DavidW
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 02:02 PM |
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Is this upright ruined?
Hi
Whilst taking apart and putting back together my part built Indy i found that someone has drilled an odd hole in one of the uprights next to the pinch
bolt that hold in the mushroom adapter.
Is is ruined?
 
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[Edited on 25/3/08 by DavidW]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 02:07 PM |
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That’s a lovely clear picture of those gloves 
Why can't you just grind the surface back a bit till its level again? Loads off metal there, though difficult to say just how deep that is from
the front
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DavidW
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 02:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
That’s a lovely clear picture of those gloves
Yes, I did well there! The gloves are the most in focus object I've ever captured with my phone camera. :-)
The hole goes all the way through that part of the casting (i.e. the un-threaded side that clamps the mushroom).
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 02:26 PM |
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yeek! I thought the hole was the bit in yellow! Not the one in red  that’s weird, why on earth would someone do that??
hmm not sure now, I wouldn't use it. I'd use the premise that if an MOT tester saw that he would fail that part, end of story.
 
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DavidW
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 02:29 PM |
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I can only assume someone was trying to free a seized bolt?
Thanks, I thought as much.
Anyone got a spare drivers side upright hanging around?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 02:55 PM |
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I actually have one, just one but I'm not sure which side it is, which way is the steering lug go, front or back? It's in good nick and
painted blue . I'll find it tonight when I get home and let you know if you have not found one by then.
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DavidW
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 03:19 PM |
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Here's a picture of the offending Sierra upright.
Steering lug goes forward.
If you have one I'd certainly be very interested. I suspect P&P may be i bit horrendous?
 
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mookaloid
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 03:38 PM |
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looks scrap to me too 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 04:02 PM |
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and made from the finest green
 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 07:15 PM |
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damn it sorry dude looks like I have the wrong side...bummer
 
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Guinness
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 07:42 PM |
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Hang on a minute Mr Whippy, you can't take the wee out of his upright for being green!
Yours is pink and baby blue!
Always knew you were a bit weird
Mike
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DavidW
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 07:47 PM |
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Ahhh, what were the chances of that happening? ;-)
Thanks for looking!
It's black in real life, just another great camera phone shot.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 09:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
Hang on a minute Mr Whippy, you can't take the wee out of his upright for being green!
Yours is pink and baby blue!
Always knew you were a bit weird
Mike
 ah but it was blue till it got a bit oversprayed, it's the camera honest 
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Liam
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 10:36 PM |
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Personally i wouldn't worry about it. Will it still pinch the mushroom and have a humungous safety factor due to it being a massive lump of
over-engineered-for-purpose production car? Yes.
But then if you're personally not confident, there's nothing worse than driving around with the niggling doubt that your suspension wont
stay in one piece.
Liam
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NS Dev
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 11:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam
But then if you're personally not confident, there's nothing worse than driving around with the niggling doubt that your suspension wont
stay in one piece.
Liam
I do that all the time, but I think its more the driver than anything wrong with the car
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 26/3/08 at 08:43 AM |
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Tend to agree with Liam, but you need to be happy with it...
Dan
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