Failure is definitely an option (my broken/damaged parts pics)

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You're welcome for the wasted afternoon.

Can I play?

This is what I was greeted with upon tearing down my S4 6-port 13B that was idling like a diesel:

This was done with more of less (most likely less) 138 ft/lb:

iceracer wrote: What is a "forward rear axle ?"

I would guess a dump truck, or other large truck with multiple rear axles. Honestly though, a guess only.

This one is kind of interesting. This is the turbo out of a Subaru Outback XT.

It's a little hard to see it, but the compressor wheel blades are all missing.

We found this in the intake pipe.

Hmm. What IS that thing? A little shaft...threaded on the end. Wait a minute, it's REVERSE threaded. It's the shaft out of a previous turbocharger. Turns out the car had a replacement turbo installed at the dealer, and in that process the shaft apparently got left behind. To get sucked up by the NEW turbo, of course.

--Dan
Mach V

tpwalsh wrote: http://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/ You're welcome for the wasted afternoon.

This distracted me at work for a good duration, thank you sir.

In reply to mistanfo:

yeah its for tractor trailers. Interaxle differential, power dividers, tandem axles, various other names.

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big go big boom

One night at work this happened. The big dent in the head above the broken valve is a hole in a coolant passage. It dumped about 50 gallons of coolant into the cylinder, hydrolocking it which necessitated changing the rod, bearings, piston, liner, head, pushrods, and rocker arms on that cylinder. Fun times.

turbojunker wrote: One night at work this happened. The big dent in the head above the broken valve is a hole in a coolant passage. It dumped about 50 gallons of coolant into the cylinder, hydrolocking it which necessitated changing the rod, bearings, piston, liner, head, pushrods, and rocker arms on that cylinder. Fun times.

That looks...really big. What is that engine out of?

--Dan
Mach V

MachVDan wrote:

turbojunker wrote: One night at work this happened. The big dent in the head above the broken valve is a hole in a coolant passage. It dumped about 50 gallons of coolant into the cylinder, hydrolocking it which necessitated changing the rod, bearings, piston, liner, head, pushrods, and rocker arms on that cylinder. Fun times.

That looks...really big. What is that engine out of? --Dan Mach V

That particular engine was a Superior 8GTLB. Looks like this

turbojunker wrote: That particular engine was a Superior 8GTLB. Looks like this

1100hp at 900rpms!

fasted58 wrote:

Uncoiled wrote:

MachVDan wrote: This is a stock front brake pad off my brand new Subaru BRZ, after two days of HPDE at Summit Point.

What can cause pads to wear like this? The rears on my 2002 WRX looked similar to this when i replaced therm not long ago, although not to that extent.

caliper brackets flexing under braking pressure

For some strange reason, 510 Datsun brake pads looked like this when new.

Great thread. I am just happy I am not the one having to fix all those messes.

" Suspension needs grease. Other than that, purrs like a cat."

LOLs.

This thread is a testament to the reliability of Subarus :)

MachVDan wrote: This is a stock front brake pad off my brand new Subaru BRZ, after two days of HPDE at Summit Point.

I see your pad and raise a more f'ed up pad:

Yeah, even the backing plate bent.

(from a 95SW2)

MachVDan wrote: This one is kind of interesting. This is the turbo out of a Subaru Outback XT. It's a little hard to see it, but the compressor wheel blades are all missing. We found this in the intake pipe. Hmm. What IS that thing? A little shaft...threaded on the end. Wait a minute, it's REVERSE threaded. It's the shaft out of a previous turbocharger. Turns out the car had a replacement turbo installed at the dealer, and in that process the shaft apparently got left behind. To get sucked up by the NEW turbo, of course. --Dan Mach V

Hey! I have one of those. Mine has blades, but the shaft is snapped in half. 2005 Legacy GT. The turbo was a replacement installed by a Subaru dealer. It lasted 6000 miles.

I drove in to work on this. It exploded when I powershifted into 5th gear while trying to pass traffic. The direct cause was a piece of the 3-4 hub (the part that the shift collar rides on) broke off and got caught up in the gears. Ended up having to baby the car in 4th gear at "only" 80mph to not get in the way of the guy I just passed, with the car feeling like the world was coming to an end starting with the point a foot to the right of my legs.

I have... a lot of this type of photo. Not all of mine, there's interesting photos like that of a essentially zero-mile timing chain with many broken links.

"Umm, I think there's sparks coming off your brakes"

Made some interesting noise until it got fixed....

$2012 Challenger clutch

He said he was just driving down the road and it wasn't making any strange noises:

Here's the crankshaft:

This is what happens when a Subaru torque converter isn't seated properly and you try and force it back together:

Ooo, here's a new one from today. Subaru Legacy head. The dealership decided it was valve seals, and replaced some of those. For some reason, that didn't fix the running/misfire problem.

Dan
Mach V

3rd gear to 1st gear shift at a rallyX with an already worn clutch did this.

Dam I have never seen a 944 fail that way

In reply to dean1484:

Two separate failures. The first was detailed on Pelican Parts. TT Coupler failure I believe and then it all went to hell as you can see.

The second, was from my buddy who bought a very nice 924S that didn't run. He repaired the wiring but found no compression in one cylinder. Pulled the motor (since he had a spare and wanted to reseal it) and found the broken oil pickup. So yeah, its a core block now.

Always an option

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