Geirskogul posted:

Single shear is perfectly fine when engineered properly. The latest Koenigsegg uses single-shear suspension.


When engineered properly.

some texas redneck posted:

And over in the clearance aisle..

Flying Fortress posted:

I've seen this car around town for over 10 years now. This weekend it was parked in my neighbourhood.





The steering wheel was from a Subaru, but that is all I can tell you.

Flying Fortress posted:

I've seen this car around town for over 10 years now. This weekend it was parked in my neighbourhood.





The steering wheel was from a Subaru, but that is all I can tell you.

InitialDave posted:

It's a 110. Looks like maybe a SOV (Special Operations Vehicle)? US Rangers?

Fart Pipe posted:

My three on the tree truck has the best security system ever. I bet a lot of AI doesn't even know where the gears are.

blk posted:

anonumos posted:

I assume the price of cheese went up with all the extra demand from cheese-dress manufacturers. The Free Hand put a stop to that fad awful quickly.

Fucknag posted:

Hey, if it means we start seeing cars advertising their power-adders and engine displacements again like they did in the 80s I'm all for it.

11BulletCatcher posted:

WHo cares what others think, it's about what I think. For me driving an old car is about driving it as it was meant to be driven at time of manufacture. I'm complaining objectively. I drive superbly with what's in place, but I know just how superior discs would be. But I can't bring myself to do the conversion.

kastein posted:

Aaaaaanyways. Here is a montage of "why you don't move a vehicle when an axle ujoint or shaft ear breaks":
Before it got moved (balljoints are slightly separated, but still holding)


Then they tried to drag it out of the obstacle it was in to fix it in a more convenient location and...


Don't do that!

kastein posted:

Basically:

... is correct.

The ujoint yoke ears snap off, the inner shaft is fairly long (18" on the short side) and doesn't have anything except the ujoint keeping it on-axis in the tube at the outer end. So it flops around from the sudden jolt of the ears breaking off, the remainders of the ears sorta jam/ride up/flop around on the outer shaft's ears/broken off ears, and the torque ends up forcing the outer knuckle down via the axleshaft instead of turning things like it is supposed to. This separates the balljoints and whoops, there goes your wheel/brakes/steering/knuckle/everything.

I had this happen once, the shaft was already slightly weakened so it popped the second my tire hit the ground (bounced over some large rocks, tire went up, tire came down, tire hit rocks, snap crackle pop wheel/bearing/knuckle fell off) - I had absolutely no time to react. Sadly, I don't know who took pictures of it, so I haven't got any evidence, but it sucks to fix. The knuckle was already disconnected from the axle housing so I took the tire off, removed the inner axleshaft, stuffed a rag in the axle tube to keep water/mud out and lube in, then used a combination of a large hammer, the stock bottle jack, a high lift, and someone else's winch to compress the suspension/jam the knuckle back up and reset the balljoints. They were still trash, but the weight of the vehicle on them (don't worry, not as sketchy as it sounds, AKA it will stay in unless you corner so hard you lift a tire) kept my truck from dislocating its knees again until I got back to camp and could replace them properly.

And yes, it's a dana 30. A friend had the same thing happen on a dana 44 (the balljoints go the other way in a dana 44 as you noted, but are still balljoints) but I couldn't find any pics of that incident when I half assedly snooped around in his photobucket. This doesn't happen to kingpin dana 60 axles because of the way they're designed, the outer knuckle wraps around the inner knuckle, the upper kingpin screws into the inner knuckle and seats into the outer knuckle, then the kingpin taper bearing goes into the lower inner knuckle arm and a giant pivot pin gets installed through the lower outer knuckle into it. Unless you break the knuckle or shear either the upper kingpin or the lower pivot pin, it aint coming off. I know people who have broken those too but I haven't found where the pictures went yet.

Basically, the rule when dealing with balljoint axle housings and broken ujoints is - when it breaks, stop immediately. If it's still all attached, replace the shaft before you move it even a foot. If it isn't, hope you have spare balljoints with you. This is why people prefer kingpin type steering axles for high performance offroad solid axle vehicles.

Kenny Rogers posted:

I agree. That's a reason to buy a Miata, right there.
Have some terrible F-350, courtesy of Jefferson County, Colorado.
F-350...what's that badge there on the side?


POLICE INTERCEPTOR



What about this other F-350?


Whoo, boy! A KING RANCH Police Interceptor!


What, exactly, they're going to intercept?

Kenny Rogers posted:

I agree. That's a reason to buy a Miata, right there.
Have some terrible F-350, courtesy of Jefferson County, Colorado.
F-350...what's that badge there on the side?


POLICE INTERCEPTOR



What about this other F-350?


