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Clayto Clayton McCrary Junior Moderator Location: Olympia,WA Join Date: 07/04/2013 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 161 Rally Car: XRatty purchased. Now build it!! |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Junior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Wait weren't we all assured that nobody wants to see an old rusty Xratty? And with Ian Topping---despite some problems----doing best regional 2wd times and consistently 2nd best overall 2wd times on Day 2 at LSPR...in a 240 VOLVO!!! I guess the cars are doing exactly what some guy who doesn't know anything and never did anything has said they can and should do.. Odd. Got a easy link to results? Vids? Interviews? Speeces? John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Junior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
And what broke on the Volvo struts now? Sumpin is screwy since those are identical in every way to a numver of other cars..
Wot da fuq John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Not Trolling Keith Morison Ultra Moderator Location: Calgary, AB Join Date: 09/15/2015 Age: Ancient Posts: 340 |
Don't know about the one at PFR, but on Toppings I hear the green strut pull out of the knuckle. The struts that were in before the 'spares' went in were 'tired'... i'm told.
First Rally attended (2000), First Rally competed in (2001) Cars Built (1), Engines Built (0) Cages Built (0) Driver (8), Co-Driver (47), Drivers (19) Clerk (29), Steward (1), Official (17), Volunteer (5) WRC Spectator (1), WRC Photographer (6), WRC Observer (4) Rallies attended (120) Countries attended rallies in (11) Last Updated, May30, 2022 |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Junior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
The photo I saw---not very clear---it SEEMED that the insert pulled out---bottom tube still attached.. Whatever the case its doubtless a service oversight---somebody left something loose---since the design has worked for I dunno 5 years now. And from what I saw somebody has elected to paint them black.. Isn't "what I hear" interesting? And like most of what we hear--mostly---wrong.. But why refrain from repeating stuff we "hear"? What fun is that? EDIT Well, well, whafdday know..Seems Morison heard wrong but couldn't bother to spare 3 seconds searching. Doesn't look too green.. Looks like Hotbitch and doesn't look pulled out.. Looks just like they usually look. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/25/2015 07:20PM by john vanlandingham. |
Not Trolling Keith Morison Ultra Moderator Location: Calgary, AB Join Date: 09/15/2015 Age: Ancient Posts: 340 |
Oh sigh.
That was probably the day 1 strut failure. I heard the day 2 strut failure was sourced from 'Washington.' Who did I hear it from? One of the crew guys for the team. "The Friday failures were struts past their sell by date which disassembled themselves spectacularly, the Saturday failure was a mechanical issue, the strut body separated from the knuckle." First Rally attended (2000), First Rally competed in (2001) Cars Built (1), Engines Built (0) Cages Built (0) Driver (8), Co-Driver (47), Drivers (19) Clerk (29), Steward (1), Official (17), Volunteer (5) WRC Spectator (1), WRC Photographer (6), WRC Observer (4) Rallies attended (120) Countries attended rallies in (11) Last Updated, May30, 2022 |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Junior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Whatever Morison---could it be that they didn't tighten the pinch bolts? Evidently the Passenger side was Day 1---the not-so-Hotbitch Sounds odd that there would be a Hotbitch on one side and then something else on the other side on day 2. Doubt they'd say "Wow did we fuck up somehow---and left the things loose." No must be somebody elses' fault.. Odd that its worked for years previously. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/25/2015 11:25PM by john vanlandingham. |
We think the inset got bent and they kept on rallying. The stages were incredibly rough (so I'm told) It eventually ripped the insert apart. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Junior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
OOOooops!
Wonder why they don't have any spares? I always stress to folks that the whole idea of replacable struts for the old school car is so you can like... replace them. Which means 1 spare will do for both sides... Only 1 person out of hundreds has ever ordered a spare in advance.. Odd. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Not Trolling Keith Morison Ultra Moderator Location: Calgary, AB Join Date: 09/15/2015 Age: Ancient Posts: 340 |
i don't think anybody was ascribing blame for this... just sayin' what happened. First Rally attended (2000), First Rally competed in (2001) Cars Built (1), Engines Built (0) Cages Built (0) Driver (8), Co-Driver (47), Drivers (19) Clerk (29), Steward (1), Official (17), Volunteer (5) WRC Spectator (1), WRC Photographer (6), WRC Observer (4) Rallies attended (120) Countries attended rallies in (11) Last Updated, May30, 2022 |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Junior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
That's what you say now. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |