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Update: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115924 Racer X says, "we think this was from an impact with something on the highway" twice. Meanwhile, they are sending rod ends to replace the poly bushing housings to everyone.
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jamal posted:Update: loving shitheads. Chalk that up for another business to never do business with.
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If you read the post history from the dude with the failure he had an incident well -before- installing the control arms that likely is what bent his front wheels.
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How to "repair" a leaking brake line http://imgur.com/a/fHK8F
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Lime Tonics posted:How to "repair" a leaking brake line I'm going to go ahead and assume they're taking the piss and being funny for the internet.
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I believe it. I used to work with a mechanic who had the same problem, to one of his rear brakes. His solution was to cut the line and weld it shut.
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Mar 14, 2017 06:26
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I mean, if you're in the middle of bumfuck nowhere trying to get home then it's fine, but he doesn't qualify it as an "emergency" repair, just "welp, that's fixt 'er"... I've blanked off a brake line on a twin-disk motorcycle front end just to get the bike running safely enough to move it between workshops.
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Lime Tonics posted:How to "repair" a leaking brake line As far as I know my old roommate is still driving his $100 Nissan hardbody with a bolt in the master cylinder output to the rear brake circuit. Started leaking ~8 years ago when we were broke college students. He's not the kind of person that would go back and fix it...whole line probably rusted away by now anyway.
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Lime Tonics posted:How to "repair" a leaking brake line Done this, but left vise grips on the line so I could get down the mountain and we welded it shut so I could get home. If its stupid and it works, its not stupid.
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What the gently caress? Isn't brake fluid flammable er inflammable?
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Inflammable means flammable? What a country!
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Lime Tonics posted:How to "repair" a leaking brake line InitialDave fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Mar 14, 2017 |
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:What the gently caress? Isn't brake fluid flammable Once you weld the line shut it can't burn anymore 
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Uhhh, just don't use your brakes for the rest of the journey home? You'll even arrive there sooner! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ7lGA27wAw&t=35s
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:What the gently caress? Isn't brake fluid flammable Brake fluids are flammable, but not like gasoline or acetone or anything. They're heavy oils and burn as such, like cooking oil.
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I replaced a six inch section of the metal power steering line with some rubber fuel line hose clamped together so a friend could get back and forth to work for three days until she got paid. That was four years ago. I've mentioned many times since then but she doesn't want to spend $15 on a new metal line for it.
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Biscuit Joiner posted:I replaced a six inch section of the metal power steering line with some rubber fuel line hose clamped together so a friend could get back and forth to work for three days until she got paid. That was four years ago. I've mentioned many times since then but she doesn't want to spend $15 on a new metal line for it. You know, term life insurance policies are pretty cheap. You might want to take one out on your friend so you can collect when they run off a cliff / drown in their own toilet / forget to breathe.
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Biscuit Joiner posted:I replaced a six inch section of the metal power steering line with some rubber fuel line hose clamped together so a friend could get back and forth to work for three days until she got paid. That was four years ago. I've mentioned many times since then but she doesn't want to spend $15 on a new metal line for it. I hope you put two clamps on each end, you know, for safety.
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Nope, just one hose clamp on each end. She's lucky I had those in my toolbox, otherwise it would have been zip ties. The oil probably hasn't been changed in two years or so. That's the last time that I did it for them. I got tired of pestering them about it. This is thier good car, the one that they haul thier three children around in. If something major (or relatively minor) happens to it they can't afford to fix it. I don't know why they refuse to do basic maintenance.
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Biscuit Joiner posted:I don't know why they refuse to do basic maintenance. Wayyy too many people do this poo poo. I wonder what percentage of accidents and fatalities in cars are caused by this?
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Maybe if the US had effective vehicle inspections we'd not only have some data on the subject, but get these jalopies off the road.
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I'm interested in seeing what that tube looks like while she's steering.
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Biscuit Joiner posted:This is thier good car, the one that they haul thier three children around in. If something major (or relatively minor) happens to it they can't afford to fix it. I don't know why they refuse to do basic maintenance. They sound like the kind of people that get pissed off when their unmaintained car has issues. The only thing more expensive than maintenance is not doing it.
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A small noise is a cheap noise. A big noise is an expensive noise. Fix the small noise before it becomes a big noise.
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Pressure or return line? Pressure, I am having a hard time believing hoseclamps would hold it in place, those hit 1000+psi regularly. Return, gently caress it, I'd run it that way forever. Mine came with a spring clamp on it from the factory, you know, the kind used to hold radiator hoses and vacuum lines on things.
