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[Flow-Rider]

Saw a truck diff in our workshop that had had that happen a few years back. From memory, customer self-serviced his truck, overfilled the diff oil, and drove on a line-haul freeway job first-up. The diff oil aerated, then overheated and basically turned into tar and was no longer able to lube the bearings. Input bearing got so hot the input shaft (about 3.5" diameter of good quality cast iron) got so hot the yoke twisted off and the truck threw the driveshaft (cue lots of things underneath the truck getting dented by the flailing tailshaft too). Workshop guys eventually extracted the diff head and sat it in a 44 gallon drum filled with diesel for about three days to try and thin down the "oil" to see if the diff carrier housing could be salvaged (by customer request). About a week later the diff "oil" (tar) had started to move and "pour" out of the housing, but it'd only moved about two inches in all that time... By that stage everyone was well over the stench of burnt diff oil and customer was told he could take it home or it was getting scrapped. A new diff was ordered and installed, and oil filled to the correct level! Too much can be just as bad as not enough...
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I've seen a few fry the gears in the past, burnt diff oil smell yumm. Lol!

 

[Flow-Rider]

Is Matthew Broderick in the country by any chance?

They said in the local news that the dude in the pic with the flano owned it, who would have thought

 

[hifiandmtb]

I think he does labouring for the Catholic church...

 

[Flow-Rider]

I think he does labouring for the Catholic church...

That's a lot of passing the plate around on Sundays worth.

 

[Tubbsy]

uninsured allegedly.

What

 

[silentbutdeadly]

What

Why would you expect someone in Australia to be able to afford an F40 and insurance for it?

 

[hifiandmtb]

I guess you could ask these people the same question:

 

[Mr Crudley]

I guess you could ask these people the same question:

It was all great fun until we found out that ocean beaches are all about erosion.

 

[Flow-Rider]

What

Yeah, most of those type of cars are self insured.

 

[Dales Cannon]

Uninsured and unregistered hence the trade plate. Son's mate works nearby, I had a few pics within minutes of ohoh. Could have been the 348 replica, then I would be smiling.

 

[glenn1529]

Uninsured and unregistered hence the trade plate. Son's mate works nearby, I had a few pics within minutes of ohoh. Could have been the 348 replica, then I would be smiling.

I note with interest that noone has said “gosh, I hope the occupants are ok”

who am I kidding? That beauty, if it’s genuine, is irreplaceable. RIP F40

 

[Flow-Rider]

I note with interest that noone has said “gosh, I hope the occupants are ok”

who am I kidding? That beauty, if it’s genuine, is irreplaceable. RIP F40

They're standing beside the car in one of those pics.

 

[hifiandmtb]

I note with interest that noone has said “gosh, I hope the occupants are ok”

Maybe because we hope they are not?

 

[Daniel Hale]

found this on reid cycles site:
700m wide grips, saddle = 9 deg back sweep, 27tpi handlebar, noice

 

[marks]

1 of my mates used to work for the F40 owner. Couldn't have happened to a bigger f#%k head.

 

[moorey]

Also running a 400mm shock. Nice.

 

[Haakon]

found this on reid cycles site:
700m wide grips, saddle = 9 deg back sweep, 27tpi handlebar, noice

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Except the pictures have a sram 1x on it. Either way, sorta tempting - I might want a Xc bike for just logging miles around Sparrow without getting gnarly when I’m healed enough to start working on fitness...

 

[Daniel Hale]

Except the pictures have a sram 1x on it. Either way, sorta tempting - I might want a Xc bike for just logging miles around Sparrow without getting gnarly when I’m healed enough to start working on fitness...

yep it’s not actually a bad deal, deore groupo, recon fork is usable, reasonable colour..good value

 

[Minlak]

I guess you could ask these people the same question:

The thing I find most fascinating about these people is the constant call for the Govt / local council to stop the erosion - what did they think would happen to the coast line?

 

[moorey]

The thing I find most fascinating about these people is the constant call for the Govt / local council to stop the erosion - what did they think would happen to the coast line?

Privatise then profits, socialise the losses.