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mekilljoydammit posted:Weird thing is that those VW jacks are kind of the standard old school rally car jack. ah yes, rally driving, that bastion of levelheaded safety and careful methodical work
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A friction jack seems perfectly reasonable in a world where the gas tank goes directly under the driver and navigator.
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Dec 18, 2016 18:59
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Friction jacks also came from an era where steering columns would go straight through your face in a wreck. I don't know how humanity made it into the 1980's because it feels like everyone should have been dead well before that.
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It didn't matter where the steering column went because all the passengers would be safely thrown clear of the car.
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Dec 18, 2016 21:21
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Cojawfee posted:It didn't matter where the steering column went because all the passengers would be safely thrown clear of the car. Well, yeah! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwc54G2Ur8&t=95s
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Dec 18, 2016 21:25
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Cojawfee posted:A friction jack seems perfectly reasonable in a world where the gas tank goes directly under the driver and navigator. That's not really a bad place for the gas tank to go, the Honda Fit has it in the same place. It's better than having it somewhere closer to the edge where an impact will cause it to explode.
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Dec 18, 2016 21:34
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Cojawfee posted:It didn't matter where the steering column went because all the passengers would be safely thrown clear of the car. Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtxd27jlZ_g
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Throatwarbler posted:That's not really a bad place for the gas tank to go, the Honda Fit has it in the same place. It's better than having it somewhere closer to the edge where an impact will cause it to explode. The gas tank should absorb impact, it's wasted space otherwise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgOxWPGsJNY
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I clenched so hard when I saw the convertible with 3 occupants start to veer as wildly as most of the vehicles that flipped.
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Throatwarbler posted:That's not really a bad place for the gas tank to go, the Honda Fit has it in the same place. It's better than having it somewhere closer to the edge where an impact will cause it to explode. You don't normally drive a honda fit at 90mph through the woods.
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Cojawfee posted:You don't normally drive a honda fit at 90mph through the woods. You don't know my story
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Cojawfee posted:You don't normally drive a honda fit at 90mph through the woods.
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Cojawfee posted:You don't normally drive a honda fit at 90mph through the woods. Maybe you don't. OK I don't either because I have neither a Honda Fit or convenient woods to drive through.
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InitialDave posted:Why? Will they crack a ton? I think it's in the documentary Madness on Wheels. Someone tells a story where after a crash, he's upside down in his Lancia 037 and there's fuel dripping down on him and his navigator.
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Cojawfee posted:I think it's in the documentary Madness on Wheels. Someone tells a story where after a crash, he's upside down in his Lancia 037 and there's fuel dripping down on him and his navigator.  contingent should really post a photo of what's eligible for a 60mph limit here. I have Michelin XZLs on the Landie, and I'll still need a shovel.
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InitialDave posted:Why? Will they crack a ton? First gen Honda Fits have a 115mph electronic speed limiter. 
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I'm kinda surprised a 1st gen Fit can hit 115. Saturn Ions (non-Redline) are limited at 108. .... it takes a very long time (counted in minutes) to find the limiter if you have the 2.2 w/manual like I do. I kinda doubt you'd ever find it if it was an automatic unless you were on a steep downhill road. The Redline (2.0 supercharged) and 2.4 would have no problem whatsoever finding it, but the 2.2 is pretty gutless. When you do find it, it's just like hitting the rev limiter, and feels like the engine is getting ripped out of its mounts - it's violent. I'm pretty sure if I'm ever feeling that stupid again, you'll find a long trail of shattered transaxle and CV joint components behind my car. Or maybe the entire front subframe, with engine. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 10:46 on Dec 19, 2016 |
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Dec 19, 2016 10:44
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Saw this on FB. I think it qualifies as a horrible mechanical failure. I have no loving clue how you would do this
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Fuckit, lets have a double post 
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Captain Postal posted:Saw this on FB. I think it qualifies as a horrible mechanical failure. I have no loving clue how you would do this What am I looking at?
