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Turns out my car has combo spindles.  These came with my empi wheels.  

Free to a good home, I’ll ship on your dime 

23 hours ago, J Alper said:

So looking at this, you are pretty much a Hamas Supporter,  Where one of the people that threw a party during the towers dropping. 

I have no idea how you draw that conclusion from the image I posted. Could you try and explain it to me? Maybe use a diagram?

6 hours ago, LegitDuner said:

Yeah, that's not at all what I was saying. I was more alluding to politics and foreign policies.. I'm tired of all the first world country's proxy wars..

I'm a firm believer in becoming an isolationist country and cutting off the "money well" to everybody. We are over 33 trillion dollars in debt and in a few years our interest payments will exceed our total defense spending budget. Meanwhile, there's not 20 bucks to help a homeless mentally ill veteran

7 hours ago, King Tim said:

Interesting.

 

I can't imagine how anyone can back Hamas or even sympathize with them.

 

Tim

There’s a lot of people who do. Listening to the news the last week or so I keep hearing about the dozens of his rallies kidnapped in the hundreds of Israelis killed. They just tried to slip that one by one it was thousands killed hundreds kidnapped.

On 10/20/2023 at 7:08 PM, King Tim said:

I think we all know terrorism is...

But I really have no idea what you're eluding to. 

 

Tim

 

ter·ror·ism

/ˈterəˌrizəm/

noun

the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

"the fight against terrorism"

He’s saying that Israel is the real terrorists for tuning off Palestinians EBT card.  

See, Palestine is so busy building rockets and tunnels that they don’t have time to feed themselves.  Palestine is dependent on Jews for food, water and electricity. They can’t even manage their own trash or sewage. 

DEATH TO ISRALE!

7 hours ago, Cookie said:

Head on accidents in the dunes is almost nonexistent.  Head on accidents in the hard pack happens all of the time, thus the reason I won't ride my motorcycle at Octillo or Dove Springs anymore. If you actually dune, the chances of hitting head on is very unlikely.

Yea, we don’t dune where all the SxS are hanging out to avoid getting lost.  I like to get way out in the dunes and away from sand highway as soon as possible.  I like seeing another group off in the distance and pealing off the other direction. It’s the guys with 99 payments left on his golf cart who thinks he can drive because active suspension and CVT but doesn’t know to see what’s coming before they go flying over a dune that scares me.  I’m usually looking 3-5 dunes ahead of me finding a nice line.  

10 hours ago, Rockwood said:

What are you even talking about?  Empirical data? I'm pretty sure hitting your noggin on a roll bar or end of a shock bolt with a helmet is better than without, but you can do as you please. Test it out and report back please.

Either way, I'd suggest not threatening people because they think it's a good idea.

The law itself doesn't apply to buggies.  That discussion went away a while ago.

Empirical data, as opposed to “common sense”  or a hunch or a feeling.  I’m agree that getting hit in the head with a helmet on is generally safer than without. I have a good friend who should have been paralyzed from the neck down from a hard hit when she wasn’t paying attention as a passenger with a helmet on in a buggy many years ago. It was only heroic medical work that allows her to walk today.  

I’ll take John Lock’s empirical data over common sense gun laws every day of the week and twice on Sunday.  

You have zero empirical data, that you’re silly helmet law for people in cars is less dangerous not more dangerous than the way they were designed.
 

What would make the dunes a lot safer actually is if we added another hundred dollars onto the season pass hired some more officers to enforce DUI laws, and get all the drunk a holes out of the dunes and into jail, where they belong

The only thing that really worries me out in the dunes, his head on collisions, and those are almost always caused by alcohol or drugs like marijuana

50 minutes ago, High Sierra Dad said:

I'll PM my address to you so I can look you straight in the face and ask why you didn't include neck protection, with that helmet. 

Aggression in a forum doesn't scare me, but lack of common sense in the dunes surely will. 

