Boot camps, school, I was sent to a brand new sub in Groton, CT not long after high school. First outing to test depth, a guy made a pencil mark on a pole every 100 feet as we went down. Did an emergency blow (ala Big D); holy crap the tube collapsed inside another one about an inch and a half!
In reply to 914Driver :
I keep thinking a bunch of railroad paint schemes would make good race livery...
In reply to AWSX1686 :
They are harder than they need to be. As if changing a tire on the side of the road wasn't bad enough, try to slide a bolt into a recess on a wheel and thread it into a hole and hope the rotor didn't move in the process blocking the hole just enough to stop the bolt from threading. Or hang the wheel on protruding studs and start the nuts like the rest of the world.
Anyone realize these are bolts not lugnuts?
Wally said:In reply to Knurled. :
It was also invented by people that still think it’s ok to hold wheels on with bolts. I’ll take freedom units over lug bolts any day.
Holding wheels on with bolts is the superior way to do it. Even if you don't live where the exposed ends of studs will rust, a lug nut will get its threads pinched by the taper and cause the torque to be inconsistent and inaccurate.
Germany is known for its anal-retentive engineering. Gernan cars universally use lug bolts. I rest my case.
Knurled. said:Wally said:In reply to Knurled. :
It was also invented by people that still think it’s ok to hold wheels on with bolts. I’ll take freedom units over lug bolts any day.
Holding wheels on with bolts is the superior way to do it. Even if you don't live where the exposed ends of studs will rust, a lug nut will get its threads pinched by the taper and cause the torque to be inconsistent and inaccurate.
Germany is known for its anal-retentive engineering. Gernan cars universally use lug bolts. I rest my case.
Hey look, it's a German car that doesn't use a bolt to hold the wheel on. Wonder if it's because using a nut is faster/easier.
914Driver said:Boot camps, school, I was sent to a brand new sub in Groton, CT not long after high school. First outing to test depth, a guy made a pencil mark on a pole every 100 feet as we went down. Did an emergency blow (ala Big D); holy crap the tube collapsed inside another one about an inch and a half!
I've been on the older? SilverSides 236
is it just me, or does that arc under the cockpit look really weird?
Will said:Knurled. said:Wally said:In reply to Knurled. :
It was also invented by people that still think it’s ok to hold wheels on with bolts. I’ll take freedom units over lug bolts any day.
Holding wheels on with bolts is the superior way to do it. Even if you don't live where the exposed ends of studs will rust, a lug nut will get its threads pinched by the taper and cause the torque to be inconsistent and inaccurate.
Germany is known for its anal-retentive engineering. Gernan cars universally use lug bolts. I rest my case.
Hey look, it's a German car that doesn't use a bolt to hold the wheel on. Wonder if it's because using a nut is faster/easier.
knurled does not post a hotlink in the hotlink thread. Will does. Therefore Will's argument wins. The great wheel nut vs bolt debate has been decided once and for all! hooray!
AWSX1686 said:Wally said:In reply to Knurled. :
It was also invented by people that still think it’s ok to hold wheels on with bolts. I’ll take freedom units over lug bolts any day.
I really don't understand people's hate for lug bolts. They really aren't that hard to use
Yes they are. Not impossible, no, but highly annoying.
Daylan C said:Until just now, I never realized I was going to be one of those guys that specifically thought his 80s Pontiac's door handles were ugly.
Not as ugly as '70s Pontiac door handles, by any means (sorry for lame pic):
Will said:Knurled. said:Wally said:In reply to Knurled. :
It was also invented by people that still think it’s ok to hold wheels on with bolts. I’ll take freedom units over lug bolts any day.
Holding wheels on with bolts is the superior way to do it. Even if you don't live where the exposed ends of studs will rust, a lug nut will get its threads pinched by the taper and cause the torque to be inconsistent and inaccurate.
Germany is known for its anal-retentive engineering. Gernan cars universally use lug bolts. I rest my case.
Hey look, it's a German car that doesn't use a bolt to hold the wheel on. Wonder if it's because using a nut is faster/easier.
Last time I checked, Brackley and Brixworth are in the UK. https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/en/mercedes-amg-f1/amg-f1-car/car-f1-w08-eq-power/
Knurled. said:
Holding wheels on with bolts is the superior way to do it. Even if you don't live where the exposed ends of studs will rust, a lug nut will get its threads pinched by the taper and cause the torque to be inconsistent and inaccurate.
Germany is known for its anal-retentive engineering. Gernan cars universally use lug bolts. I rest my case.
If wheels falling off was a big problem I'd expect bolts to be more common. So far I've only encountered them on German cars, Fiats, and a E36 M3ty old camper trailer my neighbors used to have. Lug nuts seem to work fine for the other 99.99999999999999999999% of the planet
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Grtechguy said:
I've been on the older? SilverSides 236
This is the ship's patch, see SS-236 in the wake.
Well THERE'S a good time!
Same sign 4 months apart.
914Driver said:Same sign 4 months apart.
Move south, they said. The weather here is always great, they said.
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