pretty bad. Apparently its called "death wobble" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwiv23dLhMY Bathroom Surprise fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Jul 27, 2011 |
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Jul 27, 2011 00:34
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v689fbird posted:I was going through there yesterday, and when the Jeep in front of me hit the bump where the lanes shift by exit 3, its front end started shaking pretty bad. Apparently its called "death wobble" Death wobble is the worst thing I have ever experienced in a vehicle, and I refuse to own anything that is prone to it.
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Jul 27, 2011 01:27
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I thought only motorcycles could do that. Is that an alignment issue or what?
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Jul 27, 2011 01:33
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I thought only motorcycles could do that. Is that an alignment issue or what? It happens on LR Discoveries that have bad bushings (and I mean ALL OF THEM need to be hideously bad for it to happen, along with a blown steering damper). Not really an issue so much unless you've neglected to do any sort of periodic inspection to suspension components after 100k miles, which many people seem to neglect. I think people run around on bad bushings and don't realize how bad they actually are because the damper is masking the problems. Then the damper goes and OHSHIT. Not sure how common it is on a Jeep.
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Jul 27, 2011 01:50
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Nissan patrols get that too- The GU series in particular. Nissan, in their infinate wisdom, put the wheel bearings on the stub axles unusually close together, so ANY looseness in them essentially makes your hub wobble on the axle, which goes into the steering, which goes into you, and makes you defecate into your pants. The landcruisers are about twice the distance and can have SHOCKINGLY sloppy bearing tolerances and not suffer the same problem.
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Jul 27, 2011 02:48
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Motronic posted:It happens on LR Discoveries that have bad bushings (and I mean ALL OF THEM need to be hideously bad for it to happen, along with a blown steering damper). Not really an issue so much unless you've neglected to do any sort of periodic inspection to suspension components after 100k miles, which many people seem to neglect. I think people run around on bad bushings and don't realize how bad they actually are because the damper is masking the problems. Then the damper goes and OHSHIT. Its fairly common on Lifted Jeeps. It doesn't take much for it to happen on a jeep, A bad bushing, bad ball joint, Loose Trackbar. All common causes, The problem is trying to fix it as most of the time its caused by a group of things and not just one single issue.
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Jul 27, 2011 04:35
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Veeb0rg posted:Its fairly common on Lifted Jeeps. It doesn't take much for it to happen on a jeep, A bad bushing, bad ball joint, Loose Trackbar. All common causes, The problem is trying to fix it as most of the time its caused by a group of things and not just one single issue. I help maintain a local Jeep forum and this is exactly the problem. Very prone to jeeps even with a moderate lift, and extremely difficult to troubleshoot. I've have also heard it is the scariest thing to encounter.
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Jul 27, 2011 05:41
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I've had that happen on a stock Grand Cherokee V8 before. And yes, it is pants-shittingly scary, especially at freeway speeds when it normally happens. Since I replaced all 4 shocks and the steering damper, it hasn't happened again. I do need to check all the front end bushings this fall, though. It was feeling pretty sloppy last winter again 
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Jul 27, 2011 05:52
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I just encountered death wobble on my lifted 98 Grand Cherokee for the first time last week while on the highway. I was going around a slight bend and it just started out of nowhere. Scary as gently caress. It didn't wonder around, or try to get out of control, just everything started shaking like mad and I could not steer at all. After taking a moment to change my pants, I got a friend to take a look underneath while I was racking the steering over. The output shaft the pitman arm resides on - from the steering box - was moving up and down in the steering box about 3/4 of an inch. Time for a new box.
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Jul 27, 2011 07:59
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the bosotruck had death wobble once, I thought was just a bad carrier bearing, but I found out that all the ball joints in the front end were shot.
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Jul 27, 2011 08:19
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PitViper posted:I've had that happen on a stock Grand Cherokee V8 before. And yes, it is pants-shittingly scary, especially at freeway speeds when it normally happens. Since I replaced all 4 shocks and the steering damper, it hasn't happened again. I do need to check all the front end bushings this fall, though. It was feeling pretty sloppy last winter again Seriously, dude....you need to fix it for real. The shocks didn't fix it, because they didn't cause it. Same for the steering damper. That just MASKS it. It's not safe.....get under there an find out what's shot. Not this fall. Much sooner. Any mechanic who tells you that your suspension issue is because your steering damper is bad needs to be fired. I hear this poo poo all the time in the 4x4 forums. Steering dampers should be removed to test if something is really fixed or not. All they do is hide symptoms. They're great for their intended purpose, but making up for sloppy bushings, bad bearings, shot tie rods ends, etc. is NOT that purpose, and they will just wear out quickly and leave you in a panic or an accident when they do.
