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jammyozzy posted:A stationary 20 year old vehicle gets ploughed by a truck going 65mph and they're not singing its praises that some passengers survived? I agree with this as well. It does make you wonder how much fun it must be for your main competition to be mostly government owned when dealing with regulatory bodies.
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Ozmiander posted:Who actually does that? I've never seen anyone do anything other than tighten them with a tire iron in a cross pattern. The RX-7, if I recall correctly, is a special case because it has lug bolts rather than lug nuts, and I think they're made of aluminum* so if one of them it torqued incorrectly, everything will work itself loose*. *Or so I am lead to believe
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Jun 10, 2013 19:53
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This was definitely lug nuts but maybe other RX-7s are different.
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Safety Dance posted:The RX-7, if I recall correctly, is a special case because it has lug bolts rather than lug nuts, and I think they're made of aluminum* so if one of them it torqued incorrectly, everything will work itself loose*. My old FC had lug nuts, not sure where you heard that.
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Jun 10, 2013 20:24
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Safety Dance posted:The RX-7, if I recall correctly, is a special case because it has lug bolts rather than lug nuts, and I think they're made of aluminum* so if one of them it torqued incorrectly, everything will work itself loose*. Most first gen RX-7s had lug bolts, but as far as I know there were not aluminum. I've also never heard of any special torquing procedure or issues, other than sometimes putting the wheels on were a PITA. Most first gen owners seem to convert to lug nuts, which is fairly easy. The first gen GSL-SE, second gens, and 3rd gens are lug nuts.
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Jun 10, 2013 20:28
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After having aftermarket studs (BMW) come loose I am loving obsessive about torquing my lugnuts and checking the studs to make sure they are still tight. Had I not noticed one stud was sticking out more than the others I would have been doing a full track day with it only on a few threads.
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Jun 11, 2013 00:05
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I've been putting my lugs on to two-grunts torque with a 4-way for years now and had zero problems, alloy or steel.  The one time I had an issue it's because I got mud in between the axle flange and the brake drum surface, so it torqued down properly but then the mud worked its way out in about 50 miles. I felt the difference driving before any lugs actually fell off or worked themselves more than a couple turns loose, so all I did was pull over and retighten. Torque if you want to, but cleaning the flanges (especially when putting alloy wheels on a steel wheel flange or cast iron brake rotor/drum) of all corrosion is more important IMO. On thinner, easier to warp wheels, torquing is probably an issue, but I don't have that problem...
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Jun 11, 2013 02:06
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kastein posted:Torque if you want to, but cleaning the flanges (especially when putting alloy wheels on a steel wheel flange or cast iron brake rotor/drum) of all corrosion is more important IMO. On thinner, easier to warp wheels, torquing is probably an issue, but I don't have that problem... On your big truck, the wheels are so massive they probably stay on due to sheer gravitational attraction.
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Jun 11, 2013 03:00
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 Whoever gets to work on this thing is gonna be having a crappy day. 
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Jun 11, 2013 04:18
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Speaking of lovely luck with septic service: Click for story.    Story and a few more pics here. Root Bear fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Jun 11, 2013 |
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Jun 11, 2013 05:21
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That looks like that would be a pretty lovely day at work.
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Jun 11, 2013 06:11
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So were any of those salvageable or were they all taken to the dump?
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Jun 11, 2013 06:18
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All right, enough of that poo poo. One of these lower control arm bushings is not like the other:
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Jun 11, 2013 06:30
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Root Bear posted:All right, enough of that poo poo. One of these lower control arm bushings is not like the other: I don't see the problem here. Everything looks fine to m............. HOLY poo poo!
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Jun 11, 2013 08:13
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Astroman posted:Ha, yep! Happens to me every time I drive most any other car, since all mine have been on the tree for a few years now. Air shocks, and air springs are 2 very different things. An air shock is an assist, where as an air spring is a full spring replacement. I still don't buy that this was the cause of the accident, and the explanation is for poo poo in that article. I have seen many of those Lincolns with the air springs blown, and the car does not rest on the ground, it just gets really low. I'd love to hear an actual list of the events that led to this caused by a blown air spring. I had a customer tell me the other day that my car was unsafe ('64 Impala on bags), and reference this accident (I had not heard of the incident till he mentioned it). But this is the same customer that wanted us to install SMALLER valves in his Corrado VR6 to increase his HP... Plus he started crying once (He's in his about mid 30's) while talking about his car in our office, So I don't take him too seriously.
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Jun 11, 2013 08:42
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So today I decided to take my plugs out after work to see if they were worn out and causing a slight low rpm hesitation. Three came out perfectly. The last one came out like this: Guess where the other end is. gently caress.
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Jun 11, 2013 10:32
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If you hadn't said "3 out of 4" I would say it's a Ford 4.6 or 5.4.
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Jun 11, 2013 10:38
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some texas redneck posted:If you hadn't said "3 out of 4" I would say it's a Ford 4.6 or 5.4. It's a kawasaki ZRX1200. I have no idea how I'm going to get the other end out. Pleease....kill meeeeee
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Jun 11, 2013 10:43
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I think we saw that once on an XS750. If I recall, we tapped out what was left of the old B plug and installed a D plug inside it. Worked like a charm.
