Hey, If that rebar center link bends or breaks at the wrong time it may
cause death, pain, and trauma to others. I think it was a good comparison
to emphasis the hazards of going cheap on these parts.
Richard Brown
----- Original Message -----
From: <D-SOLOMON@comcast.net>
To: <tputland@charter.net>; <nmleeds@mindspring.com>;
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Bent center link - what metal to fabricate a
replacement out of?
> c'mon. you're kidding, right?
>
> Let's be honest here. If we want to chastise him for "stealing" a peice
> of bar, then let's do that under the premise of "stealing is wrong"....
> not the false premise that taking a 4' peice of rebar from a scrap-pile at
> a construction site will somehow cause death, pain and trauma to others.
> you're using the tragedy of that event to manipulate the emotions of
> others to try to gain an edge in your argument. That sucks.
>
> bad form, if you ask me.
>
> Dan
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: <tputland@charter.net>
>
>> > 15" less reinforcement.>
>>
>> Have look at what happened up in MN with the Hwy 35 bridge over the
>> Mississippi
>> River and then pray that no one misses using any rebar at a job site.
>> (Not that
>> this is necessarily what happened to this bridge, just making a point.)
>>
>> Any yea, like Keith said, you really don't want to get creative with the
>> steering bits.
>>
>> Tim
>> Belleville, WI.
>> '70 SPL AND SRL
>> Still clueless but always learning
>>
>> ---- nmleeds@mindspring.com wrote:
>> > All,
>> >
>> > I was getting my alignment done and noticed that my stearing centerlink
>> > was
>> bent (wicked turns I guess). The balls are in great shape so I figured
>> I'd just
>> fabricate a new centerlink. Natually, I went to a local construction site
>> and
>> made off with some rebar -- I figured that nobody at the new suspension
>> bridge
>> would notice if there was 15" less reinforcement.
>> >
>> > After a little time with a hacksaw I was ready to go. But then my
>> > partner in
>> datsun pointed out that rebar isn't the world's strongest material, it
>> wasn't
>> taking my threads, and was pretty rust prone. I suggested plastic for its
>> dampening properties -- he laughed at me and made me feel pretty stupid
>> about
>> the whole thing.
>> >
>> > Now the question is what metal to use? Ideas? 304, 416, 316? Gold?
>> > Titanium?
>> Bubble gum?
>> >
>> > N
>> ________________________________________
>>
>> d-solomon@comcast.net
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