Stormangel posted:

phone book on the intake. It sucked it in page by page. Apparently diesels will run on burnt phone books too!

Sockington posted:

250fwhp and a Mazda G-series FWD transmission;

Pictures

Goodbye 3rd gear and the diff.

insta posted:

Not always Did this pulling a 2.2 60' in my 130whp Escort.

Baby Hitler posted:

Helical gears, so you have a longer gear than the width. That and good metal.

Prelude Gundam posted:

I know this is old and lacks enough photos to make up for the amount of text, but it's still relevant I think.

Hummer Ball Joint Failure Analysis

JnnyThndrs posted:

I generally agree with you, but I wonder if your cast knuckles are made of the same poo poo that the H2's cast knuckles are composed of. Since H1's have a military pedegree, I'd imagine the materials would be held to higher standards.

Cast steel and ductile cast iron(like what the H2 is made of) look similar, but the cast steel unit will be much more impact resistant than the iron piece.

<edit> According to this SAE .pdf, the type of material used in the H2's lower arm was first used in the IRS of the Mustang Cobra in 1999, so I'm guessing the H1 uses cast steel.

thArf posted:

Found the 2wd hub pics.



Again, the 2wd front hubs are not meant for big tires or abuse and they have no axles to keep them from falling out.

rocket_350 posted:

Just found this. Pictures of the laker Algoport breaking up under tow to China.

http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/algoportsink.htm

SGNL06 posted:

More locomotive engine failure:


Power assembly, weighs about 750lb. Looks like the four hold-down bolts broke (you can see one of them sans threads sitting on top of the assembly; the other pipe looking thing is a pushrod) and the whole unit was ejected through the engine bay doors and clear of the locomotive.

Followed promptly by the piston itself...





Weighs about 90lb.

VanFullOfMidgets posted:

meatpimp posted:

It's probably a G60.

I HATE CARS posted:

G60 is an engine code for the supercharged version. The G stands for 'grenade'.

el topo posted:

I hope BP is tallying up the ever-increasing costs of containing their gently caress-up. Maybe after that they can multiply that by the number of rigs they have in the Gulf and reevaluate whether using better prevention technology could really "cripple" them more than having to pay to fix issues those could have prevented.

el topo posted:

Workers are also responsible for their own safety gear. They get paid squat and pro equipment is expensive, so they have to show some ingenuity.

doggo posted:

to add to the thread:


engine from a R33 Skyline 2.5L straight 6 - piston should be at the top of its stroke heh. There was also a chunk of the block missing just under the thermostat housing

Hillridge posted:

In the second view it looks like it gets punched by the invisible hand of god.

Fucknag posted:

The car's a 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege. I believe it has a mechanical clutch. The thing is, it seemed to be actuating the clutch just fine; I had no problems getting into gear. Once in gear, though, it wouldn't hold any power above idle.

I got it towed to the nearby dealership where some of my class buddies work, they should be removing the transmission about now to see what's going on.

bird cooch posted:

Thats oil mostly, the plastic intake manifold was destroyed. a couple of valves and such went through the turbo, grenaded it and threw goodies into the manifold. Including that chunk of piston shown in my hand.

The intake valley had a hole in it the size of a grapefruit just for fun too.

jamal posted:

so that rod broke for some reason:

14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:

Nomex posted:

Post Pictures of Horrible Mechanical Failures.

Choo choo














And an unrelated one I found, also from a train:

xp67 posted:

By 'many pages ago', you mean 'ten posts ago', right?

Splizwarf posted:

I regularly forget to put sodas in the fridge ahead of time, and find myself cleaning the freezer pretty often. They fail at just about every point I can think of. The most fun cleanup is when one tears all the way down the long way. The bottoms don't pop that often, actually.

Manny posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCsSVLZ6wCI

I don't recall this being posted here yet, but it's one of the more extreme engine failures i've seen, when the whole block tries to escape the vehicle.

dissss posted:

That reminds me of the Edgecumbe earthquake damage they showed us at school when I was a child:



Bet you the driver of that locomotive poo poo themselves when it tipped over (apparently they'd just got out to use a nearby emergency phone)

einTier posted:

Jesus. gently caress.

The goal now is to fabricate a barrier, and use the EZ-Off very carefully to remove this stuff from the wheel. There is no way this plan can go wrong, so I will update you on the progress.

In other news, I ended up with a free set of Pagid Yellows (also race pads, but none of the issues of the Hawk Blues), so that sort of makes up for the Hawk Blues I'll never use again.

Geoj posted:

I would guess they'd hold up better than the sandblasting gloves. Usually gloves rated as "chemical resistant" are safe to use with anything you can buy over the counter. I wouldn't be surprised if the sandblasting gloves would start to break down immediately upon contact with a strong acid/base.

ROFLBOT posted:

One too many 7sec passes on your stock bottom end 2JZ...


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Phangor posted:

Tire blew out, better drive to the repair shop.