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NitroSpazzz posted:As far as I know my old roommate is still driving his $100 Nissan hardbody with a bolt in the master cylinder output to the rear brake circuit. Started leaking ~8 years ago when we were broke college students. He's not the kind of person that would go back and fix it...whole line probably rusted away by now anyway. When we bought our civic to build into a racecar we went nuts trying to bleed the brakes. Couldn't figure out why the rear wasn't getting any fluid no matter how hard we tried. Ended up ripping out every hardline, and found a screw jammed in one of the ones leading to the rear from the ABS pump. That was like lesson 35 in not buying cheap cars to make racecars with.
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kastein posted:Pressure or return line? I'm almost positive it was the return line, it was four years ago though. I would still pay for a replacement metal line if it were my car, one less reason to worry about breaking down on the side of the road somewhere. They'll have to have it towed and fixed at a shop. I'm done working on their cars, which I was doing for free.
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Biscuit Joiner posted:This is thier good car, the one that they haul thier three children around in. If something major (or relatively minor) happens to it they can't afford to fix it. I don't know why they refuse to do basic maintenance. Cuts into the beer, ciggie, lotto,and weed/meth fund.
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Elsa posted:however, gently caress him a little bit for this attitude when his car is -=stance=- lowered and he bought Racer X parts. as a tow truck driver I loving hate idiots with lowered cars, hang on while I bust out a lumber yard full of wood to load your lowered poo poo box while you hover over me and tell me how to do my job. I make sure to charge them as much as possible. gently caress towing lowered stance nation bullshit.
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I feel like a horrible failure of a mechanic. It took two tries to get my belts changed on a 98 CR-V. Then I drove to work this morning and noticed my power steering was, at best, "trying" to work. Thankfully that one was serviceable from the top and I don't have to do the entire job for a third time.
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xzzy posted:Maybe if the US had effective vehicle inspections we'd not only have some data on the subject, but get these jalopies off the road. Too many people would bitch that "the gubmint wants to tell me to manetane muh kar".
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I wonder how much cheaper insurance could be if people were forced to change their bald tires. When I lived in San Antonio, any time a drop of water hit a road, there would be three accidents and possibly someone rolled over.
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Make everyone drive Yugos, no matter what they'll be forced to buy a new car every two or three years.
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I'm sure the police departments would love if that stuff was made illegal, they'd be overjoyed to get all that ticket income. The problem is any lawmaker that votes that stuff in can pretty much consider their career over. There's also the unresolved issue of more stringent regulations impacting low income individuals more than anyone else, and they're already more likely to be operating unsafe vehicles. Maybe if we had less sprawl and better mass transit but whelp.
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Cojawfee posted:I wonder how much cheaper insurance could be if people were forced to change their bald tires. When I lived in San Antonio, any time a drop of water hit a road, there would be three accidents and possibly someone rolled over. Depending on your state, inspections could filter out some of these at least once a year. Of course folks can go to some back alley mechanic and get their shitbox signed off on still. Can't say I haven't done the same myself when I was maintaining a $700 car. But I think it helps keeps most cars in somewhat usable conditions in my area at least.
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Nocheez posted:I feel like a horrible failure of a mechanic. It took two tries to get my belts changed on a 98 CR-V. Then I drove to work this morning and noticed my power steering was, at best, "trying" to work. Thankfully that one was serviceable from the top and I don't have to do the entire job for a third time. Belts are like my Kryptonite. I don't know if I'll ever figure it out, even with a tension gauge.
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Nocheez posted:I feel like a horrible failure of a mechanic. It took two tries to get my belts changed on a 98 CR-V. Then I drove to work this morning and noticed my power steering was, at best, "trying" to work. Thankfully that one was serviceable from the top and I don't have to do the entire job for a third time. To be fair - Honda's ideas of belt setups are very questionable sometimes.
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I borrowed a timing light once and let the cord touch the belt. I'm sorry, universe.
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wesleywillis posted:Too many people would bitch that "the gubmint wants to tell me to manetane muh kar". It's more like 'the gubmint wants to extract money from me to enrichen the gubmint's cousin earl' but whatever
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Belts are like my Kryptonite. I don't know if I'll ever figure it out, even with a tension gauge. I decided to finally do things right and buy a tension tool. Unfortunately the flat snap action style one is too big for the compact/tiny belt on my Fit. I don't really care enough to buy the fancy dial indicator type so w/e 'back to the feels about right' testing method.
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