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Farking Bastage posted:How can something that is shorter than the ink pen in the background and no more than 3-4" inches tall weigh 20 pounds without either being pure tungsten, lead, or a Meteorite. Even the first two is a stretch. I think that's an optical illusion. The better size reference is the very blurry Canon lens cap (round black thing) in the second photo. That hunk is pretty big!
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:I had the friction material come completely loose on a set of Duralast ceramic pads. Trashed the poo poo out of the rotor too. Autozone gave me new pads and rotors gratis. That was awhile ago and the replacements are doing fine. I chalk it up to bad QC on the old set. If it happens again I sure as poo poo wont be getting brakes at Autozone anymore. This is why I usually stick with lovely AutoZone pads. Yeah, they don't last long, but it's no questions asked when I walk in with a set of worn out pads. "What phone # was it under? Cool, here's your new poo poo". Worst case, I walk in and buy a new set of pads/shoes, tell them it'll be a warranty claim, and they just make sure to put them under the same phone #. I walk back in with the old ones an hour later and get my money back. I know that's not what the warranty is supposed to cover, but I think I've paid for one set of pads per car for every car I've owned for the past 15 years...
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My 88 Delta 88 would eat through front pads in 6-8 months, and I drove an average of 4,000 miles a year. Never did get the rear brakes working totally correctly, so it was all up to the fronts. I did the exact same thing with Autozone, and they never complained. Thread content: some guy just posted an entire large album over on Reddit's /r/justrolledintotheshop, and there are some classics. Album Some of my choice pics:             
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Seat Safety Switch posted:My sympathies. The Brembo bolts are kind of infamous for doing that and I'm not really sure if there is any way to really prevent it when you're maintaining them (other than maybe replacing the bolts every time and using copious antiseize). They get really hot because they're massively heavy cars that are frequently driven hard. Fun fact: you can tell if an STi or 350Z has been used correctly (taken to the track). The gold paint on the calipers turns permanently copper, bronze, brown, then dark purple as you run them up through increasingly higher temperatures.
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some texas redneck posted:This is why I usually stick with lovely AutoZone pads. Yeah, they don't last long, but it's no questions asked when I walk in with a set of worn out pads. "What phone # was it under? Cool, here's your new poo poo". Worst case, I walk in and buy a new set of pads/shoes, tell them it'll be a warranty claim, and they just make sure to put them under the same phone #. I walk back in with the old ones an hour later and get my money back. Same here. I think they know it's worth it to keep a customer coming back that often.
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uwaeve posted:Fun fact: you can tell if an STi or 350Z has been used correctly (taken to the track). The gold paint on the calipers turns permanently copper, bronze, brown, then dark purple as you run them up through increasingly higher temperatures. If it's an early sti/evo the red calipers turn a crusty pink like a a pot-plant that's sat out in the sun for a few years.
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Boomerjinks posted:A friend lost the transmission on his Explorer a few weeks ago, and this just happened to his wife's Malibu. The easy gear access is a feature, not a failure!
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Mar 21, 2013 21:08
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Automotive Insanity › Post Pictures of gears and cranks escaping the chains of slavery.
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Slavvy posted:If it's an early sti/evo the red calipers turn a crusty pink like a a pot-plant that's sat out in the sun for a few years. I've heard that called "the Brownbo effect"
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Geirskogul posted:Automotive Insanity › Post Pictures of gears and cranks escaping the chains of slavery. They have been held in bondage by bearings and chains too long, let my people go!
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Slavvy posted:If it's an early sti/evo the red calipers turn a crusty pink like a a pot-plant that's sat out in the sun for a few years. Is... is that why the sti badge is pink?
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Found my pictures. Street tires. Results: lots of screeching, calipers retain healthy glow.  R-compounds. Results: lots of grinning, calipers look awful.  That was after I had my pedal go to the floor even with stainless braided lines and Super Blue fluid. At that point I decided rather than turning my car into something worthy of this thread, I'd had my fun. I really didn't want to start loving with ducting for the front brakes, and no way was I going back to street tires. Sorry to disappoint; I'm sure the ball of car I would have made would be really entertaining here.
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I actually prefer that colour to the gold, maybe I have a problem.
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uwaeve posted:Found my pictures. That is a HILARIOUS idea. Are those thermometers purpose made for that application? Did you change your pads when you had the R-comps on?
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Lowclock posted:Is... is that why the sti badge is pink? It's not "pink" it's Cherry Blossom Red. 
