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Wot I would do is; Mount it between centres, contact the outside of a journal, rotate it 180 degrees and measure from the contact point to the inside of the same journal. Difference in measurements is Throw.
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Se7en Yes I did. I'll send to Lycos. the trouble with BlatMail, I find, is that I can't attach, or find it in Sent Mail. Y will H more M.
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Y should H more M
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Antonella. I'm in Cantley, CrossFlow Pete is in Reedham, Oldbutnotslow in Norridge (as we call it round here) in the northern fringes of Carrotland. Joseph Me and XFlow were down your way a couple of weeks ago. I'll blatmail you both a map of where I am soon.
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Yes, I think it probably is significant. s'pose thats why throttle produces understeer, more than the back wheels trying to push the car straight on, it's the fronts getting loss of traction as they lose weight. Kind of thing.
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Blast and damnation I was going to do some sums tonight, but I've been preparing the boat for a long voyage (all the way to Gellesdon) and forgot. Now I've got on the home brew and I forget how to do it. I'll get another couple of pints in and forget that I forgot. Smashin.
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And another ting; You won't get V Max in first.
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Wonky Don't think we need all that squit. Max torque times gearbox ratio (1:1 ?) (Ignore 5th) times diff ratio = ACWM as viewed from the nearside. Therefore force at front wheels is normal front axle weight minus CWM divided by horizontal distance from rear wheel centre to centre of contact patch of front wheels. My guess is that it's not insignificant. S'pose that's why dragsters shove a long nose on the nail the fuel tank to. (Lots of CWM ). I'm off home for a drink.
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Oright; The torque delivered to the back wheels at maximum torque will occur at probably 70% or so of V Max if a fairly normal torqe curve for a fairly average engine is considered, I would guess. The reaction to this torque will be demonstrated at weight transfer to the rear. So how much is it ?? Bring it on.
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Not one I'm familiar with. Are you in ( Great !!) Yarmouth for long ? Edited by - susser on 14 Sep 2006 10:02:08
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In support of Hershel's comment; I'm sure that if you tried to lift the front end using the mings, they'd break off. However, with all the other lift forces a work, we don't know how much the front of the car weighs at speed. Not to be confused with it's mass. That doesn't change.
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This is making me feel a bit more confident. Even with my K series as ballast.
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Last night while "chasing a Westy up the Dual Carriageway" I got the impression that the steering wheel was serving no useful purpose other than somewhere to hang my fingers. Is there a V-Max for Clams ?
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Yis an I'll add a bit an all. here Oohhhhhhaaaaaaarrrrrrrr boooooooooy. Edited by - susser on 7 Sep 2006 22:57:37
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Spotted by proxy; around 15th August. A mate drove up one of the passes, past a film crew in a ditch and wondered what they were up to. When he got round the corner there was a Caterham in Green/Yellow (he thinks) which appeared to be waiting to do a driveby kind of think. Type stuff.
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I think/hope pic 2 and 3 show a bit of ally bolted to the diff and not the other way around. there isn't anything connecting the front suspension to the rest of the car. Where would you hang an engine ? maybe Rob's right. it is a soapbox. either way it looks scary. susser ( 1/2 🙆🏻d engineer)
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Myles Sorry but that doesn't stack up; I imagine that the piston is pushed forwards by the hydraulic pressure behind it. There can ? be no rotational force applied by the fluid. However, the handbrake mechanism could well be a screw type contrivance. I imagine that the piston is like a nut and the handbrake actuator is like a screw. rotating the screw would cause the nut to move along and press the piston. If the nut (piston) could rotate, then there would be no relative movement between the two and so, no force applied. Hence the tab and the X. I may have to get hold of one and rip it apart unless someone can explain it to me. here is some of the way there. What do you think. ? Edited by - susser on 25 Aug 2006 08:45:18
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Grant I suppose the X cut out and the tab on the back of the pad is to stop the piston from rotating. Why ?. I want to find out how the handbrake/self ajuster works. Now is not a good time as iv'e just realised that my home brew (half nelson) is as strong as I hoped. (managed to type this ok but I'm starting to struggle Smashin,
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Are you sure you wound the piston fully back. ? There should be room if you did. I still can't understand why the piston has to be rotated though. (ie why is it so tight ?)
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OH ❗ I assume the nipple is still in the hole and only the bit that protrudes is broken.
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Don't want to commit to anything that I may later want to rely on in court (as they say). But, The seal is actually the tapered part of the bleed nipple sealing off the hole. If I was in your position, I'd be quite happy to use it, if, as you say, the nipple is tight.
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Andy Are you sure it's not the trouble I had with grinding from rear discs, ie rubbing at the periphery ?. Goes away as soon as the disc cools. Stands to reason that there should be no witness marks on the edge of the disc. Have you got some? Paul.
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Agree with Rob I've got some Slack 50 in the garage and I wouldn't even put it in the lawnmower. Beware the Snake Oil. However, I did once chuck some Molyslip G in my old Rover 80 gearbox ( with the good old Laycock Type J overdrive ). Took it out again after I'd read the instructions, and yes, before I'd run the car. D'OH
