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The Scientist posted:How fast would this engine have been revving to have caused this? Also, you guys gonna sleeve that one cylinder? I hydrolocked an engine around ... 1800? rpm, if I remember right. It did far worse, including most of a rod exiting the engine in a violent fashion (through the block). And this was a little Honda (D16Y8 - 1.6 SOHC in the 96-00 Civic).
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I wonder if you can still get the core charge? Maybe. I've turned in some pretty gnarly poo poo as a core.
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 03:35 |
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revmoo posted:I'd take it to Napa and ask them to machine it just to get their reaction. Drop some weld on it and mill it back smooth.
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 04:14 |
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revmoo posted:I'd take it to Napa and ask them to machine it just to get their reaction. It's a hardcore mod - single disc rotor to save on weight.
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 15:08 |
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:he didn't properly lubricate the brakes.
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 18:54 |
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InitialDave posted:Actually "brake grease" is a great one for loving with people. It actually does exist, you're just supposed to put it on the caliper slides and such, not the discs themselves (I'm sure you knew that already though) What really gets me is when someone tells me the brake rotors must be absolutely clean, like a single fairly clean fingerprint is going to cause a problem. Sure, big greasy fingerprints or any amount of actual oil/grease/wd40 is going to cause a big issue, but a couple small fingerprints burn off real fast.
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 19:06 |
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:he didn't properly lubricate the brakes. InitialDave posted:Actually "brake grease" is a great one for loving with people. Am I missing something? Brake grease actually exists and is used to stop squealing.
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 19:13 |
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Muffinpox posted:Am I missing something? Brake grease actually exists and is used to stop squealing. You are missing which end of the
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 19:22 |
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Ola posted:You are missing which end of the yes. my friend took a can of wd40 to his pads. Thank god he sold it after that. Unfortunately he bought an 82 Bronco for $400. That thing is a loving mess. We went to change the alternator last night and found out that nearly everything under the hood is just wired directly to the (10ga) alternator wire. Except the carb vent solenoid which was wired to the alternator's stator connection. Oh yea and the regulator might be the wrong one and that wiring harness doesn't match any of the diagrams we've found. Not one bit; color, location, connections, nothing.
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 21:35 |
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That turned out to be a troll, but he tricked lots of people.
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 21:37 |
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That bastard.
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 21:38 |
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Muffinpox posted:Am I missing something? Brake grease actually exists and is used to stop squealing.
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 21:46 |
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Nitr0 posted:did you just see this on reddit or did you see lance's thread in chitchat about the 4700+ people who were viewing it who found it on reddit? That was a pretty well done troll.
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 23:33 |
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heat posted:That turned out to be a troll, but he tricked lots of people. I'm glad you posted this. My jaw just about hit the floor. That was on par with the /b mustard gas incident (or whatever it was).
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 23:34 |
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kastein posted:did you just see this on reddit or did you see lance's thread in chitchat about the 4700+ people who were viewing it who found it on reddit? Or perhaps in this thread, as I believe that's now the third time this has been posted?
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 23:37 |
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MikeyTsi posted:Or perhaps in this thread, as I believe that's now the third time this has been posted? I figured he wouldn't see it in this thread and repost it to this thread, but that is a possibility I guess. Speaking of which, I haven't seen that bent container ship connecting rod in some time.
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# ? Sep 16, 2011 23:41 |
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MikeyTsi posted:Or perhaps in this thread, as I believe that's now the third time this has been posted? That would be a pretty big coincidence, since it was on the front page of Reddit very shortly before he copied it and pasted it here.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 00:27 |
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It was from reddit. Shoulda realized it was already posted in here.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 00:54 |
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:yes. my friend took a can of wd40 to his pads. Stand by while I start a huge debacle, but... WD-40 isn't that great of a lubricant. It works OK after its just been sprayed on there, but the agent that acts as a lubricant is kerosene, and it evaporates pretty quick. The most effective thing WD-40 does for lubrication is to clean the mating surfaces by way of acting as a solvent.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 01:36 |
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c355n4 posted:I always wondered how people got into this. I gotta say, I'm interested as well... Also the whole "Human grease on brake rotors" thing isn't something I believe. It'd be fairly crazy if all you had to do (or have done to you) is have someone's greasy hamfingers feel up your innocent rotor in a parking lot to cause brake damage.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 04:24 |
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Captain Crunk posted:I gotta say, I'm interested as well... I was told by an instructor in the automotive program at a tech college (who'd been instructing for 15 years, mind) that you should never ever touch the brake pads with your bare fingers because the oils will cause the pad material to blister and expand outwards under heat. Sort of like why you don't want to touch headlamp/high-wattage lightbulbs.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 06:22 |
