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Jan 27, 2017 01:47
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kastein posted:
That was one of the first things I replaced when I bought my Jeep and started working on it. I didn't really know all that much about anything, but I recall trying to take the tires off for some reason and thinking holy poo poo what are these goddamned things??! after several of them started shucking on me.
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Jan 27, 2017 02:24
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kastein posted:this is more of a horrible engineering failure, gently caress YOU CHRYSLER gently caress YOU gently caress YOU For probably less than $200 I can stop that from ever happening again:   Although just a set of regular lug nuts would work too. jamal fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Jan 27, 2017 |
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Jan 27, 2017 06:07
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Ford have started to do that poo poo too- Our PX and PX II Rangers at work have loving ALLOY covers over the steel nuts. So as soon as someone uses a rattlegun with a worn out socket on them, they're hosed and round off. Retarded thing is theres a loving smaller, AF sized lug under the cover, so you can eventually chowder the alloy cover off and if you have an AF socket set get the wheel off. Best we can guess is that they just used a "Global" lug nut and put a cover on it for the AU market to make it the same size as you mostly see on 4wd's here in Australia. Tho for shits and giggles my 100 series uses 22mm lug nuts on 5x M14x1.5 studs. That always fucks up the tyre guys when they wander over with their 21mm socket on the rattle gun to take em off.
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Jan 27, 2017 07:24
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jamal posted:For probably less than $200 I can stop that from ever happening again: It's a 500 dollar truck with another set of axles in its future so I dropped 15 bucks on some one piece lugs on amazon and that was that. The chrome will probably peel off but I don't really care about chrome much.
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Jan 27, 2017 08:41
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gently caress lug nuts/studs. gently caress galvanic corrosion. gently caress rust.
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Jan 27, 2017 08:52
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C-Bangin' it 
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kastein posted:It's a 500 dollar truck with another set of axles in its future so I dropped 15 bucks on some one piece lugs on amazon and that was that. The chrome will probably peel off but I don't really care about chrome much. I'll laugh real hard if the "chrome" is another steel cover 
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Jan 27, 2017 08:54
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Not sure if this has already made it over here and I missed it, but it's probably worth repeating regardless. Seems the engines in early (pre-'10) *63 AMG cars like to blow the heads off their head bolts.   From here. The link is very cool, guy buys an R63, drives it 12k then the bolt shears. Instead of a $57k (!) bill to R&R the engine at a dealer, he installs a lift and goes for it himself. He doesn't start digging into the engine until page 20 or so. 
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Jan 27, 2017 16:48
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It fell off. The Engine Fell Off. IT FELL THE gently caress OFF
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Jan 27, 2017 16:57
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Johnny Aztec posted:It fell off. The Engine Fell Off.  Jesus loving Christ.
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Jan 27, 2017 17:16
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CommieGIR posted:
(he was quoting/paraphrasing a comedian)
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Jan 27, 2017 17:20
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Can you replace the *63 amg headbolts before the fail and not have to buy a new engine? Because that'd seem like the way to go. I'm sure arp or someone has something better.
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Jan 27, 2017 17:37
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Today I found out about Magnesium engine bolts for Audis. Not only are they light, but idiots replace them with non-magnesium bolts and corrode the block. Nice.
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Jan 27, 2017 17:38
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I may not know nothin bout no metallurgy, but I do know these here bolts is cheaper than them fancy manganesium bolts.
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Jan 27, 2017 17:40
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I buy my headbolts from home depot. They only cost 90 cents. Suck it big bolt.
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Jan 27, 2017 17:40
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glyph posted:Not sure if this has already made it over here and I missed it, but it's probably worth repeating regardless. Don't we have a goon that just bought one of these?
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Jan 27, 2017 17:43
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nm posted:Can you replace the *63 amg headbolts before the fail and not have to buy a new engine? Because that'd seem like the way to go. I'm sure arp or someone has something better. If you read far enough along, you can replace them with the revised part, which was introduced in 2010.5, and instead of a female torx on the bolt, it's male, which increased the mass and strength enough. All 20 are just $200, it seems. I'm pretty sure you can replace them beforehand, but you still have to pull the engine and all of the bits.
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Jan 27, 2017 17:48
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Alarbus posted:If you read far enough along, you can replace them with the revised part, which was introduced in 2010.5, and instead of a female torx on the bolt, it's male, which increased the mass and strength enough. All 20 are just $200, it seems. It's also mentioned in there somewhere that Mercedes refused to do any preventative work on it. You had to wait for coolant to start showing up in the oil before they'd take action because it was such an expensive job.
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Jan 27, 2017 17:56
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nm posted:I buy my headbolts from home depot. They only cost 90 cents. Suck it big bolt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfhQPgr0xhs worth a watch, without spoilers.
