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Cojawfee posted:Area is pi*r^2. 3 inch radius and 110psi, would be 990*pi or 3110 pounds. Whoops ment a 6 inch radius my bad, but i think you're probably closer to the pipe size.
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Safety Dance posted:Good god, it's like the crankshaft hosed off into an H.R. Geiger painting. Professor of Cats posted:This is the best description. Make it a black and white monochrome and there you go. Agreed. Bet that was an expensive noise.
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May 1, 2020 16:11
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So who's the poor fucker that has to go fishing for that plug?
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STR posted:So who's the poor fucker that has to go fishing for that plug? THe guy who just got hired. Realistically though, its probably not *that* difficult to fish out. There are a poo poo ton of fishing tools for drilling applications that would likely be suitable for it.
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taqueso posted:I want my rock carriers to be strapping men with sacks overs their shoulders, no tech allowed
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So a person is driving a truck in Florida, and the truck is driving straight along the highway but the body is at an angle to the line of travel. What causes poo poo like this? The vehicle doesn't look bent in some weird non-euclidian way. https://www.newsflare.com/video/353685/how-is-he-driving-florida-motorist-spots-diagonal-facing-vehicle-driving-down-highway
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:So a person is driving a truck in Florida, and the truck is driving straight along the highway but the body is at an angle to the line of travel. What causes poo poo like this? The vehicle doesn't look bent in some weird non-euclidian way. Car got wrapped around a tree at some point and inexpertly "repaired". The driver has to countersteer constantly to keep it in the same lane. The body might look fine but the frame probably looks like that Hellcat that was in this thread recently that had box steel welded into the frame. Memento fucked around with this message at 01:46 on May 4, 2020 |
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May 4, 2020 01:42
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The term for that is dog tracking and that truck is mega hosed
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May 4, 2020 01:48
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Probably has broken u-bolts on the passenger side of the rear axle. With the axle that far cocked the driveshaft splines have to barely be engaged. Amazing.
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Yeah, with the bed and cab lining up that well I'm betting either a leaf spring eye hangar is hosed or a leaf center pin bolt is busted.
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May 4, 2020 02:30
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The rear axle seeks desperately to exit stage right.
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I always called it “crabbing”, never saw it that bad though.
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May 4, 2020 03:52
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Memento posted:The driver has to countersteer constantly to keep it in the same lane. this isn't necessarily true - the front and rear axles can be parallel without the body being true to those parallel lines - the car at that point is essentially a parallelogram.
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Thanks for the replies, I learned a lot!
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May 4, 2020 14:58
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It is Florida. They come off the lot that way.
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I bought a Soarer which did that on the drive home. Took it to a decent alignment shop, they tell me the rear axle is 40mm over to one side, and the right side wheels are about 40mm forward of the left ones. The unibody was apparently "slightly banana shaped". That was it's last ever drive. Cornering in that thing was hella interesting.
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Pomp and Circumcized posted:I bought a Soarer which did that on the drive home. Took it to a decent alignment shop, they tell me the rear axle is 40mm over to one side, and the right side wheels are about 40mm forward of the left ones. The unibody was apparently "slightly banana shaped". You got a NASCAR/dirt track Soarer man, why'd you get rid of it?! I bet that thing could turn left like a monster
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Beach Bum posted:You got a NASCAR/dirt track Soarer man, why'd you get rid of it?! I bet that thing could turn left like a monster It wanted to turn right, not left 
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Pomp and Circumcized posted:I bought a Soarer which did that on the drive home. Took it to a decent alignment shop, they tell me the rear axle is 40mm over to one side, and the right side wheels are about 40mm forward of the left ones. The unibody was apparently "slightly banana shaped".
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Pomp and Circumcized posted:It wanted to turn right, not left reverse nascar
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IIRC, the Soarer was sold in Australia, where they race on ovals in a clockwise direction, aka turning right.
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I know you're making a joke but actually when we've done circle track racing here it's counter clockwise as well, left turns only.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:The term for that is dog tracking and that truck is mega hosed As always, I am amazed at what people will ignore/put up with.