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Wombot posted:I was told by an instructor in the automotive program at a tech college (who'd been instructing for 15 years, mind) that you should never ever touch the brake pads with your bare fingers because the oils will cause the pad material to blister and expand outwards under heat. Sort of like why you don't want to touch headlamp/high-wattage lightbulbs. I'm pretty skeptical of that and I don't think that's a fair analogy. Any miniscule human oils on the surface pad would be worn off the first time you touch the brakes. With a headlight bulb that remains on the glass. Practically, most of us that have installed pads have not done so in a super clean environment using gloves at all times handling them. I personally haven't had any funny wear/early failures that I could even remotely equate to touching them.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 06:49 |
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I was taught that oil on the rotors would combine with the dust and get cooked on with use. That paste/dust/oil becomes your new braking surface and will suck and you'll hate life. I always took it to heart, and wore gloves while touching rotors or pads.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 08:22 |
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Oil on headlamps causes problems because of spot heating/cooling caused by the oil potentially causing thermal shock in the oil, a very different scenario than brake pads. As for brake pads and rotors, unless you've just been refereeing a bikini mud+lithium grease wrestling match before you change your pads, you're fine. Human oils won't cause problems on pads for two reasons: one, there is VERY little of it, even if you rub the pad on your greasy face before installation; and two, it has a very low flash point, and will be burned off pretty much the first time you use your brakes. I mean, take all the safety precautions you want to (gloves keep grease/oil off of your hands anyway, and they're carcinogens, so it's good to keep them off in and of itself) but you don't necessarily need to. Don't let that stop you from being absolutely safe, though. Nothing wrong with that.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 10:27 |
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Hell, I've gotten chain grease on my rear brake disk on the motorcycle before and sure it the rear brake sucked for the next 100km or so, but after that all the grease had cooked off and it worked just fine again.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 10:39 |
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I'm sure a ton of people forget to clean off the anti-rust stuff bare rotors come slathered in. Touching the rotors is probably best, since that'll remind you it's there.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 17:40 |
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Xy Hapu posted:I'm sure a ton of people forget to clean off the anti-rust stuff bare rotors come slathered in. Touching the rotors is probably best, since that'll remind you it's there. Is there a proper way to clean that poo poo off short of blasting it with brake cleaner? I generally just give it a good wipe down and know it's going to smoke for a few miles.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 17:48 |
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I think the only way to clean it off would be a loving lot of brake cleaner. I tried a few times to spray the poo poo out of them but they still smoked like crazy. I also just wipe down the pad surface with a clean rag after a spray of cleaner and deal with the smoke show.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 18:00 |
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Is there a proper way to clean that poo poo off short of blasting it with brake cleaner? I generally just give it a good wipe down and know it's going to smoke for a few miles. Is there a better way to clean your brakes than brake cleaner? Possibly, but why not use brake cleaner?
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 19:09 |
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Cakefool posted:Is there a better way to clean your brakes than brake cleaner? Possibly, but why not use brake cleaner? Gas works pretty good, it's not exactly safe or healthy though
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 19:44 |
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Cakefool posted:Is there a better way to clean your brakes than brake cleaner? Possibly, but why not use brake cleaner? Here's an MSDS for brake cleaner. Read it and you might understand why you'd be hesitant to use it: quote:Section 2 – Hazards Identification http://www.berrymanproducts.com/Portals/0/1401,1405,1455N.pdf
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nitrogen posted:Here's an MSDS for brake cleaner. Read it and you might understand why you'd be hesitant to use it: Yeah, no worse than the MSDS for blasting media... And you should be wearing eye protection anyway.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 19:58 |
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Is there a proper way to clean that poo poo off short of blasting it with brake cleaner? I generally just give it a good wipe down and know it's going to smoke for a few miles. I used really fine sandpaper, followed by brake cleaner. Perhaps that was overdoing it a bit.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 20:08 |
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Are we talking about like human greasy person grease or like the poo poo you invariably get your arms and hands covered in when doing anything to a car?
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 20:12 |
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Cakefool posted:Is there a better way to clean your brakes than brake cleaner? Possibly, but why not use brake cleaner? It makes my skin break out in a rash something fierce so I try to use it as little as I can.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 21:22 |
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The Scientist posted:Are we talking about like human greasy person grease or like the poo poo you invariably get your arms and hands covered in when doing anything to a car? New brake rotors come coated in a grease used to prevent them from rusting while in shipping and storage. Now that I think about it, the stuff seems a lot like cosmolene used to preserve old surplus guns for storage. You might be able to just melt it off with a heat gun or even a blow dryer if that's the case.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 21:46 |
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I've never used Brake cleaner, I can't remember off the top of my head what I used last time, probably whatever solvent I had lying around.
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# ? Sep 17, 2011 21:52 |
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Cakefool posted:I've never used Brake cleaner, I can't remember off the top of my head what I used last time, probably whatever solvent I had lying around. Brake cleaner should be the only solvent laying around.
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Beach Bum posted:Brake cleaner should be the only solvent laying around. It's also the only wasp killer
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