Worst bodge you have seen
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randy said:
With respect... Its not a ball joint, its a spherical and it will absolutely have a lining. I know the part, I've fitted tons of them. If you're not familiar with race parts I can see its an easy thing to assume the outer is one solid part but its not.
Good diagram here http://blogperrinperformance.com/wp-content/upload...
With respect...does that link feature the ball joint fitted to the vehicle in question? And what purpose would it serve fitted to the outer periphery of a lower suspension arm if it wasn't acting as a ball joint?Good diagram here http://blogperrinperformance.com/wp-content/upload...
Cerberaherts said:
With respect...does that link feature the ball joint fitted to the vehicle in question?
Its an NMB joint, made for maranello but the guts of it are essentially the same as this http://www.wychbearings.co.uk/abyt7_nmb_spherical_...randy said:
Its an NMB joint, made for maranello but the guts of it are essentially the same as this http://www.wychbearings.co.uk/abyt7_nmb_spherical_...
So you are saying that the photograph I posted of a 360 ball joint comes with a brown lining?The worst bodge I have done, or been party to was many years ago at the Isle of Man for the MGP we had brake problems with my mate's transit which was our race transporter, when trying to bleed the brakes the bleed nipple thread in the caliper stripped, it was badly rusted.
So we crimped the flexible brake pipe to that brake with a set of vice grips.
The van was driven from Haysham to NE Scotland like that.
Utter stupidity looking back on it.
So we crimped the flexible brake pipe to that brake with a set of vice grips.
The van was driven from Haysham to NE Scotland like that.
Utter stupidity looking back on it.
Cerberaherts said:
So you are saying that the photograph I posted of a 360 ball joint comes with a brown lining?
Yes, it has teflon coated fabric liner which is most probably brown. The pics of the broken joint you posted looked just like a spherical lining to me and I have seen enough of them... I've even developed my own spherical kits etc!randy said:
Yes, it has teflon coated fabric liner which is most probably brown. The pics of the broken joint you posted looked just like a spherical lining to me and I have seen enough of them... I've even developed my own spherical kits etc!
I've also seen "enough of them" since 1999 to know that they don't have a brown coloured liner. This "repair" was carried out by a garage 15 miles away from my own. We photographed it to show the client. Said garage was also responsible for the poor f1 gearbox pump bodge I posted. Unless your name is Paul hill I have never encountered an aftermarket solution to Ferrari's poor part selection.
Cerberaherts said:
I've also seen "enough of them" since 1999 to know that they don't have a brown coloured liner. This "repair" was carried out by a garage 15 miles away from my own. We photographed it to show the client. Said garage was also responsible for the poor f1 gearbox pump bodge I posted.
Unless your name is Paul hill I have never encountered an aftermarket solution to Ferrari's poor part selection.
Paul Hill just buys in joint from NMB, it isn't rocket science. Unless your name is Paul hill I have never encountered an aftermarket solution to Ferrari's poor part selection.
Where Ferrari would buy an NMB joint which has solid stainless inner and outer beats me.
carreauchompeur said:
hairyben said:
yeah my first thought was it's based on the same idea as the tensioner on a bicycle derailer.
The blades would not provide for traction as they face the wrong direction, they're there presumably to guide the belt as the front wheels turn.
Can't see how a belt could transfer a usefull amount of torque myself though.
Aren't double dockers belt driven?The blades would not provide for traction as they face the wrong direction, they're there presumably to guide the belt as the front wheels turn.
Can't see how a belt could transfer a usefull amount of torque myself though.
But the DAF variomatic cars were belt driven, as were Volvos and I believe there are other expanding belt type CVT transmissions in existence.
There are also belt driven motorcycles, and I think some buggies and sandrails use belts to drive inverted transaxles.
austinsmirk said:
Not a bodge but a relations grd father bought a load of Lancaster bomber gun turrets after ww2 purely to get the bolts for use in his engineering factory. Resources were scarce. The plexi glass turrets were scrapped I believe. !!
I've got a book about Lancaster bomber turrets! It's called "Turrets" and it's actually quite interesting; the OHs dad was a tail gunner in a Lancaster during the war and gave it to me.GeorgeJCW said:
Saw this the other month, & yes that is the spare wheel well cut to pieces!
For some reason I find that bodge one of the more offensive on here. It's one thing doing something dodgy to try and fix something. but this is just butchery to fit a chavvy exhaust. What a disgraceful mess - even down to the dreadful bumper cuts. Awful. Poor car.Edited by Dog Star on Monday 27th October 08:28
Having owned a multitude of motocross bikes ive seen dozens,masking tape wrapped round axles many times to replace wheel bearings etc??Restored an old 67 jag 420 lately,inspecting the jacking points on it i noticed a little blue thing popping out near the drivers front jacking point,gave it a tug,a blue rubber glove came out!!!Then some cardboard,couple of bits of hard filler,a bit of metal plate then pulled out which had been 'sealed'in place?When i tugged that out guess what was snagged onto the end of that?Yep,the other rubber glove,absolutely shocking.
