"Berang" (berang)
11/10/2018 at 19:14 • Filed to: None
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"Berang" (berang)
11/10/2018 at 19:14 • Filed to: None | 5
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Couldn’t find a cotter pin for the castle nut? Just add a second nut. At least that’s what I thought must’ve been the idea when I took the hubcap off and saw this. But then...
After I pulled the ou ter nut off, the inner one wasn’t even screwed on - it was too big for the threads. What? What were they thinking?
Taking things apart. Blurry because it was getting dark. Didn’t really have time to do anything this weekend except spend a few minutes pulling things off the car.
Brakes don’t look as bad as I thought they would. Might not need to rebuild the calipers at all. Just replace the pads and hoses. One area of the inner fender was bubbling, and I stuck a screwdriver through it - but it’s also an area that needs to be reinforced with thicker metal for rally use anyway, so killing two birds with one stone when I weld that up.
...also need to learn to weld things up.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Berang
11/10/2018 at 19:41 |
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I was working on a Bobcat mower and the previous genius bent the wrong end of the cotter pin. popped out with the slightest tap. held i place by a little rust
RacinBob
> Berang
11/10/2018 at 20:02 |
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The thought “good enough”. And apparently it was.....
Urambo Tauro
> Berang
11/10/2018 at 20:59 |
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Well, t hat’s scary. Scarier than any DIY pin I’ve seen, anyway . I mean, a cotter pin’s job is simple, so it doesn’t bother me all that much when I see nails, screws, coat hanger wire, etc. doing the job. All that stuff will work, so long as it doesn’t fall out.
But this? This doesn’t give me any confidence at all. Glad to see it at least managed to hold everything together long enough to get this far.
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Berang
11/10/2018 at 22:04 |
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Don’t mind me asking, but have you already bought a welder? I'm thinking that might be my next major tool purchase.
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Berang
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
11/10/2018 at 22:59 |
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I have not. Just watching videos seeing what I should go for.
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Berang
11/11/2018 at 15:34 |
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Same. So far I'm still split on something like the Everlast Mig 140 or a more domestic model like the Lincoln EasyMig 140.
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
11/12/2018 at 08:10 |
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Bah, I mean Lincoln MigPak 140.
ateamfan42
> Berang
11/12/2018 at 10:09 |
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After I pulled the outer nut off, the inner one wasn’t even screwed on -
it was too big for the threads. What? What were they thinking?
Are the axle threads bummed up close to the hub? Maybe the oversize nut was used as a spacer to push the actual nut out to good threads?
Still a sketchy thing to do, but in a pinch people do odd things.
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Berang
> ateamfan42
11/12/2018 at 13:32 |
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They look fine. The car was already a work in progress when the PO died, so I’m wondering if maybe they did that to get a little extra “push” to seat the hub on the stub axle.