Whoo, boy! A KING RANCH Police Interceptor!


What, exactly, they're going to intercept?




\/\/\/\/ little known Use 'Amount' for things you can't count, like water. Use 'Number' for things you can count, like cities. \/\/\/

8th-snype posted:

This was my old Saturn. I didn't change the oil for like 3 years just put in a quart of whatever was lying around when it was low.

Team140 posted:

On an unrelated, but still horrible note, I traded the 1940 Chevrolet (Restoring a car with SCIENCE! thread) today for a 1979 Corvette. Overall, the car isn't too bad, but the seat recover job by the previous owner was beyond ridiculous.

Terrible Robot posted:

I think we need a poll to settle once and for all the proper name for this thing.

Pham Nuwen posted:

Absolutely possible. If, in 1962, you decided you want your new car to have an oil filter, they would have done exactly that--grabbed a filter, threaded the inlet and outlet onto the block, and bolted it on. It was a partial flow filter, so IIRC you basically counted on the oil pressure to force some of the oil through.

I think they started offering full-flow (modern type) systems very shortly thereafter, for the few remaining years of Studebaker's existence.

As a final note in this derail, if any of you see a Studebaker Avanti for sale, loving PM me.

neckbeard posted:

I went to go price one out on Nissan's site to see just how expensive they could get with all the options/accessories ($46K) and found that this is an accessory that Nissan offers on most of their SUVs




I hate the stereotype of Americans being all fatasses, but goddammit...

revmoo posted:

I love going to a chain place like Longhorn Steakhouse or O'Charleys. The parking spaces are absolutely enormous. There will be like 4-5 feet on each side, even with my sedan.

kastein posted:

Fortunately I drive such a turd that if I ever brought it to a shop they'd make sure to not put a sticker on it to avoid being guilty by association.

The only thing I have done by the pros is bonded-in glass, though. Mostly because by the time I have a windshield shipped to me and buy the urethane and trim ring I've spent 50 bucks more than just having it done while I sit around surfing the net on my phone.

Speaking of which: terrible car stuff = rockauto shipping these days. EIGHT WAREHOUSES WHAT THE gently caress (and I tried to minimize it, too.)

atomicthumbs posted:

I hate that California went from this:



to this

quote:

The following standard-issue plates from 1989, 1991, 2000, and 2006 are available as an alternative to the blue 2010 plate. The same standard-issue plate fees, options, and conditions apply to the 1991, 2000, and 2006 plates, but the 1989 design is numbered like a sponsored plate and is not available in military or amateur radio options.

Kill-9 posted:

I didn't know this was still a thing.



A new plated MKS with landau/vinyl top. It was even worse in person.

jamal posted:

Speaking of Chrysler, saw a practically brand new grand cherokee today and one of the led headlight surrounds was out.

anonumos posted:

Honestly, I liked the Alero. It was a decent car: comfortable, sporty-ish, solid, and reliable. On the other hand, I never owned one, just borrowed one a time or three. I think it compared well with other Olds models, though (because most Oldsmobiles sucked balls).

quote:

Last Sunday three people broke into my dads garage and stole his beautiful 1955 ford f100 pickup and destroyed it the same night for no reason. This was my dads prize position and spent hours and hours building this truck and for this to happen to him breaks my heart People suck.

PCOS Bill posted:

Fortunately you don't have to own a pickup if you don't think you need one!

PainterofCrap posted:

Hate to tell you that acts of war are specifically excluded.

FYI: Detonation of a nuclear device under any circumstances is considered an act of war.

VOR LOC posted:

Seems like this particular bro dude didn't have enough money for 5 ridiculous rims and tires and was driving on the stock sized spare down the highway. Anybody care to guess how long before that diff blows to kingdom come?

HotCanadianChick posted:

In snow/ice driving with a manual, start in second gear instead of first, much easier to get going without slipping the tires so much.

Solar Coaster posted:

Light chat:

I totally get what everyone is saying here. My 82 Volvo has a 77 front end, meaning single round headlights and that's it. Like this:


Most other cars around me are so much brighter than i have been seriously considering replacing all my light bulbs in the car with LEDs. Priced it out and it would be around $250 give or take. It's a bit steep, but I feel if I go through with it, my car will be more visible on the road.

Also, thanks to all the brighter lights on the road, makes it harder to see my instrument cluster as well since my interior lights are 30+ years old. Might have to get that upgraded too.

veedubfreak posted:

So we got around a foot of snow this weekend. Freeway is still icy and snow packed. There was a fucktard in a newish Camaro with summer tires just doing burn outs on the freeway. I felt like pulling over and punching him in the face for being such a gently caress up.