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Beach Bum posted:Are those thermometers purpose made for that application? Yes, the temp strips are made for checking your max caliper temps. The temperature indicators change permanently, so they're more of a "peak hold" thermometer. Also much easier to use than the rotor equivalent, a lacquer you paint on in stripes on the edge of your rotor. I kind of think I was using CarboTech XP10 for the first picture and XP12 when the second one was taken. Also what was hilarious, the idea of little thermometers for brakes?
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Slavvy posted:If it's an early sti/evo the red calipers turn a crusty pink like a a pot-plant that's sat out in the sun for a few years. The same Brembo calipers on the Volvo S60R and V70R (04-08's) are factory painted a grey color and once super heated, turn gold. Titanium shims help prevent that heat transfer really well.
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Seen today at Lemons --
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The Linux Fairy posted:Seen today at Lemons -- The shirt and the broken crank and con rod fit.
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uwaeve posted:Yes, the temp strips are made for checking your max caliper temps. The temperature indicators change permanently, so they're more of a "peak hold" thermometer. Also much easier to use than the rotor equivalent, a lacquer you paint on in stripes on the edge of your rotor. Temp strips for calipers were just funny to me. Great idea, but for some reason funny.
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Non-horrible mechanical success:  ZALGO LIVES!
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CommieGIR posted:Non-horrible mechanical success: Again?! Who did you sell your soul to?
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Brigdh posted:Again?! Who did you sell your soul to? If it makes you feel better, I wore the ridges on one out finally, it still works but it wasn't enough to grab this one, luckily I had a second one from buying the EZ Out kit.
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CommieGIR posted:Non-horrible mechanical success: WHAT ARE YOU?!
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CommieGIR posted:Non-horrible mechanical success: Do you like work for EZ-OUT?!
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c355n4 posted:Do you like work for EZ-OUT?! If I did, maybe I could finally afford something better than lovely Tricare Dental coverage.
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CommieGIR posted:Non-horrible mechanical success: Whatever demon you've sold your soul to, please let me know which one? I need to attempt this next weekend.
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CommieGIR posted:Non-horrible mechanical success: You could probably make money just touring the country removing screws.
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CommieGIR posted:If I did, maybe I could finally afford something better than lovely Tricare Dental coverage. You might as well start doing your own dental work at this point, dude.
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CommieGIR posted:Non-horrible mechanical success: I want a goddamned video next time you Satan worshipper.
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The Screw Whisperer™ (hopefully this is not the title of an adult film).
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:I want a goddamned video next time you Satan worshipper. Will do, next time I have a stuck bolt I'll get it done.
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CommieGIR posted:Non-horrible mechanical success: Why are you encountering so many stripped bolts? Are those VW torx/allen heads? E: spelling
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ThirstyBuck posted:Why are you encountering so many stripped bolts? Are those VW torx/allen heads? VW Torx/Allens, yep. Mostly old Allens, which turn into Swiss cheese as Audis/Volkswagens age. I had to pull two or three torx as well in the past that are hanging around in the thread here. I think this makes #5
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CommieGIR posted:VW Torx/Allens, yep. Mostly old Allens, which turn into Swiss cheese as Audis/Volkswagens age. I had to pull two or three torx as well in the past that are hanging around in the thread here. I just pound an 8mm multihex into stripped VW allens. VIce versa for stripped multihex. It's how I removed a pair of axles from a Type 3 that had been sitting in pine mulch for over a decade.
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General_Failure posted:I just pound an 8mm multihex into stripped VW allens. VIce versa for stripped multihex. It's how I removed a pair of axles from a Type 3 that had been sitting in pine mulch for over a decade. This is what I normally do with stripped bolts, but I've had a couple where the multihex just strips it further, and usually I can depend on the EZ-Out to get it. Sometimes I gotta go deeper via drilling an anchor point or something, but I've amazed myself personally at bolts I've managed to remove.
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Of course, my mechanic buddy got three out of four broken off manifold bolts out of my Chevy 6.0 with a stud extractor. Only had to drill one...
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If an allen screw is not too stripped, I always pull out my torx set first. Nice sharp teeth there.
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General_Failure posted:I just pound an 8mm multihex into stripped VW allens. VIce versa for stripped multihex. It's how I removed a pair of axles from a Type 3 that had been sitting in pine mulch for over a decade.
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Honestly though, look at that bolt. No rust or nothin on the threads, nice and clean. And it was big enough to get a big ezout in it. Commie ain't all that.
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