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Friar Zucchini posted:What am I looking at? The smooth bogey wheel right below the 'eight' in eighton is supposed to be on the ground. The track pattern is supposed to be a rounded off triangle, not a tactlessbastard fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Dec 19, 2016 |
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Dec 19, 2016 12:35
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Captain Postal posted:Fuckit, lets have a double post Man, stance culture is everywhere.
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Captain Postal posted:Saw this on FB. I think it qualifies as a horrible mechanical failure. I have no loving clue how you would do this Driver drops it off something multiple times (over its life, not a shift. Maybe a shift). Front axle and support structure fail spectacularly. Driver, unaware of failure (or aware of failure but with no other options) reverses wounded bulldozer, management calls boilermakers and asks if they can have it ready to go in 4 hours. Edit: Come to think of it, I vaguely recall a story of a similar failure* as a result of "Just unloading normally" from a trailer. *: as it was described to me, no pictures. At the time, I thought they meant bent.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:I'm kinda surprised a 1st gen Fit can hit 115. Now that I think about it, it might have been lower. For some reason 115 sticks in my mind. In any case, it was stupid to hit it, and I only did with a long downhill on the interstate. I tried to look up what the limiter was and found this gem: http://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/ways-remove-speed-limiter-908931/  wanting to pass on the autobahn at 115 in a Civic LX
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Cojawfee posted:It didn't matter where the steering column went because all the passengers would be safely thrown clear of the car. Good song, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tizwFMo85Ms
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Friar Zucchini posted:What am I looking at? For reference, it should look like this. Note the front wheel and first bogie 
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Captain Postal posted:For reference, it should look like this. Note the front wheel and first bogie  Thanks for the reference. I'd've had no idea.
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Fifty Three posted:
Your avatar is making roughly the same face I'm making now looking at that photo.
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Bajaha posted:Can't say I wouldn't do the same just for shits and giggles.  http://i.imgur.com/dyWfFAM.mp4
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 The front fell off.
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Bullahit thats axel from twisted metal
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Dec 20, 2016 11:14
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Looks like a clutch-job to me.
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It would be interesting to try balancing that single axle, segway-ish dumper truck front end with brake and throttle. e: assuming the front wheels are driven of course. If not, it would perhaps be less interesting but more challenging. Ola fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Dec 20, 2016 |
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Powershift posted:
The insurance company just finds another truck with the same frame break and welds the best front to the best rear and sells it back. this is a joke, please dont murder me
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Dec 20, 2016 15:59
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CharlieWhiskey posted:The insurance company just finds another truck with the same frame break and welds the best front to the best rear and sells it back. Looks like someone already did just that.
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To bring things back to jacks for a moment, this is the rear jack point for an early 2000-2006 Ford Escape: Yes, it's directly behind the rear wheel and your only way to access it is to climb under the car. Due to the ride height, Ford decided against using jack points on the body of the vehicle and instead decided to put them on the rear trailing arms as close to the wheel as they could. Because that's not loving stupid at all. The supplied jack has a short handle which does not reach out from under the car.  This leaves the only options to reach it either putting your hands under the car from the side, or to lie down behind the car and reach under from there. Naturally I replaced mine immediately with a bottle jack and length of steel pipe to make sure I am never in the position where I might be tempted to reach under a vehicle while it's on a jack.
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Gorilla Salad posted:
What about the front?
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Same spot, but you can turn the wheel to make it easier to get at. Also, to change the front indicators, you need to turn the wheel as far over as it can go, jack up the front of the car, remove the wheel, peel open the inner lining of the wheel well and find someone with incredibly long and thin arms to reach all the way to the front of the car and be able to open the housing and remove the globes completely blind. Ford did not take much time in making the Escape easy to repair or service.
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I always giggle when I'm following an Escape without 4wd, because there's this huge gaping hole in the rear suspension where the diff would go.
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