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Jun 11, 2013 13:12
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Slavvy posted:So today I decided to take my plugs out after work to see if they were worn out and causing a slight low rpm hesitation. Three came out perfectly. The last one came out like this: I've seen that with quite a few NGKs lately. Can't you get what's left of it out with an easy-out and an 1/4" extension?
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Jun 11, 2013 14:12
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Pull the cylinder head and take it to a machine shop? I mean poo poo, that thing is small, shouldn't take more than an hour or two to pull. And a head gasket should be pretty cheap I would think.
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Jun 11, 2013 14:22
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Heh... funny story. I did that to a plug while running a test, except it was in a jig and not a cylinder head, and it broke at the crimp bulge and not at the seat (a result of me using the wrong end of the jig). It was stuck nice and tight. Had to put the bit of the metal shell that was poking out in a vice and use a breaker bar on the jig to get it out. Basically, what I mean to say is, someone probably torqued it too much when installing it and you should beat him over the head about it. Unless it's you 
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Jun 11, 2013 14:38
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More like horrible mechanic failure: (annotation not mine) "Why won't the clutch disengage?"
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Jun 11, 2013 20:35
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kastein posted:Pull the cylinder head and take it to a machine shop? I mean poo poo, that thing is small, shouldn't take more than an hour or two to pull. And a head gasket should be pretty cheap I would think. The engine has to come out of the bike to get the head off. I'm gonna try an ez-out first. totalnewbie posted:Heh... funny story. I did that to a plug while running a test, except it was in a jig and not a cylinder head, and it broke at the crimp bulge and not at the seat (a result of me using the wrong end of the jig). It was stuck nice and tight. It wasn't me, I do this poo poo for a living. I'm not a monster!
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Jun 11, 2013 21:38
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I had the same thing happen to me on an ancient small block Chevy, EZout did the trick.
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Jun 11, 2013 21:41
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UraniumAnchor posted:More like horrible mechanic failure: It's the hot new thing to do.
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Jun 11, 2013 21:46
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UraniumAnchor posted:More like horrible mechanic failure: Not gonna lie, I almost did that in my M3 this winter. I literally woke up in the middle of the night and thought "did I put the loving clutch in the right way?". At least I had only put the transmission back on, not the whole driveshaft/exhaust/etc. And I did put it in wrong.
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Jun 11, 2013 22:13
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Ozmiander posted:It's the hot new thing to do. I still can't believe the idiot PO of your jeep did that.
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Jun 11, 2013 22:45
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Now you bastards are making me nervous. I installed the clutch in February so I'll be damned if I remember any of it. Maybe I should ask someone to push me around...
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Jun 11, 2013 22:49
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VW mechanic? VW keeps the flywheel on the transmission side.
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Jun 11, 2013 22:53
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According to the post I pulled the picture from, it was a "friend" of the owner of the car. Given that the person who posted it just started their own local garage I suspect I'll have a few more lovely stories in the next few months.
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Jun 11, 2013 23:28
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Root Bear posted:Speaking of lovely luck with septic service: Ha. My first though was 'that looks a hell of a lot like the 138/15' and welp.
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Jun 11, 2013 23:48
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0toShifty posted:VW mechanic? They changed this later, it was mostly an 80's model and earlier thing.
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Crustashio posted:After having aftermarket studs (BMW) come loose I am loving obsessive about torquing my lugnuts and checking the studs to make sure they are still tight. Had I not noticed one stud was sticking out more than the others I would have been doing a full track day with it only on a few threads. Did you locktite them when you installed them?
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 From a Freightliner. I blame nutcup. 
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Billy Tully posted:I had the same thing happen to me on an ancient small block Chevy, EZout did the trick. All EZout success pictures should be just like this.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Torque your lugs. Hey, this guy is running the same wheel/tire combo I am 
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Jun 12, 2013 11:57
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1st Edition ADandD posted:Hey, this guy is running the same wheel/tire combo I am I've always liked the look of Akebono steelies, personally. Nice choice!
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Brigdh posted:Most first gen RX-7s had lug bolts, but as far as I know there were not aluminum. I've also never heard of any special torquing procedure or issues, other than sometimes putting the wheels on were a PITA. Most first gen owners seem to convert to lug nuts, which is fairly easy. The little guide pin that comes in the tool kit on my BMW is one of my favorite things. I was sitting there trying to jockey the wheel into place and I swear you could see the light bulb go off above my head when I realized HEY! THAT'S what that little thingy is for!
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BraveUlysses posted:Did you locktite them when you installed them? Yes. I used red (271) that came with the lugs and cleaned the hubs. When I found them loose I cleaned them again, chased the threads and used permatex red. I have a feeling that I was being too skimpy 1st time around because of the tiny amount of loctite turner gave me. I just do a quick once over on the studs before I mount wheels now. As long as none fail the hand loosening test I put the wheels on.
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