Evolv-ing Thread

[ShamrockPat]

I didn't realize before getting it just how small that screen is.

I was a little surprised also. Here's a few things you can do if you want. In Theme designer you can see the fonts and size used during theme creation. 3 of them. For each item shown (let's use watts) if you select the field you can also select from '0' or larger for decimals shown, and the W symbol. I have changed some to the next larger font and cut down on decimals. Or take an existing theme, and create your own special page. I took a battery % icon shown, and changed it (if selected) to show Board temp, room temp, temp set, peak temp. (My non C boards might have that 5-6 F Karloz overshoot of set temp), so it's easy to spot 35F overshoot on these boards with my little special page).

You might have noticed the word 'refine' does not exist in any C board datasheet, but you can actually show what it would be at 70F so you can compare the coil resistance value with your non C boards.

 

[SlickWilly]

Hi Gang, Everyone have a nice Christmas and New Years? Thought I'd drop in, say hi and see if maybe a few here have ideas with a non-ecig question that's been nagging me.

I've been busy, prepping for holidays, putting out some fires and now trying to keep my mind busy with non-physical stuff that I can do. The spine pain has been getting a lot worse, more bad days then good the last six-seven weeks. It's easy to take the pain meds, zombie out and sit in a chair all day but that's not going to help, I need to keep moving and keep my mind busy. Been putting my irons in other fires plus I've got mod parts waiting to assemble. I've also got a new bolt action 30-06 coming and a new upper for another rifle. I'll spend some time reloading for both and hopefully get to the gun club before the snow returns, no snow showing until the 11th and the snow is gone here now, I'll take it!

Anywho, here's something that's been nagging me, a mechanical stumper, when working on my wife's Buick LeSabre a couple months ago I found the front drive axles should be replaced soon and I noticed the lip seals on the trans where the axles slide in are weeping so I'll replace them at the same time. I grabbed ahold of the inside of the axle where it slides in the trans to see how much play there was to check the bearings and found on the right side more movement then I would expect. So looking at exploded views of the transaxle I see on that side they have a roller bearing stacked with a bronze bushing on the inside of that, now why would they have both??? Here's some images

An semi-full view breakdown, the blue line shows where the axle shaft slides into the case extension housing, part #4 is the lip seal

Here's a close up, the red line shows how the parts assemble, roller bearing #7B (above) goes in 1st, then the bronze bearing 7A (lower)

It's just one of those things I've seen over the years from twisting wrenches that leaves me scratching my head, Why did they design it that way? Does it matter? No, but these are the kind of questions I've always found interesting, I'm driven to find the answer and I can't let it go until I do. Why would they put a soft bronze bushing in with a roller bearing, a bearing that will withstand high stress pressures? I worked as a GM tech early on up until the 80's then from then on strictly imports so these later model GM's I'm not as familiar with and I've never seen bearing/bushing stacking like that before. Got to be a reason, I just can't think of one, thoughts??

 

[SlickWilly]

Forgot to show, this is my new buddy Murphy. When I took our little dog to the vets for a nail clipping a couple weeks before Christmas I found they had this picture below posted on the counter with a note, "This is Murphy, he's looking for a new home from a client, he's here ready to be seen" He looks so much like my cat Bernie that I lost last summer but as you can see he's a bit cross-eye'd and he has big bear paws. I came home and thought about it for a couple days then decided he'd be my Christmas present, he's fitting in nicely here but he still has a whole lot of kitten and the devil in him, nothing is safe, he gets into everything but he does know what No means and he minds very well for a cat. He just loves to watch TV, he'll sit there for a half hour at a time watching the screen and he follows the movements, funny to watch.

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[gnees]

 

[mikepetro]

 

[awsum140]

Willie, here' my two guesses -

They built in a failure point to insure service needed.

They had these casting hanging around and need a way to pad the bearing socket to fit the bearings they had hanging around.

In either case, the softness of the bronze shouldn't be a big factor since it's being cupped, 360, by the bearing socket. I'm assuming it's a friction fit, of course.