How about air bags? How about crumple zones?  Why don’t we make collision avoidance AI mandatory?  Yea, PM me your address, I have no problem looking Karen in the eye.  

I’ll have to raise the roof on my SU 5 link.  I think I’ll either have to change the entire geometry of the cage or make a smaller roof.  Not exactly sure how to get enough clearance for helmets 

Where to get the lightest weight helmets.  If one of my kids breaks their neck because of the extra weight on their heads in an incident, I might just start looking up addresses of helmet proponents. 

9 hours ago, Mac said:

It's all fun and games until it's you!

Fvck that Schiff, I have the trunk monkey.  

On 4/28/2023 at 10:23 AM, Mac said:

We should probably require airbags too....

and crumple zones and NTSA certifications and turn signals and a glow in the dark lever to escape from the trunk if you have been kidnapped. 

With 4 head sets?  

I found 2 in Havasu for $80 each. It’s a bit of a drive and that’s pretty expensive for used wheels but I may have to get that.

6 hours ago, onanysunday said:

So did the inner bearing races stay on? And the whole hub and wheel came off with the outer portion bearings?

Yes, the inner race is the only thing left other than some gunk that kind of welded itself onto the spindle. The castle nut and cotter pin stayed as well, but they were pretty ground up.

2 hours ago, Bansh88 said:

We use if for canal straps.  Holds us up in the current.

my 1/4" stuff is rated for 400#, my 1/2" tape says 2,500# pulling strength.  If you can break that stuff, you need to meet my friend, Jenny Craig.   

3 hours ago, richard h said:

Yes you can, they come with a switch. Turn them off. Enough people do that, and it could send a message.

We don’t get tv and didn’t renew our subscription to Disney + this year because of all their woke bullshit.  

12 hours ago, HTElectrical said:

I found the best way of keeping the cover from getting shredded is to wrap it in True Tape (around the car) or something similar.  The key is to not have loose material that the wind can grap and turn into a parachute.

Also marketed as "mule tape" but that may not have the foot markers on it.  The stuff is quite strong   it's designed to not cut into PVC when applying hundreds of pounds of force pulling wire in so it's easy on finishes too.  Woodworkers and always trying to get it from me to tie down their work for transport.

this thread is gay

On 4/5/2023 at 8:26 AM, South Bay said:

Yeah, once I read the actual filing,  I was pretty underwhelmed. Probably shouldn't have been brought.

That being said, it is true that his Campaign Manager, Deputy Campaign Manager, National Security Advisor, attorney, corporate person, foundation, finance guy and several others in his orbit have all been found guilty in courts of law, pardons not withstanding.

The Gist: He's finally been charged with one crime. More serious charges are likely(?) to follow. It's really pretty straightforward. Crimes often lead to indictments.

Also, he uses outrage to raise money from suckers.

 

 

Oh, yes there is a very strong case for guilt but association.   Lock him up!

On 4/5/2023 at 7:55 AM, Jaybird95 said:

Election Tampering!

Yes

It’s only a threat to democracy when republicans are accused of it.  

I highly doubt this will ever go to trial.  I read that Alvin and his chipmunks want to tie president Trump up during the Republican primaries.  

There is no amount of voir dire that would find 12 people willing to convict.  

This is a political stunt, pure and simple 

I got a gazillion little things to do on the buggy.  I need to measure and order all new suspension bolts, already replaced my exhaust gaskets and copper nuts (supply chain sucks for type1 VW, couldn’t get parts and reused the old stuff). I need to figure out why my roof screws keep backing out and I wanted to put this back where it came from before I bent it… but I didn’t replace all the seals when I replaced the shaft and it leaks a little in the remote reservoir.    

ordered new heat wrap for the j-tube that was torn by the busted shock and I’m going to start inspecting and replacing heime joints as needed. 

I think my season is over, too much work but at least I can wrench on the car this weekend.  

If it’s not too late, I know a guy giving free helicopter rides.