Tech Spam thread - because 1/4" BSP gets 5 hand spans to the jiggawatt

[RUNAMUCK]

Whoever you are I hope you stole them off your employer, and used one of their courier bags to send it.

/guess i owe someone a handy/panhead?

[tortron]

Bart, the pain of you skulking about to get some grommets, when an entire box can be delivered to you overnight, is unbearable 

[Mop Head]

11 minutes ago, tortron said:

Bart, the pain of you skulking about to get some grommets, when an entire box can be delivered to you overnight, is unbearable 

Thanks buddy. 

 

 

29 minutes ago, RUNAMUCK said:

/guess i owe someone a handy/panhead?

Just spend that money on another box of grommets next time mate. 

[tortron]

/some 3mm tyres for the daily

[sentra]

Keep him doubting so we can all claim a handy 

[RUNAMUCK]

A hug, 

A high 5,

 And a handjob.

[kws]

I need to buy some long shank nuts to suit the hotwires I just bought for my Marina. I haven't used or bought shank nuts before, so I presume I just need the outer diameter to be a close fit in the hole and as long as I can fit without bottoming out on the hub? Are there any precautions I should take since the wheels will be nut centric not hub centric?

[cletus]

Last time I bought some , the most economical way was to get them from super cheap

But yes, snug fit in the holes, and not longer in the shank than the wheel is thickness wise 

And steel washers. 

 

Also if you are getting close to bottoming out the nut, make sure the wheel stud doesn't taper out at the bottom. I've seen that happen and the nut got stretched bigger at the shank end, making it very difficult to get back out of the wheel...

 

 

[chris r]

I got some metric shank nuts off supercheap and they were a bit shit. Threads were on the piss. Ended up finding a set off rock auto which were mint and significantly cheaper 

[JustHarry]

Most/all tyre places sell them

Ive got sets off mag n turbo before

[chris r]

11 minutes ago, JustHarry said:

Most/all tyre places sell them

Ive got sets off mag n turbo before

I must have dealt with a bunch or useless places. The company who supplies our wheel nuts/spacers didn't have any 

[yoeddynz]

@kws try this...

https://www.niceproducts.com.au/category/34757-wheel-nuts

They have loads of sizes and once you know the ones you want you can order them through ripco. 

[locost_bryan]

@kws Performance Wheels are making new Hotwires, perhaps drop them a line about the best nuts to use? https://www.performancewheels.co.nz/product/hotwire/

[kws]

2 hours ago, locost_bryan said:

@kws Performance Wheels are making new Hotwires, perhaps drop them a line about the best nuts to use? https://www.performancewheels.co.nz/product/hotwire/

Looking at the photos I have a feeling they probably use standard taper nuts, not shank nuts.

[87creepin]

For door/suv tailgate actuators that aren't working, is it usually the dc motor in it that's gone bad?

[Jeffs_Emporium]

Today I absolutely wrecked my fuel hard line at rear of car to the point where I need to trim it back and start again. Are cheap flare kits a no go? I only want to do this job once because scorpion back and 30 year old shit in eye sucks

[tortron]

Come use mine if you want. Double flare kit

[Jeffs_Emporium]

4 minutes ago, tortron said:

Come use mine if you want. Double flare kit

Please and thank you. It says you can't receive messages on here?

[Nominal]

26 minutes ago, dspec_tt131 said:

Today I absolutely wrecked my fuel hard line at rear of car to the point where I need to trim it back and start again. Are cheap flare kits a no go? I only want to do this job once because scorpion back and 30 year old shit in eye sucks

Don't use a cheap flare kit IMO. I tried one for brakes and it sucked so much a bought an old used one that was so much better.

[gibbon]

has anyone ever repaired or gotten parts for these cheap vices? turns out this baby is a holdin' vice not a crushin' vice, i stripped the main nut on it. the nut is a barrel and plug thing cast together, I see this type of vice for sale all the time so presumably someone's dealt with this shit before

in the meantime yo dawg i heard you like vices, heres some vice grips to grip yo vice while yo vice grips... (seemed to do the trick at least)