My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 101

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/24/2019 at 13:00 • Filed to: justrolledintotheshop, Reddit, wrenching, Fail

Reddit’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is a veritable cornucopia of the many !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of shop lyfe. You never know what’s gonna roll in. Here’s what caught my eye this week.

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We suspect human error at the factory, the other rod bolt was bent and in the sump, we came to the conclusion that haans at the factory in germany didnt do the clicky clicky with his torque wrench on that bolt, and it has freed itself, dropped out and then left all the work to bolt 2, which eventually snapped and pinged through the side...

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“I’m an engineer.”

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If you zoom you will see it’s about 50% mouse turds

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[Fuel filter] off an earlier gen 1 cummins.

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[Supported by] Forklift in this pic

Truck has 10k on it and is mechanically stock... Lost control on an icy highway and sent it into the guard rail... The front bumper, right bedside, and front fender are trashed too...

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Well just as well the timing chain let go and the whole engine needs to be replaced

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Finally, a lug extraction done right!

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That side worked fine but they did it for both because they wanted a tighter turning radius. Came apart hauling a water tank down a rural road. Chaos everywhere out here.

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Angry pixies at it again

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WIDE LOAD

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We always stop the sketchy drivers and pull it in ourselves. We have the right to make anyone get out if we feel we need to. In the end if they drive themselves in the pit the liability is on them as far as corporate is concerned

The jack is how I got him out. Guy was on his phone and couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to the tech guiding him up

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Hi pressure fuel pump went. In it’s defense, we’ve put 90k on it in 10 months.

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I want to break free...

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Installed a second intake and it was leaking through the heater hose fitting that was pressed into the aluminum. Fml. The worst part is that this is a carpet cleaning van that is heavy modified

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There were more parts involved, but this was the most interesting. Customers insurance company got involved. That’s why I think they claimed it was low speed.

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Underglow!

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They drove this one all day until it stopped running!!!!!!!!

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Ramp/Move team tug driver was going way too fast, and apparently slid while connected to a 777-300ER

The torque links that you see hanging off the side there are supposed to be facing aft. The inner cylinder is spun 180 from where it should be in this picture(Lower attach point for the torque link is facing forward, and tow bar attach point is facing aft). The steering actuator is waaaay past it’s stops

It was a very expensive repair...

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...It was one hell of a scary test drive. Not to mention the half shaft bearing so shot too it sounded like a jet taking off and the latteral link so loose the rear end was shifting from one side to another

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My guess is it had an mechanical problem inside the injector that allowed it to continue to drip with the key off and gush fuel with no restriction with the key on.

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I wonder if the torque specs are that descriptive.

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It fits!

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Obligatory tire post

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Obligatory brake post

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DISCUSSION (9)

lone_liberal > Urambo Tauro
03/24/2019 at 13:15

TIL what a giubo is and what a trashed one looks like.

jimz > Urambo Tauro
03/24/2019 at 14:53

Hans at the factory in Germany wouldn’t be doing anything with a “clicky-clicky,” for the most part everything fastened together on a car is done with calibrated torque tools whether electric, pneumatic, or hydraulic.

it’s actually interesting to watch engines being assembled. When you install a cylinder head in your garage, you torque the head bolts down in sequence. at the factory, they all get torqued down simultaneously by a “nut runner.”

Kinja'd!!!

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro
03/24/2019 at 15:57

Engine kittay!

His Stigness > lone_liberal
03/24/2019 at 18:01

Giubos go on BMWs, Mercedes use flex discs.

His Stigness > Urambo Tauro
03/24/2019 at 18:05

Re the Honda in the pit.

All it takes is one skilled lawyer to tear that company apart and argue negligence on the part of the company. The driver was their phone you say? Why didn’t your tech stop them? We tell people to be careful. Oh really? Why don’t you just pull the vehicles in yourself since you’re the experts?

Sorry, but eventually this company is going to get the pants sued off them, and rightfully so. There’s absolutely no reason for the customer drive the car in themselves. Just make them step out.

His Stigness > jimz
03/24/2019 at 18:06

But it’s way more fun to just constantly say “German over-engineering” to reinforce our own beliefs.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Urambo Tauro
03/24/2019 at 20:36

I love a good diffplosion.

jimz > His Stigness
03/24/2019 at 22:59

no, German cars are “over-engineered” (as in they seem to value designing in as many potential failure modes as possible.) my point was that the way mechanics reassemble things isn’t the same as how the factory does it.

Tohru > Urambo Tauro
04/01/2019 at 00:24

As someone that uses ProDemand, it can be absolutely unhelpful sometimes.