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Jan 27, 2017 17:59
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glyph posted:From here. The link is very cool, guy buys an R63, drives it 12k then the bolt shears. Instead of a $57k (!) bill to R&R the engine at a dealer, he installs a lift and goes for it himself. He doesn't start digging into the engine until page 20 or so. Paging Adiabatic to the failure thread 
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Jan 27, 2017 18:03
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spog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfhQPgr0xhs I was expecting Alaska Airlines Flight 261.  Lube your bolts, friends.
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Jan 27, 2017 18:22
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NitroSpazzz posted:Paging Adiabatic to the failure thread I actually went and looked. His E63 is a 2011 model, so hopefully he's in the clear.  nm posted:Can you replace the *63 amg headbolts before the fail and not have to buy a new engine? Because that'd seem like the way to go. I'm sure arp or someone has something better. Yes you can, seems you can swap them one at at time, though they're TTY and torque procedure is 20nm, 50nm, then 90 degrees three times. Maybe it's a MB specific forum, but there was a lot of debate about whether, if doing them one at a time, you just go for 50nm and 270 degrees past in one motion. Brand specific car forums are such a loving backwater of the internet, so who knows. Fake edit: I still want an r63. What a batshit insane car.
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Jan 27, 2017 18:33
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Platystemon posted:I was expecting Alaska Airlines Flight 261. Landing gear screw? Or flap?
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Jan 27, 2017 18:36
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glyph posted:Not sure if this has already made it over here and I missed it, but it's probably worth repeating regardless. thats one hell of a loving amazing failure mode. superior German alloys indeed.
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Jan 27, 2017 18:40
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CommieGIR posted:Landing gear screw? Or flap? Horizontal stabilizer.
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Jan 27, 2017 18:42
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CommieGIR posted:Landing gear screw? Or flap? Horizontal stabiliser.
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Jan 27, 2017 18:43
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glyph posted:Not sure if this has already made it over here and I missed it, but it's probably worth repeating regardless. spog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfhQPgr0xhs
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Jan 27, 2017 18:45
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That accident is also at least a partial inspiration for the opening scene of Flight. That flight crew tried loving everything, and it just wasn't their day.
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Jan 27, 2017 18:46
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Platystemon posted:Horizontal stabiliser. Oh...Ohhhhh, I know what that is from 
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Jan 27, 2017 18:54
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glyph posted:Not sure if this has already made it over here and I missed it, but it's probably worth repeating regardless. I want you to know that this completely destroyed my morning. I'm not sure how long it took, but I had no choice but to read that thread and the guy's loving garage (Grosh) overhaul. 
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Jan 27, 2017 19:18
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Godholio posted:I want you to know that this completely destroyed my morning. I'm not sure how long it took, but I had no choice but to read that thread and the guy's loving garage (Grosh) overhaul. mazdeuce is one of the best posters on GRM, I think. Don't forget his One Lap threads while you're in there.
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Jan 27, 2017 19:20
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I spend so much time reading GRM now after finding it due to that thread and the DustBuster van on the g6 chassis.
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Jan 27, 2017 19:23
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I tried to read that thread but it seems to be a lot of MB bashing because they wouldn't warranty a 10 year old engine with 94k on it to the second owner who didn't buy it from a dealer. Yeah the bolt failure sucks and shouldn't happen but expecting a free $57k engine under those circumstances shouldn't even be a thought that crosses your mind. Expensive cars require expensive repairs.
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Jan 27, 2017 19:39
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Grassroots Motorsports is the only magazine I subscribe to, and it's just because they are an awesome group. Oh, wait, Roadracing World too.
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Jan 27, 2017 19:41
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xzzy posted:(he was quoting/paraphrasing a comedian) This bit of Ron Whites specifically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii8rC6CPCvM
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Jan 27, 2017 20:23
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BlackMK4 posted:Don't we have a goon that just bought one of these? Well, he already has a lift, so.....
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Jan 27, 2017 21:19
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rdb posted:I tried to read that thread but it seems to be a lot of MB bashing because they wouldn't warranty a 10 year old engine with 94k on it to the second owner who didn't buy it from a dealer. It also had to do with it being a known issue, then the dealer trying to charge double the list price for the parts.
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Jan 27, 2017 21:57
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Godholio posted:It also had to do with it being a known issue, then the dealer trying to charge double the list price for the parts. Sounds like every german manuf dealership ever. Most of the people at my local dealer don't even look at me when I walk in to head for the parts counter on the rare occasion that they aren't 40-80% higher than buying from another dealer online. gently caress your suits.
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Jan 27, 2017 22:40
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Rubiks Pubes posted:I spend so much time reading GRM now after finding it due to that thread and the DustBuster van on the g6 chassis. Only gripe I have is the Berkeley autocorrect on the forums (fora?) over there, what a bunch of bullE36M3.
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Jan 28, 2017 00:37
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glyph posted:Instead of a $57k (!) bill to R&R the engine at a dealer, $57,000 to 'fix' a known problem. That's dumb.
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