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angryhampster posted:Theoretically, it should work fairly well. It's just hideous/scary-looking. A solid spacer would be ideal. I guess I don't get the point of the whole setup. Most of the pictures are exceeded bandwidth. Is this just the dumb rear end way to not replace struts and still lower the car? Aren't lowering springs and shocks fairly available? I'd guess that there may even be a drop in air setup for a reasonable price. I mean this kid has some money pissed away in stereo stuff, why not blow some on suspension?
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angryhampster posted:Theoretically, it should work fairly well. It's just hideous/scary-looking. A solid spacer would be ideal. Not, it wouldn't. The strut top and surrounding monocoque was designed for taking force upwards inside the strut top (concave is a strong shape), putting it on the outside will pull it into a cone-type shape which is not where the strength is in that metal at all. PeaceFrog posted:I guess I don't get the point of the whole setup. Most of the pictures are exceeded bandwidth. Is this just the dumb rear end way to not replace struts and still lower the car? Aren't lowering springs and shocks fairly available? I'd guess that there may even be a drop in air setup for a reasonable price. I mean this kid has some money pissed away in stereo stuff, why not blow some on suspension? Compressed shock/strut length is dictated by the length of the shock tube and shaft. The travel is somehere less than the shock tube itself, so you'd need shorter stocks with less travel. When you pull 6 inches of travel out of something with 8 inches of total travel, it bangs around on the bump stops, can coil bind, and possibly bottoming out the shock, which is like an increase of 10000 times in spring rate. That breaks things, and why hellaflush is stupid unless the whole suspension pickup points are redone, and the engineering to do that is beyond prety much anyone without computational engineering software and ability to build custom chassis. DJ Commie fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Feb 18, 2012 |
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Feb 18, 2012 17:21
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Who needs book lernin when I got threaded rod, angle iron and a MIG.
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DJ Commie posted:and why hellaflush is stupid unless the whole suspension pickup points are redone, and the engineering to do that is beyond prety much anyone without computational engineering software and ability to build custom chassis. Somewhere a flushtard's head just exploded and it was good. 
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The Third Man posted:This is not so much a cry for help as it is a suicide attempt. loving hell  From work a few weeks ago. One of these Nissan Sentra control arms is not like the other, especially after hitting a curb at 30 mph:
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So I went to take some pictures of the rusting sideskirts on my old car that has been sitting for two years, to get an estimate on how much it would cost to get it patched up before selling it. Then I noticed the brake fluid line   I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure it is not supposed to look like that. Kinda happy I haven't found out while driving. I guess it's still holding up since there was no pool of liquid under the car. Kerrow fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Feb 25, 2012 |
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the one in the foreground is an ebrake cable isn't it? not really too worrying. The really blurry ones in the background on the bottom of the floorboard I can't quite see well enough to tell if they are bad or not.
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Kerrow posted:Then I noticed the brake fluid line I remember a buddy of mine in a mid-late 70's Scirocco (?)had a fuel leak between the tank and the engine. While in the process of fixing it with a steak knife and a dime (hose clamp, cheap rubber tubing - was considered a major hero at the time) I noticed that the hydraulic lines to his rear brakes had rusted out and just been bent-over and vise-gripped closed. I mentioned it to him, told him it wasn't an emergency, but it might be something to eventually get fixed. He never did and it didn't seem to matter...
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How to remove your engine REALLY FAST http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b603DA-JE0U I'm amazed this worked, this is incredibly dumb and and and....
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Kerrow posted:Then I noticed the brake fluid line
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Maker Of Shoes posted:How to remove your engine REALLY FAST That's, uh, one way to do it. 
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Maker Of Shoes posted:How to remove your engine REALLY FAST Haste makes waste. Thankfully nothing of value was lost. 
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I like how it gave one last throaty growl right after it got released from the vehicle and no longer had any load under it.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:How to remove your engine REALLY FAST No, no see you're supposed to tie it to the doorknob then slam the door really hard
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I've heard stories of early post-WWII hot-rodders using roughly the same method to separate car bodies from their chassis. ("chasses"?)
