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joat mon posted:Maybe they were unbolting it to do a body lift and used a little to much English on a stuck bolt? I'm sorry old chap, but would you mind terribly just coming a little bit undone so I can remove you? Jolly good show.
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# ? Jul 26, 2017 03:19 |
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From another place I saw this posted: quote:The person that took this picture contacted us with the real story. Customer came in for an insurance frame swap. Mechanic threw a few body mount bolts in it loosely and lifted it up to put the rest in and tighten. The frame dropped out from under it and drug the body down with it nearly crushing two employees. Nobody got hurt and the customer and dealership owner took a walk through the lot in search of a new Tahoe.
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# ? Jul 26, 2017 06:44 |
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Based on my experience putting things together, if he only put in a few bolts and put the whole thing under load, how did he expect to get the rest of the bolts in?
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# ? Jul 26, 2017 06:58 |
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Jesus gently caress. OSHA is gonna have a loving field day with that one (assuming someone has the balls to report that). So how much would be salvageable from that? I assume the frame is Fukt, body itself is probably tweaked to hell (not to mention the wiring damage unless everything was already unplugged), but the running gear, interior bits, and glass are probably good, right?
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# ? Jul 26, 2017 07:26 |
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:So how much would be salvageable from that? I assume the frame is Fukt, body itself is probably tweaked to hell (not to mention the wiring damage unless everything was already unplugged), but the running gear, interior bits, and glass are probably good, right? Bolt it back together, list at an auction, job done.
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# ? Jul 26, 2017 08:38 |
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DropShadow posted:From another place I saw this posted: So if the frame "dropped out from under it" while it was lifted, looks like they did indeed somehow lift it by the body. Probably unbolted the old frame, had the body on the lift arms, lifted the body off the old frame, then dropped it over the new frame, then when he wanted to lift the whole thing to finish reinstalling the other mounts he didn't reposition the lift arms under the new frame, leaving them only touching the body from the previous maneuver. That sort of makes sense, but holy hell that's a scary mistake to make.
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# ? Jul 26, 2017 08:59 |
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Cojawfee posted:Based on my experience putting things together, if he only put in a few bolts and put the whole thing under load, how did he expect to get the rest of the bolts in? Yeah this is my question. I've done a couple dozen body mount replacements over the years, and this doesn't make sense to me.
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# ? Jul 26, 2017 14:43 |
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Dealer mechanics... incompetent?
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Godholio posted:Yeah this is my question. I've done a couple dozen body mount replacements over the years, and this doesn't make sense to me. Yeah, that explanation seems rather suspect. More likely is that they were trying to use the hoist to lift the body itself off the frame and screwed it up. Cars do occasionally fall off lifts, usually for dumb, easily mitigated reasons. It's best just to admit it and move on rather than make up a lame cover story.
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# ? Jul 26, 2017 14:52 |
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Looks like it bent the top of the lift too.
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# ? Jul 26, 2017 21:07 |
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Enourmo posted:Dealer mechanics... incompetent? management knew
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# ? Jul 26, 2017 21:25 |
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Deteriorata posted:Yeah, that explanation seems rather suspect. More likely is that they were trying to use the hoist to lift the body itself off the frame and screwed it up. Yeah, Sears Auto dropped my dad's coworker's truck off of a lift and then tried to tell him they weren't legally responsible because ~*~reasons~*~. That approach did not go over so well.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 12:03 |
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Jesus gently caress. OSHA is gonna have a loving field day with that one (assuming someone has the balls to report that). Send it to Russia. Six days later it will be sold as new.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 15:48 |
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Vanagoon posted:This seems like a good time to post Audi UFO brakes again: All I can imagine while watching that video is how many times I would gently caress up and knock that outer brake pad off while trying to put the disc in. I'm swearing and throwing imaginary wrenches in my dream garage just thinking about it.
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# ? Jul 27, 2017 20:30 |
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Dude lives dangerously, starting lug bolts with the impact wrench.
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# ? Jul 28, 2017 16:04 |
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Finally started tearing apart the turbo Honda engine that I bought from some stoners a few years ago. Should probably start a Honda thread, but I think you'll all agree it belongs here. Please do a thread or at least continue posting I am a sucker for the D series. I don't know what your experience has been but I have had nothing but a horrid time with "mini-me" swaps and would suggest going full Y8 or Y7 from a no-nonsense standpoint. I've also not heard of anyone doing a MegaSquirt on this era of Honda (outside of J/G swaps), is there a reason why you prefer it over Hondata/Chrome? Either way good luck on your build I am excited to see how you progress! Just remembered: If need be dseries.org still has a very active community and their Facebook group is curated unusually well so this may prove to be of some help to you!
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# ? Jul 28, 2017 19:46 |
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Fo3 posted:Nah, with BMW it's a driveshaft with seals. What? No. They're standard spline CV axles that just push into the diff, the oilpan has a cast tunnel for the passenger axle.
