Interesting- I?ve had bad luck with the dye Pegasus sells- mangaflux shows
cracks it didn?t.
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> On May 14, 2018, at 6:05 PM, DPPI - Mark Craig <info at
> dieselperformanceparts.com> wrote:
>
> Great, I got one set of Canley and they rest are stockers and I just bought a
> dye penetrant set that allows me to do it at home. I got enough Magnaflux
> brand dyes and developers in a kit to last me years at about 100.00 bucks on
> e bay. You might want to check it out as it?s more sensitive from what I know
> as compared to magnufluxing a part.
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> MARK CRAIG
> Diesel Performance Parts, Inc.
> 411 Allied Drive, Nashville, TN 37211
> www.dieselperformanceparts.com
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> Phone: 615-834-0066
> Fax: 615-834-9923
> Email: mark at dieselperformanceparts.com
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> From: Scott Janzen [mailto:sjanzen at me.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 4:59 PM
> To: DPPI - Mark Craig <info at dieselperformanceparts.com>
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Failed Parts Alert
>
> Sure- still have both failed pieces. Fortunately they did not totally fail
> in action!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On May 14, 2018, at 5:56 PM, DPPI - Mark Craig <info at
> dieselperformanceparts.com> wrote:
>
> Any chance you?d take some pics of the actual failed part with some dots or
> arrows where you are seeing the cracks for us so we know better where to look
> for them??
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> MARK CRAIG
> Diesel Performance Parts, Inc.
> 411 Allied Drive, Nashville, TN 37211
> www.dieselperformanceparts.com
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> Phone: 615-834-0066
> Fax: 615-834-9923
> Email: mark at dieselperformanceparts.com
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>
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> From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Scott Janzen
> via Fot
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 11:18 AM
> To: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Fot] Failed Parts Alert
>
> I?ve been using the trunnionless front suspension vertical link on my GT6
> that Canley Classics sells for the past two years. I?ve now had two fail the
> annual magnaflux tests. They cracked in different locations, one right at
> the machining line for the flat for the stub axle nut, on the back side where
> the steering arm passes through, and one on the upright at what appeared to
> be a casting mark, near the bump you see in the photo below. Neither crack
> was visible to the eye. The upright Canley sells no longer looks exactly like
> the photo - it now has a machined area on the back side, away from the wheel,
> much like stock ones. Maybe I just had bad luck, but between two cracks and
> some binding issues at the ball joint I had to rectify, I would no longer
> recommend these.
>
> I started using the Canley units when the stock ones developed cracks in the
> traditional place at the top end of the threads where the trunnion is.
>
> I have now installed uprights I got from Jigsaw Racing
> https://jigsawracingservices.com - Mark Field, in England. The main
> difference from stock is they are not drilled for a grease fitting or grease
> boring down into the trunnion, which should make them stronger where the
> stock ones usually fail. Mark races Spitfires and GT6s for himself and for
> customers in vintage racing and claims he has never had a failure. He
> further claims that the units are made in the original forging molds and by
> the same people that made the Stanpart units.
>
> Main point is, even though it?s a pain, pull your critical parts off and get
> them magnafluxed at least once in a while. I?ve become paranoid and this is
> now an annual exercise. The machine shop I go to usually does it for free
> while I am watching, probably because I?m usually dropping off engine parts
> where the real dollars get spent!
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