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Can't imagine you'd want to be in the car for that, though.
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Someone had to draw the short straw.
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Mar 3, 2012 18:35
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2006 Ford Explorer. "There's a clunking noise in the rear."  Good to see that Ford at least learned how to make springs that won't puncture a tire when they shatter completely.
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Root Bear posted:2006 Ford Explorer. "There's a clunking noise in the rear." That's an 06? Jesus, Sockington must have gotten to it.
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Rorac posted:I like how it gave one last throaty growl right after it got released from the vehicle and no longer had any load under it. Reminds me of that video someone posted a while back of crazy Finns? Swedes? rallying and even as the car is rolling they still have their foot right up it with the engine bouncing off the limiter. WE CAN POWER OUT OF THIS
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Two Finger posted:Reminds me of that video someone posted a while back of crazy Finns? Swedes? rallying and even as the car is rolling they still have their foot right up it with the engine bouncing off the limiter. WE CAN POWER OUT OF THIS I thought it was instinctual. Isn't this why they throw on the wipers too, since the switch is on the floor?
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Root Bear posted:2006 Ford Explorer. "There's a clunking noise in the rear." How is that rotor so rusted? Is the calliper seized as well?
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superv0zz posted:How is that rotor so rusted? Is the calliper seized as well? Parked it when the spring broke, just got their tax refund so they can finally afford to get it fixed.
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Bucephalus posted:Parked it when the spring broke, just got their tax refund so they can finally afford to get it fixed. Bingo. I haven't fixed it yet, but I'll see if I can get a pic of it's gangsta lean before I do.
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Root Bear posted:Bingo. In order
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Better than driving it until the noise became unbearable.
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Cakefool posted:Better than driving it until the noise became unbearable. Parked it when the noise became unbearable, just got their tax refund so they can finally afford to get it fixed.
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That's just a Mcpherson strut, it can't be that hard or expensive to replace 
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EightBit posted:That's just a Mcpherson strut What?
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EightBit posted:That's just a Mcpherson strut, Uhh...no.
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Redundant upper control arm. Built Ford tough.
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Root Bear posted:This is not so much a cry for help as it is a suicide attempt. loving hell Hey I recognize those! Just did my ball joints and CV's but was wondering how much of a bitch it is to do the control arms as mine are rusted to poo poo. Do they come off easy?
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Preoptopus posted:Hey I recognize those! Just did my ball joints and CV's but was wondering how much of a bitch it is to do the control arms as mine are rusted to poo poo. Do they come off easy? Soak the bolts in PB a day before doing it. I did this on the M8 and walks away for a day. The suspension flew off with a cheap impact.
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This is pretty cool for a mechanical failure -- particularly the oil fountain. The whole video has a bunch of different angles, but the best closeup is at 1:30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8gvgISVHak
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Remember the Auckland Helo crash? Here is a better video with more turbine death whine. http://youtu.be/v5aMT9MBfZI
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Holy poo poo I thought that the rotor had grabbed the cable. Looks like one of the guys on the ground jumped up, grabbed it and pulled the cable into the rotor.
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grnberet2b posted:Holy poo poo I thought that the rotor had grabbed the cable. Looks like one of the guys on the ground jumped up, grabbed it and pulled the cable into the rotor. You're right. Wonder what happens to that guy. Surprised he didn't die.
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Ziploc posted:You're right. Wonder what happens to that guy. Surprised he didn't die. It was covered a while back in the thread. If you look closely, the pilot is flung out of the helicopter, the pulled back in by his seatbelt. I don't think they pulled the cable into the blades. There's a lot of turbulence around a helicopter rotor, the cable probably got sucked in.
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Mercury Ballistic posted:Remember the Auckland Helo crash? Here is a better video with more turbine death whine. I think this is the first time in recorded history that somebody was filming an event like this and kept the camera pointed at the subject rather then aiming it at their feet once it went bad. I guess it helps it was most likely a professional.
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