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# ? Jul 28, 2017 23:14 |
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ok, I read something about the x5 that mentioned seals a while back, but I read it wrong. Probably diff seals.
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# ? Jul 29, 2017 10:23 |
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Fo3 posted:ok, I read something about the x5 that mentioned seals a while back, but I read it wrong. Probably diff seals.
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Haha, holy loving poo poo.
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# ? Aug 2, 2017 21:31 |
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That's one hosed truck driver.
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# ? Aug 2, 2017 22:02 |
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My first ever freeway EMS call was one of those, but it bounced over the median and hit the cruiser head on. Cop was fine, but it's been four years and I wonder if the truck driver is still in jail.
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# ? Aug 2, 2017 22:27 |
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What's the rest of the text? "the tractor-trailer did not stop after..."
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# ? Aug 2, 2017 22:28 |
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The Locator posted:What's the rest of the text? "the tractor-trailer did not stop after..." https://www.facebook.com/MassStatePolice/posts/1428118403938805 quote:losing the wheels, but continued Eastbound. Thankfully, the trooper was not injured.
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# ? Aug 2, 2017 22:56 |
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The Locator posted:What's the rest of the text? "the tractor-trailer did not stop after..." But seriously, isn't that a drive axle? That's some "F15 loses a wing" level redundancy.
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# ? Aug 2, 2017 23:07 |
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:My first ever freeway EMS call was one of those, but it bounced over the median and hit the cruiser head on. Cop was fine, but it's been four years and I wonder if the truck driver is still in jail. Why did the driver go to jail? For running from the scene or something?
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# ? Aug 2, 2017 23:11 |
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A few moons ago going along 70 mph on an interstate and a SUV coming at the opposite direction lost its tire. Thing flew across the 20 ft wide median and over my vehicle. One of those "Final Destination" moments where you think if I left the house a few seconds sooner I'd be toast. Can't imagine how much energy was stored in those wheels as they let loose. Actually trying to figure out the rod coming out of it. Is that some sort of panhard bar for trailers?
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# ? Aug 2, 2017 23:15 |
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Colostomy Bag posted:Actually trying to figure out the rod coming out of it. Is that some sort of panhard bar for trailers? Isn't that a drive axle? Kinda wondering how the truck kept moving after losing that, unless it had lockers.
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# ? Aug 2, 2017 23:18 |
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You are probably correct, ripped right out of the tube. Cripes.
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# ? Aug 2, 2017 23:22 |
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Isn't that a drive axle? Most articulated trucks have air lockers for the lower gears.
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# ? Aug 2, 2017 23:40 |
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Cojawfee posted:Why did the driver go to jail? For running from the scene or something? For anything they could pin. A cop had their life threatened by the indirect actions of a civilian, someone is going to have a very bad time
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Isn't that a drive axle? Four pairs of drive wheels on two axles - the two drive axles are directly coupled to the each other and the driveshaft, so even with no lockers in the axle that lost the pair, the other drive axle held the rear end up and kept it going. edit: if it's a rear tandem drive tractor, which seems likely given that it kept going.
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 00:22 |
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Darchangel posted:Four pairs of drive wheels on two axles - the two drive axles are directly coupled to the each other and the driveshaft, so even with no lockers in the axle that lost the pair, the other drive axle held the rear end up and kept it going.
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 00:52 |
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Cojawfee posted:Why did the driver go to jail? For running from the scene or something? He probably didn't. It's a joke on how cops are protective of their own. The driver did flee though.
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 00:56 |
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Darchangel posted:Four pairs of drive wheels on two axles - the two drive axles are directly coupled to the each other and the driveshaft, so even with no lockers in the axle that lost the pair, the other drive axle held the rear end up and kept it going. Ehh sorta not really. There is an inter-axle differential (acts in the same way as a center diff on an AWD vehicle) in the first diff, usually has a selectable locker in it (if not all 3) but that also means the trucker made a conscious act to keep rolling after losing the wheel.
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 04:16 |
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Or he left the diff lock on which could have caused the failure in the first place.
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# ? Aug 3, 2017 04:26 |
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Do they know if he had a trailer? It's seems like it would tilt towards the axle and turn right back in towards the trailer and be all kinds of chaos or would it cruise straight ahead? E:so i googled looking for a video just to see what it looks like when an axle lets go and one of the first hits for "loose semi axle on freeway" is a YouTube video "changing axle seal on your semi truck at home without all the special tools" lol. DogonCrook fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Aug 3, 2017 |
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Powershift posted:Or he left the diff lock on which could have caused the failure in the first place. In that case the axle shaft will fail, sure, but in all but a few edge cases the wheel end is able to hold together after a shaft failure. But then most of this thread exists because of mechanically unlikely edge case poo poo going down, so it could go either way. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 04:42 on Aug 3, 2017 |
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