mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 25/8/09 at 03:09 PM |
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Seems some cat owners are having dedion head aches
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/helluvaname/DedionFailureInfo#5211786129997119826
http://213-04.com/t.asp?id=94283&pn=6&ps=15#1503342
[Edited on 25-8-09 by mangogrooveworkshop]
[That looks to be a poor design flaw
[Edited on 25-8-09 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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blakep82
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| posted on 25/8/09 at 03:19 PM |
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looking at those photos, it look slike just about every weld failed. i wonder if he's actually hit something linstead...
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miikae
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| posted on 25/8/09 at 03:21 PM |
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Oh yes very poor , What no gussets! those plonkers.
Mike
If it can be done it i will be done .
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 25/8/09 at 03:22 PM |
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Tut tut bolt in single shear as well not good practice.. Not surprised it went like that at the weld boundary lots of stress at that point..
Dan
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 25/8/09 at 03:27 PM |
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Perhaps we should offer our services to Caterham.... Flak could do the sums
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 25/8/09 at 03:31 PM |
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To be fare though looks like they revised the design a lot, also when it fails it looks like it still stays in one bit witch is helpful!!
Dan
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mcerd1
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| posted on 25/8/09 at 03:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
Perhaps we should offer our services to Caterham.... Flak could do the sums
haven't they already asked for help....
remember this: linky
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MikeR
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| posted on 25/8/09 at 04:12 PM |
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I think thats the old design. They had a few failures years ago so revised the design. If yours failed it got fixed free of charge.
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Humbug
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| posted on 25/8/09 at 04:25 PM |
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I thought you meant Tiger Cat owners...
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 25/8/09 at 07:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
I think thats the old design. They had a few failures years ago so revised the design. If yours failed it got fixed free of charge.
In the land of garage queens I wonder how many are still in circulation? My bet would be a fair few.
A lot of these cars are getting bigger power installed and the dedion is the last thing you want to go wrong. Steering from the rear is not fun as
some of us have found
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MikeR
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| posted on 25/8/09 at 11:05 PM |
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I hope I never find out - i've got my own de-dion going on my car........
luckily the shock mount is nothing like that & i've no intention of ever running more than 150 bhp (starting out with 86 of henry fords
finest crossflow ones).
Good point tho - there is a caterham owners at work, i'll point them at the thread.
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