Vehicle Maintenance: Condition & Status

You often read about how poorly some cars are maintained.

Today, we had a case like that in our workshop. I'll refrain from making any further comments...

But you don't work at ATU .

Why? Surely you can reduce the braking distance by at least another 3-4 mm .

*duck and cover*

Hi,

You just photographed the wrong side...

Regards,
Sure, here is the translation of the text from German to English:

"Micha"

ObenbeiMutti wrote:

But you don't work at ATU

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No, I got that from my father's body shop. They were actually there for something else...

With the brake pads, they still wanted to go to Italy...

That would have also been enough to reach Greece and back, and then all the way to the Urals, 'and still have some left.' That's just efficient use of materials!

Who stole the picture of my brake pads that I just replaced...?

So, the ones I just took out of the saddle looked exactly like that.

Exactly! Because whoever brakes is a coward!!!

But seriously, I've personally experienced worse situations involving iron on iron.

lappen wrote:

Exactly! Because anyone who brakes is a coward!!!

Exactly... braking requires accelerating again... and that costs huge amounts of valuable diesel...!

Quote:

But seriously, I've had worse iron on iron before.

Umm... Yes!

The brand new Ferodo ID346 brake pads after a rally. They were only 200 km old, and the friction material was already completely worn down to the metal.
However, having to complete three circuits, each with four 90-degree turns (each circuit consisting of 2-3 laps), every 2 kilometers will put a significant strain on the braking system.
The last lap was a real "last one wins" kind of race... Farmer Harms' field was completely unrecognizable.

They are still good... a real cabinet of horrors can be found in this book here:

http://www.kirschbaum.de/shop/artikel.php?id=167

And the other three pieces? They were definitely even better, right?

Did you give him those [items] as a backup? Please don't tell me you threw them away!

No no guys, you'll never save any money that way...

We already had one that came in because of grinding noises .
The brake piston had seized on the disc because it had likely been used for several hundred kilometers or more in that condition.

And today, we also had something nice happen...
http://img104.echo.cx/img104/3633/img00010bk.jpg

He would have definitely lasted a few more meters .
I was more than surprised that it was still running!

Ah, the speedy shoelace... Wow, that guy obviously has more luck than brains .

Sure, here is the translation of the text from German to English:

"Hi,"

What's wrong with the timing belt? It still has over 30% of its width remaining! How many kilometers has it been driven? 60,000 km? That means there are still about 30,000 km left! (at least if you're as lucky as the car owner).

But another question: How on earth did this happen? And: Actually, the belt should run in the center, even if it's only as wide as a shoelace!
Did the new belt stay centered on the pulley, or did it slip off within the first few kilometers?

Regards,
Sure, here is the translation of the text from German to English:

"Micha"

Hi,

What's wrong with the timing belt? It still has over 30% of its width remaining! How many miles has it been driven for? 60,000 km? That means there are still about 30,000 km left! (at least if you're as lucky as the car owner).

Hm, I see this as a weight-optimized version for Ulf. It saves another 30g...

Hi,

What's wrong with the timing belt? It still has over 30% of its width remaining! How many miles has it been driven for? 60,000 km? That means there are still about 30,000 km left! (at least if you're as lucky as the car owner).

Hmm, I see this as a weight-optimized version for Ulf. It saves another 30g...

...and delivers a gain of 0.01 seconds in the acceleration range from 2000 to 4000 RPM.