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Ulf posted:I always called it “crabbing”, never saw it that bad though. GM sold Novas and variants (like the Buick Apollo and Pontiac Astre) that had some wonky factory defect poo poo on the rear axles where one of the leaf spring centering pins would break or weren't installed properly/at all and they dog-tracked like that within the first 10,000 miles. I spent the late 70s to late 80s looking for that crab motion every time I spotted a '76-'78 GM 'compact.' Thought I was losing my mind: nobody else seemed to see it. I once made an rear end of myself on Car Talk, got through & asked WTF happened that these cars all looked like they'd been rebuilt from bad wrecks by shadetrees with no frame-alignment equipment or even knowledge of basic geometry...they had no idea what I was talking about. Wasn't until the internet came along, I started to feel better. https://jalopnik.com/why-some-cars-look-like-theyre-driving-sideways-down-th-1828527664
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Fifty Three posted:If you don't mind my asking, how did that work out for you? Were you just screwed out of the cost of the vehicle? I bought it because it was in great condition and hella cheap. Made my money back by selling the engine, kept the active suspension parts as spares, and sold most of the rest of it. RIP rare car, but gently caress it, it was dead before I got it. Soarer was never sold in Aus (Japan/US only), but its a very popular import. Pomp and Circumcized fucked around with this message at 03:08 on May 5, 2020 |
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PainterofCrap posted:GM sold Novas and variants (like the Buick Apollo and Pontiac Astre) that had some wonky factory defect poo poo on the rear axles where one of the leaf spring centering pins would break or weren't installed properly/at all and they dog-tracked like that within the first 10,000 miles.
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Darchangel posted:As always, I am amazed at what people will ignore/put up with. its mostly super poor people
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:its mostly super poor people That's not completely true. When I worked as a general mechanic, things came into the shop with issues that were terrifying, and they weren't even the cause of the visit. Someone brought in a Forester because the ABS light came on. The reason? A rear wheel bearing was do bad that the tone ring crashed into the ABS sensor. The car was scary to drive in the parking lot, sounded like the end of the world. The customer paid with an amex gold card and didn't seem phased about the cost of the repair, which was kind of steep because it needed a whole new knuckle, axle, brakes, parking brake cable, and shock. It got so hot, it blew the seals out of the shock. That's just one of many things i saw, people just don't care? I dunno, it's not always that they can't afford the repair, they just don't care or know. It's hard for car enthusiasts to understand that mentality.
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sorry, i meant that really more specifically in reference to crabbing vehicles. they are almost always older BOF vehicles that are usually owned by less affluent people. you're absolutely right that people put up with all kinds of stuff. hell my wife will only occasionally tell me if the car is doing something strange.
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I wonder if these are the same people that walk around with weird medical issues until they are too critical to ignore?
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Computer viking posted:I wonder if these are the same people that walk around with weird medical issues until they are too critical to ignore? Yea, like type 2 diabetes patients that don't change their diet and lose limbs.
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It amazes me how many people drive around on badly worn or bald tires when they can afford it but just don't want to pay for new tires. I once told a friend of my wife's that she needs to buy new tires for her SUV asap because it was ridiculous how bad they were and she's driving around with three kids in the car. She told me her husband didn't think she needed new tires yet, so I told her no, your husband is an idiot just take it and get tires.
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Computer viking posted:I wonder if these are the same people that walk around with weird medical issues until they are too critical to ignore? again a lot of these people are poor or don't have health insurance but that's cool too
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I had a convo like that with my neighbors. 'I just bought tires 4 years ago, they're too expensive.' 'can I just buy cheaper used tires?' I did say if you don't drive much, sure get used tires and replace more often.
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that's one of the problems with the giant wheels every OEM insists on putting on cars and CUVs. i'm glad the alltrack only takes 16" tires.
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chrisgt posted:That's just one of many things i saw, people just don't care? I dunno, it's not always that they can't afford the repair, they just don't care or know. Kind of a weird thing. Can't be an expert in everything, but if your car is flying apart is a tad different than not knowing how your aquarium pH balance is going.
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Aren't tires for larger wheels generally less rubber and slightly less expensive? Assuming the same total diameter and model
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:again a lot of these people are poor or don't have health insurance but that's cool too We have them were healthcare is plentyful and free as well.
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taqueso posted:Aren't tires for larger wheels generally less rubber and slightly less expensive? Assuming the same total diameter and model No, they are more expensive because the sidewalls need more reinforcement and they are generally wider as well.
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