Darwin Award - Car Mechanic Edition

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by speeder

FWIW, Darwin’s studies had exactly nothing to do with people doing stupid things. Ironically, continuing the habit of using his name in this way on the internet contributes to the general dumbing down of society.

Oh come on. Darwin postulated the "survival of the fittest", and it is a real handicap to longevity to do really stupid things. If they remove themselves from the gene pool before the reproduce, the entire population is helped. Some of the idiot mechanics are the cause of killing innocent car owners.

Yea, it is not strictly Darwin's theory that people doing stupid things will change humankind, of course it won't. With a world population of 7.53 billion it makes no difference at all.

And using Darwin's name in that fashion does not dumb down the population anymore than removing the the stupid people before they breed help the overall population.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by speeder

FWIW, Darwin’s studies had exactly nothing to do with people doing stupid things. Ironically, continuing the habit of using his name in this way on the internet contributes to the general dumbing down of society.

Darwin proposed a general theory that evolution was caused by natural selection.

There is still selection operating in humans, and some examples are shown here.

[Geronimo '74]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Don’t ever change a wheel.

If you did, let is know before we get in.

[Jolly Amaranto]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Waiting for the "split rim" horror shows.

Those would be the bomb.

[Jolly Amaranto]

We used a "cage" made up of welded heavy duty pipe that you rolled the wheel into and clipped on the air hose to the valve stem. Then you turned on the air while hiding across the garage and waited a long time after reaching pressure just to be sure.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Don’t ever change a wheel.

I don’t have any problem with lug nuts, (or other fasteners), I was just looking at a photo on my phone w/o glasses and not looking at the right thing. I have pictures on my phone of much worse stuff, I was expecting something else. Those backwards lug nuts probably would not even cause a failure is tight enough.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

We used a "cage" made up of welded heavy duty pipe that you rolled the wheel into and clipped on the air hose to the valve stem. Then you turned on the air while hiding across the garage and waited a long time after reaching pressure just to be sure.

Way back in the mid 1970s I wanted Michelin XWX tires for my 914 that I was autocrossing. They were THE hot tire back then. Anyway the only Michelin dealer in town that would get them on special order was a truck tire place. I was there in the waiting room paying for my tires when I though the local Air Force Base had dropped a bomb on the other end of the building by accident. A tire had exploded in the cage. Several guys were dazed and confused from the explosion. No one was physically hurt, but when I came back for the next set of tires I asked about it and they had many guys quit that day.

[gordner]

Originally Posted by speeder

I don’t have any problem with lug nuts, (or other fasteners), I was just looking at a photo on my phone w/o glasses and not looking at the right thing. I have pictures on my phone of much worse stuff, I was expecting something else. Those backwards lug nuts probably would not even cause a failure is tight enough.

I would say almost certainly they will lose the wheel at some point. The stud holes are larger than the studs, no way is a nut, tight or not, going to hold that torque and stop the wheel moving. Once the wheel starts working, those nuts will wear through the rim in a real hurry.

Had a friend do exactly that, driving home from the bar one night the wheel came off, the only saving grace was that the nuts never moved, so we used them, the right way round, to secure the donut. When we picked up the wheel, it easily slipped over the studs, with the nuts on.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by gordner

I would say almost certainly they will lose the wheel at some point. The stud holes are larger than the studs, no way is a nut, tight or not, going to hold that torque and stop the wheel moving. Once the wheel starts working, those nuts will wear through the rim in a real hurry.

Had a friend do exactly that, driving home from the bar one night the wheel came off, the only saving grace was that the nuts never moved, so we used them, the right way round, to secure the donut. When we picked up the wheel, it easily slipped over the studs, with the nuts on.

That wheel had to be be making a horrible noise the driver just ignored.

[fastfredracing]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Way back in the mid 1970s I wanted Michelin XWX tires for my 914 that I was autocrossing. They were THE hot tire back then. Anyway the only Michelin dealer in town that would get them on special order was a truck tire place. I was there in the waiting room paying for my tires when I though the local Air Force Base had dropped a bomb on the other end of the building by accident. A tire had exploded in the cage. Several guys were dazed and confused from the explosion. No one was physically hurt, but when I came back for the next set of tires I asked about it and they had many guys quit that day.

I bought a cage a few years ago . I figured, I have been lucky for all these years . I don't do a lot of truck tires, but I was standing about 10 feet away when a car tire exploded on the tire machine after he released the rim clamps. No one got hurt, but it flew up and caved in the steel rafters of the roof , at least 18 feet above us . I was a young guy, but that one made a lasting impression .

[Crowbob]

I get nervous just topping off the air in my car tires.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

I am not going to go looking for the goolish videos-but i know there are some out there recording people going through tops of buildings, being cut in 1/2 etc.

Respect stuff as it has no respect for you.

Before I start any project I always remind myself I'm the softest thing in my workshop.

[Rawknees'Turbo]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Before I start any project I always remind myself I'm the softest thing in my workshop.

Mabe down some Blue Bombers before you start "work"?!?!

[sc_rufctr]

lol... Why not?

[masraum]

An oldie but a goodie

[masraum]

[Icemaster]

Add in the reversed lug nuts and you have the top five most common on JRITS.

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

Just scrolling through my facebook pics, here are a few that I saved for one reason or another .

[Rawknees'Turbo]

Dayuummmnnn, that guy standing on the truck wheel and tire is fortunate that thing didn't land on his head (and that he didn't land on his head on the concrete floor)!

[Bob Kontak]

[Jeff Hail]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Waiting for the "split rim" horror shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vS_Wwln_20