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Jul 27, 2011 15:50
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One of the reasons for getting it on lifted stuff is that the act of lifting the suspension rotates the axle so as to negate (or even reverse) the steering castor. Re-clocking the axle to the right angle can help, but yeah, looking for wear is the real secret. The KOR site has a pretty good writeup on it: http://www.kevinsoffroad.com/how-to-fix-your-own-death-wobble/
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Is there any chance at all that the bike might just settle back on its rear wheel or is he about to lose a lot of arm skin?
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Jul 27, 2011 20:25
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oxbrain posted:I don't remember lowering the front end. 
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Jul 27, 2011 20:27
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AlternateAccount posted:Is there any chance at all that the bike might just settle back on its rear wheel or is he about to lose a lot of arm skin? It happened in the middle of a stoppie, so he's going to lose some arm skin, and maybe a few vertebrae.
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Jul 27, 2011 20:27
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There's some after pictures of him in a sling, not sure of the total damage to his body.. edit: from some googling it seems he broke his collarbone. Sepist fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Jul 27, 2011 |
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Jul 27, 2011 20:35
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Geirskogul posted:It happened in the middle of a stoppie, so he's going to lose some arm skin, and maybe a few vertebrae. Nah, its cool brah. His bandana will protect him.
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Jul 27, 2011 20:40
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There has to be some more to it than it looks, though? Hauling hard on the brakes at speed is at least as high a load on the forks as a stoppie. Pre-existing accident damage?
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Jul 27, 2011 20:45
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InitialDave posted:Pre-existing accident damage? Looking at the skid cage he's got on the said, I'd say that's probable.
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Jul 27, 2011 20:50
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Jul 27, 2011 22:00
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Motronic posted:Seriously, dude....you need to fix it for real. The shocks didn't fix it, because they didn't cause it. Same for the steering damper. That just MASKS it. It's not safe.....get under there an find out what's shot. Not this fall. Much sooner. Woah... considering it's been parked since April, I think it'll be ok until fall. It's just my winter-beater, 6-mile roundtrip back and forth to work car.
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Jul 27, 2011 23:06
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That actually sounds like the best time to fix it.
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Jul 27, 2011 23:35
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InitialDave posted:There has to be some more to it than it looks, though? Hauling hard on the brakes at speed is at least as high a load on the forks as a stoppie. Pre-existing accident damage? Yes. Stunt bike, so definitely abused, and judging by the gross oil coming out of the forks, it's never been changed.
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Jul 27, 2011 23:37
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PitViper posted:Woah... considering it's been parked since April, I think it'll be ok until fall. It's just my winter-beater, 6-mile roundtrip back and forth to work car. I couldn't be expected to know that, now could I? Just worried about you not dying in a fiery crash. Sorry.
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Jul 28, 2011 00:01
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oxbrain posted:I hate stunter faggots
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Jul 28, 2011 00:51
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Epic Fail Guy posted:I hate stunter faggots How can you determine his sexual orientation from that picture?
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Jul 28, 2011 00:53
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He's about to jam his strut into that rear endphalt. Edit: Also, that loving doo rag. Edit2: No, that just makes him a douche. Nevermind.
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Jul 28, 2011 01:09
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meatpimp posted:How can you determine his sexual orientation from that picture? Someone doesn't watch South Park, apparently.
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Jul 28, 2011 01:22
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MikeyTsi posted:Someone doesn't watch South Park, apparently. In before McFarlaine/SP rant by Motronic.
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Jul 28, 2011 01:25
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Speaking of the death wobble, my truck has done it three times in a week. I can hear that my wheel bearings are toast, so I guess I'll tear those out tomorrow and see what bushings are also shot.
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MikeyTsi posted:Someone doesn't watch South Park, apparently. This episode is on right now oddly enough.... Faaags..
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