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

[smokin'joe]

1 hour ago, NickJ said:

 

liteace 4wd come on 14's but same pattern as suzuki/lada

 

[ThePog]

Yea my townace has Suzuki 15s on it, came with 14s.

[cletus]

11 hours ago, Mof said:

 

Suzuki 4wd? 5x5.5 139.7

Whoops, you're right,  was looking in the wrong info  

[Valiant]

16 hours ago, Willdat? said:

A good mate of mine has become a horsey spouse over the past few years. The float is a tandem axle, with braked axle, 5 stud with a 5" PCD. What are the (hopefully) 14" wheel options, and does anyone have a pair or more available?

HQ holden.

 

[JustHarry]

22 minutes ago, Valiant said:

HQ holden.

 

Hq are only 5x120 

If its actually 5x5" it will be pretty limited to old American stuff 

[tortron]

Vauxhall too

Jensen Interceptor, Rover P5, Rover SD1, Ford P100, BMC Farina, Westminster, 3 Litre and some big Vauxhalls like the Cresta and Viscount.
 

I was looking for some for my trailer, can get new jeep ones in 14" lots of aftermarket options for wranglers, steel and alloy of every size but you will proba ly have to import them

[Nominal]

1 hour ago, tortron said:

Vauxhall too

Jensen Interceptor, Rover P5, Rover SD1, Ford P100, BMC Farina, Westminster, 3 Litre and some big Vauxhalls like the Cresta and Viscount.
 

I was looking for some for my trailer, can get new jeep ones in 14" lots of aftermarket options for wranglers, steel and alloy of every size but you will proba ly have to import them

Probably some in the pile at Horopito

 

[AllTorque]

3 hours ago, JustHarry said:

Hq are only 5x120 

If its actually 5x5" it will be pretty limited to old American stuff 

HQ is actually 5x120.65 / 5x 4.75”

That extra 0.65 is enough to snap your wheel studs.

[MaxPower]

Am building a hefty log splitter soon, how do I join my hydraulic ram to my splitting plate without special tools? Not much force should be on the return stroke . Need to be able to rebuild the ram in the future too. Thanks

[HighLUX]

Pipe over that machined part of the ram with a bolt thru it then weld the pipe to the wedge/go pretend you want to hire one from the hire center to have a look how they are set up

[MaxPower]

Ah sweet guessing normal sharp drill bits will go through the ram with some lube 

[ajg193]

19 minutes ago, MaxPower said:

Ah sweet guessing normal sharp drill bits will go through the ram with some lube 

probably only the surface is hard. Hit it with an angle grinder first to get through

[Bling]

If there isn't much force on the reverse motion, could just weld some nuts to a tube and tighten bolts through them onto the shaft. 

like this

[smokin'joe]

1 hour ago, Bling said:

If there isn't much force on the reverse motion, could just weld some nuts to a tube and tighten bolts through them onto the shaft. 

like this

 

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done similar with the tipping ram on the scud. capped thick-wall pipe with decent grub screws to lock in position

[Nominal]

It's handy to have decent pull on a splitter for wood that gets stuck though.

[Bling]

Put bigger bolts on  I've never tried the above, but a couple of bolts would create a pretty decent grip I would think? Could always flat spot the shaft where the bolts are and cut the bolt flat too. Can do that if it falls off.

[RUNAMUCK]

We all know about copper, platinum, and iridium. But tonight I learned there's an even more spendy spark plug made with ruthenium.

I'd never heard of them before. How about you lot?

[Raizer]

Have heard of them, meant to last about twice as long as iridium plugs.

Have seen them marketed as "lifetime plugs" or something like that.

[RUNAMUCK]

A Google search I did after learning of them said they can improve fuel economy too.   Given on rock auto they're a quarter the price of what youd pay for iridium's here, 8m thinking why the fuck not?

[Bling]

The shipping cost lol. Haven't been back in a while, but shipping was brutal last time I looked to put together some parts.