Engine Mounting

[Lightspeed]

Got my car serviced and fixed today at my regular workshop

 

and you know whats the problem?

 

silly under struts I installed! ...

 

well the bolts were loose hence the creaking noises!!!

 

engine mounting checked by my mechie and everything's ok ...

 

Thanks for the help everyone

 

I'm now wondering if the noise will return ...sigh...silly struts keep scraping that super high hump (the one you mentioned to me Cool) at my car park ...grrrrr

[Guyver]

Heng ah!! If u listen to the guy from where again? u'll be $350 poorer!! Wah lau!! If i were u ... go back and screw that guy upside down man.... but bring some MCF member along.. more pple... more power...

[Cool]

wah. I so accurate.. my prediction come true ..*lol*

 

must change line to be a "car fortune teller"

 

 

hehehhe..

 

BTW.. I am going to your carpark tonight to do grounding.. err.. what is the MSCP block har ??

[Lightspeed]

Its block 10A ....

 

whose car you doing? the white Ford Focus?

 

what time will u be here? see I got nothing to do come and kachow

[Pauly75ts]

"the bolts were loose"

 

Hi! there, Lightspeed,

 

Did you use locknuts on the bolts? Otherwise, use 2 thinner nuts to stop it from shaking loose.

 

Rgds

 

Paul Yong

[Lillight]

Can also use a spring washer before the regular nut - keeps up a constant tension to prevent loosening.

[Lightspeed]

Erm... my mechie tightened it for me...dunno what he used though....

 

Need to jack the car up...thats the problem

[Lillight]

If you have a big skateboard and are not too broad, can slide under to check . Anyway, now you know the source so if it happens again you know where to look.

[Pauly75ts]

"use a spring washer before the regular nut"

 

Hi! there, Lillight,

 

After a while, the spring washer will lose it's tension, with 2 nuts, there's no worry of overtightening.

 

Rgds

 

Paul Yong

[Lightspeed]

big big problem! (points to tummy)

 

car is lowered somemore.... can't slide under even without the skateboard!

[Lillight]

"After a while, the spring washer will lose it's tension"

 

Hey Paul!

 

That's interesting. I never knew it could happen. If the washer is well within it's elastic limits, ought not to occur right?

 

Hee, I've seen kiasu cases with double nuts AND spring washers to secure a long bolt! Only in school projects, granted.

[Lightspeed]

so I'm suppose to use locknuts or 2 thinner nuts or both?

 

I'll try to see what my mechie did

[Super7]

Hiya Lillight,

 

Pardon me for asking: were you an engineering/science students?? ... you do seem pretty technically inclined .... solly for being a keh-boh..... juz curious and can't help asking.....

 

cheers

 

Super7

[Pauly75ts]

"use locknuts or 2 thinner nuts or both?"

 

Hi! there, Lightspeed,

 

It's one or the other, not both. Locknuts are thicker than normal ones.

 

Rgds

 

Paul Yong

[Lillight]

Yup, you're right. Not much experience with high stress and exciting dynamic situations like cars though. Learning lots from this forum .

 

But you can guess, it's not my fingers that will get greasy! We'll leave that to Sean, and Matthew when he gets older .

[Seansene]

Gosh, don't talk to me about stress and dynamic situations! I just spent this morning under a bus engine trying to figure out the vibration causes and strain results on a support plate... And after lunch looking at the aircon ducting of the new SBS double decker buses... wish I paid more attention in school

 

 

btw, I've learnt that it's damn easy to steal an SBS bus - one key fits all! It's keeping it stashed that's the problem

[Super7]

juz to learn abit more each day:- does a locknut come with an attached nylon ring on one end or nylon linning at the thread???

 

thanks

[Super7]

lets go grab one tonite and convert it to a double storey clubhouse on wheels for MCF.....yeepeee........ finally MCF will have its own clubhouse which can go anywhere and park next to the beach or track for meetups.... yahoooo!!!!