Vipercar93

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Haha would agree there. Think the problem there is trying to race cars with high areo downforce meant for road courses on an oval.

It's a secondary wall, though I agree there should have been something there. I think you will see all edges like that protected. He was VERY lucky. I will disagree there, these guys are crashing at 200+ MPH and walking away. All NASCAR tracks must use the 'Safer' barrier system which absorb the energy. I have seen plenty of viscous crashes on European circuits. Difference is average speeds in NASCAR is very high so when there is a crash it's bound to be a big one and these cars weigh 3400lbs, it takes a lot for them to slow down. I like NASCAR, but much prefer some good GT racing.

This is NASCAR... need I say more =P TBH I donno why, guess they were thinking it's in the pits with an outer retaining wall, this is a secondary wall that he hit.

Not often you see a car spin into the pits, Mark Martin was lucky to walk away from this one, another foot in.... http://www.nascar.com/video/post-race/highlights/120819/cup-mic2-high-one/index.html

ROFL.....

Boo... sounds like you were hoping not to have to do them! Doesn't sound like an easy job either.

LOL Rocky Mountain Oyster Stew anyone? You wouldn't want 'bull' meat. With all the adrenaline and exercise they get they tend to be pretty tough.

I had one that wouldn't bite, I grabbed the next smaller size and 'persuaded' it on with a hammer. Don't like doing it, but was easier than drilling the thing out =(

Haha I thought back home was bad enough!

Parking brake shoes are never very robust, they are intended to only hold the car on hills ect. I think you will find that your parking brakes shoes do drag when you first re-install them onto new disks. There is a spring to pull the 2 sides together, but in older cars they tend to stick a little and rely a little bit on the disk kicking the shoes back. If your lever is high you might find they are not done tight enough. Park it on a hill and see if it moves back. Not sure how yours is done, but have a check at the 'splitter' section where the single parking brake cable splits in 2 to reach each side. You need to adjust the shoes so that is level, then if you need more strength it sounds like they gave you another adjustment at the lever use that one. That piston is shot, you install new seals on that piston you will tear the new seals out. FYI when winding brakes back in make sure you turn the bleeder screw, if you try to force the piston back without the bleeder screw you have to force brake fluid back into the master reservoir. You 'can' damage the caliper piston bore and rip more seals inside if you are not careful and pull it back centred. A brake winding kit helps. How much are re-manufactured brake calipers?

Yep they work a treat =)

Depends who loaded the machine

Got the car done today, thanks! The toe was off just a 'little' on the passenger side, think it ended up about 1 degree of toe in. Scrubbed off the inside edges of the fronts. So 2 front tyres later, rebalance, and geometry check it's good as gold! Car doesn't pull and the wheel is centred. Live and learn, should have had the geometry checked when we bought the car. Here's a pic of my 3 year old watching the work get done!

ROFL is that her twin?

Tony did mention that when it gets hot it might be the dust shield touching .

Well it was said on page 1 the Japanese coarse thread was equivalent to A UNF thread. Hope you learned something from it all, is what it's all about.

Can't see the fitting video at work but is that how you fit them? Basically screw them into the tyre? You hammer it into the tyre, but to prevent it from walking around/out they use metal tabs that you glue into the protector. Looks like the tabs get hammered into the tire when you hammer it on.

What size socket did you use on the bolt? That usually gives a rough indication. I like helicoils, always forget about them. Other kits just offer the tap. With a helicoil you tap a larger hole, insert the helicoil and you have the correct size hole with perfect threads. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threaded_insert

Even if the horns are rounded they have enough force to break ribs and cause internal bleeding, or worse. I will never understand why people do this. We always cut the horns off our steers and made every attempt to prevent them from doing things that could hurt themselves or others. A lot of those people didn't get back up, why put yourself through it?!

even better!

LOL That's just WRONG!

Good one though =)

You will want a metric thread gauge. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-282420-Screw-Pitch-Gauge/dp/B000LFTWSA/ref=sr_1_sc_3?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1345102736&sr=1-3-spell

Wow....