Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Stupid questions, which I've come up with, but I can't figure out if they are actually stupid, or just clever improvements

Lug nuts come loose, so, why not a cotter pin through the lug so the nut can't work itself off more than a fraction of an inch?

Disk brakes... why aren't they accordion shaped for more surface area contact and greater thermal dissipation?

These are actual shower thoughts. If they are the stupidest ideas you've ever heard, kindly say so, so I can delete this post. 

4 comments:

  1. It's about saving 3 1/2 cents per car and making parts wear out so you can sell more. This is where hot rodders and car guys come in, fixing and improving on what engineers can't and manufacture's won't. Look at aircraft brakes they are multidisc systems for safety. They would be to heavy for average car but more friction material would definitely be better.

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  2. ive seen some arrowhead looking things that snap onto big rig lug nuts to keep them from being able to turn very far.
    mostly on trash trucks oddly enough

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    1. right! Good point! Some busses have them too

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  3. Those are put on lugs so you can do a quick check to make sure the lugs haven't come loose. If you look you see they are in line, if one is off you notice easily. They are plastic and not made to keep nuts from moving also neon colors to get your attention

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