I must admit to bodging an old Audi of mine.....
Dad had gone into the back of someone in it so he replaced the slam panel and bonnet. These were green and the car was white so it sort of looked like the polish police cars.
Anyway, it came to MOT time and the tester couldn’t adjust the near side light angle due to the fittings being broken. It technically needed a new mounting but these where hideously expensive and the car wasn’t worth much more than the part itself (galactic mileage etc). I got some wood (think it was some treated pine) and used epoxy resin to attach this to the back of the light. I then drilled two holes through the top of the slam panel to locate the screws into the wood. You could then undo or tighten the screw to move the light up or down. MOT tester thought it was ingenious and passed the car as technically he could adjust it. Lol
I’ve also hear about some dangerous bodges. Someone on the old retro ride forum bought a car that looked ok. He went about stripping the paint to restore it and found that someone had used paper mache to repair large parts of the car and then painted to hide rust! If he’d been in an accident it would have folded like a concertina.
Dad had gone into the back of someone in it so he replaced the slam panel and bonnet. These were green and the car was white so it sort of looked like the polish police cars.
Anyway, it came to MOT time and the tester couldn’t adjust the near side light angle due to the fittings being broken. It technically needed a new mounting but these where hideously expensive and the car wasn’t worth much more than the part itself (galactic mileage etc). I got some wood (think it was some treated pine) and used epoxy resin to attach this to the back of the light. I then drilled two holes through the top of the slam panel to locate the screws into the wood. You could then undo or tighten the screw to move the light up or down. MOT tester thought it was ingenious and passed the car as technically he could adjust it. Lol
I’ve also hear about some dangerous bodges. Someone on the old retro ride forum bought a car that looked ok. He went about stripping the paint to restore it and found that someone had used paper mache to repair large parts of the car and then painted to hide rust! If he’d been in an accident it would have folded like a concertina.
McWigglebum4th said:
Someone i knew took his caterham on a tour of europe in a trailer from loads of track days
The exhaust overheated and blow a hole in the side of the silencer
Went to the nearest supermarket
Bought the correct sized saucepan
Cut the bottom out
Slide it over the silencer
riveted it in place
One of the combustion chamber caps on this (RR Welland, oldest working jet in the world I believe) was made from a metal mixing bowl from a household shop. You can see the measuring lines on it The exhaust overheated and blow a hole in the side of the silencer
Went to the nearest supermarket
Bought the correct sized saucepan
Cut the bottom out
Slide it over the silencer
riveted it in place
Dog Star said:
GeorgeJCW said:
Saw this the other month, & yes that is the spare wheel well cut to pieces!
For some reason I find that bodge one of the more offensive on here. It's one thing doing something dodgy to try and fix something. but this is just butchery to fit a chavvy exhaust. What a disgraceful mess - even down to the dreadful bumper cuts. Awful. Poor car.randy said:
Cerberaherts said:
So you are saying that the photograph I posted of a 360 ball joint comes with a brown lining?
Yes, it has teflon coated fabric liner which is most probably brown. The pics of the broken joint you posted looked just like a spherical lining to me and I have seen enough of them... I've even developed my own spherical kits etc!Oli.
zcacogp said:
randy said:
Cerberaherts said:
So you are saying that the photograph I posted of a 360 ball joint comes with a brown lining?
Yes, it has teflon coated fabric liner which is most probably brown. The pics of the broken joint you posted looked just like a spherical lining to me and I have seen enough of them... I've even developed my own spherical kits etc!Oli.
) but I am enjoying the debate.Hopefully round 3 will be tomorrow.
Edited by longshot on Monday 27th October 23:04
Snapped chassis on a Citroen Dyanne, it had snapped clean in half behind the front wheels & all that was holding to gether were the front wings. 4 rathchet straps later tying it together from underneath it did another 3k miles with only the occoasional rathchet re-tighten.
Volvo 740 clutch was fried, so we aradited the friction plate to the flywheel & it worked fine with a bump start
This was in the Sahara desert!
Volvo 740 clutch was fried, so we aradited the friction plate to the flywheel & it worked fine with a bump start
This was in the Sahara desert!
cptsideways said:
Snapped chassis on a Citroen Dyanne, it had snapped clean in half behind the front wheels & all that was holding to gether were the front wings. 4 rathchet straps later tying it together from underneath it did another 3k miles with only the occoasional rathchet re-tighten.
Volvo 740 clutch was fried, so we aradited the friction plate to the flywheel & it worked fine with a bump start
This was in the Sahara desert!
Plymouth-Dakar? Our Saab exhaust is still in Mauritania somewhere.Volvo 740 clutch was fried, so we aradited the friction plate to the flywheel & it worked fine with a bump start
This was in the Sahara desert!
I think the biggest bodge amongst our lot was the Russian lads trying to make a new Lada Niva headgasket out of the remains of the two blown ones...
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