The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Yes we will unless.......We will never mention this again
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Arc Tourist
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Your fate is sealed. You should know by now, nothing seems to escape the Vark.
Onoff
In the land of the unfinished project I am King!
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A box of tissues.
Wife asked me to fix this. Couldn't find the stapler, so used the next best option.
Won't tell you what she said.
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I hope you used a peel rivet...
Brad93
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More repairs on the giant travelling saw,replacement of m16 bolts that are too long for the space in between the flanges of the channel(4”),so notches we’re cut
Some proper tapered shims instead of a stack of washers would work a fair bit better in that taper flange I beam.
Arc Tourist
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Overseas the tapered are known as "hillside" washers.
Iirc that washer is 5 degrees which matches the channel,the flat washer is to stop the spring washer opening apart,which is what had happened to the previous attempts
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Onoff
In the land of the unfinished project I am King!
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More repairs on the giant travelling saw,replacement of m16 bolts that are too long for the space in between the flanges of the channel(4”),so notches we’re cut
I may have a stack of proper, galvanised, taper washers here. Do you want me to look?
Throw the spring washer - its just another flat washer when tightened - and the crappy wire ones simply open - as you found already. You've defeated any theoretical ability of it to stop the bolt coming loose with the flat washer anyway. If you want it to stay done up against vibration, a nordlock washer under the bolt head without that additional flat washer, and another under the nut (no flat washer there either) - if its going into a nut plate or captive nut that can't rotate, just the nordlock under the head will do. The tapered washer you already have in there shouldn't be able to rotate once tight and defeat them.Iirc that washer is 5 degrees which matches the channel,the flat washer is to stop the spring washer opening apart,which is what had happened to the previous attempts
Thanks for the offer,I’ll check my stock and if low,will pm you.
Johnnybravo
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Glued the cracks back together in an old Jaguar block.
James1979
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New shape transit custom hard return PAS pipe from rack to reservoir.
It’s an alu pipe into a steel housing with a steel clamp and they corrode and fracture. I got asked to removed the broken off bit from inside the port on the rack
Plan A was to remove from van and machine it out. As I was passing I thought I would look. Stud extractor to break the oxide bond and a slide hammer / self tapper to remove it. Easy enough and happy customer.
No during pic as I was busy thinking!!
Anyone with these, check your pipes as it’s common. Feed pipe is mild and that didn’t look too clever either!
It’s an alu pipe into a steel housing with a steel clamp and they corrode and fracture. I got asked to removed the broken off bit from inside the port on the rack
Plan A was to remove from van and machine it out. As I was passing I thought I would look. Stud extractor to break the oxide bond and a slide hammer / self tapper to remove it. Easy enough and happy customer.
No during pic as I was busy thinking!!
Anyone with these, check your pipes as it’s common. Feed pipe is mild and that didn’t look too clever either!
Usually a suitable torx bit hammered in get them out.
Craig-SM
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Sorry guys, fixing power steering, tyres and engine blocks just doesn’t compare.
I’ve single handed averted a zombie apocalypse by fixing mankind most important invention. Yes, the coffee machine is working again and producing delicious, hot, caffeine rich, wake up juice again.
Suddenly I don’t feel the urge to kill other people anymore, even the wife is now pleasant.
There is no need for you all to thank me, I’m fully aware that my actions have made the world a much better place to live. Tomorrow I start on world peace, after I’ve had a coffee.
I’ve single handed averted a zombie apocalypse by fixing mankind most important invention. Yes, the coffee machine is working again and producing delicious, hot, caffeine rich, wake up juice again.
Suddenly I don’t feel the urge to kill other people anymore, even the wife is now pleasant.
There is no need for you all to thank me, I’m fully aware that my actions have made the world a much better place to live. Tomorrow I start on world peace, after I’ve had a coffee.
slim_boy_fat
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Lots.
Strange thing is, chatting to colleagues further south, they hardly ever change them.
slim_boy_fat
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Today [OK, yesterday] I finally got the hydraulic press welded, painted and reassembled. Hopefully the reinforcing bars either side of the top beam will prevent it 'bowing' again if it's working hard - not something I anticipate......
Another job off the list.......
Another job off the list.......