 

[cigatron]

It's just one of those things I've seen over the years from twisting wrenches that leaves me scratching my head, Why did they design it that way? Does it matter? No, but these are the kind of questions I've always found interesting, I'm driven to find the answer and I can't let it go until I do. Why would they put a soft bronze bushing in with a roller bearing, a bearing that will withstand high stress pressures? I worked as a GM tech early on up until the 80's then from then on strictly imports so these later model GM's I'm not as familiar with and I've never seen bearing/bushing stacking like that before. Got to be a reason, I just can't think of one, thoughts??

First, congrats on your rescue kitty! That's always my perferred method for getting pets.

I've seen some overkill mechanical designs in my wrenching too, not as many as you have I'm sure.
The only reason for the bushing I can think of would be to minimize the axle shaft side loads transmitted to the trans output shaft during rapid suspension travel events. Like hitting a pothole. Maybe the support structure for the output shaft inside the trans was underbuilt and the designers felt the side loads of the axle would eventually cause problems internally so they added the bushing to help keep things centered up. Is the drive axle on that side the short one, or the long one? If it's the short one the side load forces would be greater due to the sharper angle between the trans and wheel hub.

In the words of Alexander Holyfield after one of his fights, "I don't know, you know?"

 

[dwcraig1]

Something to hold the bearing in place, just guessing.

 

[Rossum]

I don't go looking for these, but every once in a while, I come across one that's worthy:

 

[mikepetro]

Finally, got my Certificate renewal finished. All my websites should be back up now.

 

[dwcraig1]

I think I may have mentioned this before. My VapeCige being missing is a blessing in disguise, AMD posted some pics in another forum about how the 510 leaked like a sieve...but of coarse he was able to fix it by replacing stuff and making a part.

 

[Steamer861]

I think I may have mentioned this before. My VapeCige being missing is a blessing in disguise, AMD posted some pics in another forum about how the 510 leaked like a sieve...but of coarse he was able to fix it by replacing stuff and making a part.

I would want to form my own opinion, you never really know till you try it your self.

BTW the Mesh tank came in today, 9 days, I got this FT thing figured out
First impressions? It's all most a Well built RTA/RDA vape experience!
I'l do a better write up after using it for a while

 

[dwcraig1]

My wife's Smok Nord arrives today, I figure she will have her Aspire Breeze 2 destroyed any day now....or lost.

 

[BillW50]

BTW the Mesh Tank came in today, 9 days, I got this FT thing figured out
First impressions? It's all most a Well built RTA/RDA vape experience!
I'l do a better write up after using it for a while

You got FT figured out? What's the secret? I ordered 3 packs of triple mesh on the same day you ordered your tank from FT. And they are still in China as I type.

 

[tiburonfirst]

Finally, got my Certificate renewal finished. All my websites should be back up now.

did i do the wrong thing when i created an exception?

 

[mikepetro]

did i do the wrong thing when i created an exception?

It is not "best practice" to do so. The exception is no longer needed, you can delete it now.

 

[tiburonfirst]

It is not "best practice" to do so. The exception is no longer needed, you can delete it now.

if i only knew where ff stores those things!

 

[Steamer861]

What's the secret?

Only buy items that say "ships next day" realize they are all most a full day ahead of us, if you buy some thing on Friday it's all ready Saturday there. Only use E-Packet shipping.
I buy stuff after 9 PM, it's morning there! Many times if I order after 9 PM it ships the next morning here, end of the day there
Here in Canada, it's customs that is all ways the hold up! your item could be in the country & still say it has not arrived, probably just sitting waiting for customs. So try to avoid busy times for imports.
My last 5+ orders have arrived in less than 2 weeks, that faster than any thing I can get out of the US!
Also they all most all ways have sales, 10 or 15% off is common, use the promo tab to see what's up

 

[mikepetro]

So @Steamer861 it seem my single coil decks arrived before my "Plus's" have arrived.

What kind of fused TI build are you using in the single coil deck?
Looks like I might have to whip out the drill and wrap some more clapton sticks.