Jon Ison
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 04:06 PM |
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Another broken wishbone ???
Can opener/worms springs to mind.
http://www.blatchat.com/t.asp?Id=76495
[Edited on 2/3/05 by Jon Ison]
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 04:12 PM |
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Hmmmmmm snapped at 30mph moderate braking...... thats not good !!!!!!!!!!!
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200mph
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 04:18 PM |
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I guess its good motivation to check everything regularly. From what was said the corrosion may have been visible before it was driven.
not good though
Mark
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marktigere1
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 04:37 PM |
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Corrosion on a Cateringvan
If a bolt is stuck force it.
If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway!!!
(My Dad 1991)
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JoelP
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 05:10 PM |
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i reckon the previous owner gave it a whack on the front wheel, set the ball rolling. This fella only had it two weeks. Plus it was parked up for some
time before that, maybe long enough for the water to get in and get busy?
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 05:37 PM |
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Q. ---- "Where did it fail?. "
A. ---- " California"
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 05:59 PM |
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So - have you seen this happen before then Jon?  Can you remember the outcome at all? 
quote:
Originally posted by Jon Ison
Can opener/worms springs to mind.
http://www.blatchat.com/t.asp?Id=76495
[Edited on 2/3/05 by Jon Ison]
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 06:17 PM |
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i'm not gonna go there, just seems ironic that such a thing could happen and people suggest maybe its had a bit of a knock ?
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JoelP
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 06:56 PM |
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theres two cans of worms on that thread - they nearly get onto the crush tube one!!!
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 07:06 PM |
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Diagnosis at a distance is a dangerous thing, but I think that the pictures are quite telling.
Stress cracks. Any-time Any-place any-where. ( careful examination, IMHO, gives two. Primary and secondary.)
As you said John, a can of worms.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 08:54 PM |
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For me the download of the big picture stalled in the last few megs but from the small pics it looked like a brittle fracture --- a
welding/material spec problem rather than a design issue.
[Edited on 2/3/05 by britishtrident]
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 09:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
For me the download of the big picture stalled in the last few megs but from the small pics it looked like a brittle fracture --- a
welding/material spec problem rather than a design issue.
[Edited on 2/3/05 by britishtrident]
Yep that looked about it. It looked like 1/2-3/4 of the tube had a 'polished surface and the rest had the texture of a brittle fracture.
Where-as the bush tube looked like it fractured from excess stress starting at a minor corroded hairline crack( about 3 - 5mm long) IMHO.
First to fail was the rear tube and then the bush tube.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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