Last Call: Hooniversal Joint Edition

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Universal joints are mesmerizing in action, but as you can see from the animation above, they are no constant velocity joint!
Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. 
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48 responses to “Last Call: Hooniversal Joint Edition”

  1. theskitter Avatar

    This is why you want [1] a very straight steering column as well as [2] CV joints in the column for the ultimate in steering feel.

  2. stigshift Avatar
    stigshift

    Cadillacs of the 60s used driveshafts with CV joints front and rear for superb smoothness. Can’t find a damned picture of course…

    1. P161911 Avatar
      P161911

      The first Gen SRX and probably the CTS used Guibos but they made you buy the whole drive shafts if it needed to be replaced.

      1. Joe Btfsplk Avatar
        Joe Btfsplk

        Everyone spells Giubo as Guibo. Guess which one is correct?

        1. dead_elvis Avatar
          dead_elvis

          Regardless of how it’s spelled (the latter, obv), it always reads as “guido” to me first.
          Note: I have Italian heritage, but have spent no real time in New Jersey. Plenty of time on Lawn Guyland as a kid visiting grandparents, though.

        2. CraigSu Avatar
          CraigSu

          Guibo looks and sounds more Italian, especially with a hard G, despite Giubo being a contraction of giunto (joint) and Antonio Boschi’s surname. It’s probably just looks too much like Guido (or there are more dyslexic people in the automotive community than the general population).

  3. mzszsm Avatar
    mzszsm

    There’s sort of a knack to repacking CV joints. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Simple_CV_Joint_animated.gif

    1. Fuhrman16 Avatar
      Fuhrman16

      I assume there’s some sort of stop to prevent the spheres from popping out? (I’ve never actually taken a CV joint apart).

      1. smalleyxb122 Avatar
        smalleyxb122

        Yes, there is a cage not shown in this simplified gif.

      2. mzszsm Avatar
        mzszsm

        This is the video I used to figure-out what to do on Ford CV. About five minutes in you can see the cage coming apart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsytyVzokBg

        1. Sjalabais Avatar
          Sjalabais

          Videos like this are fantastic entertainment. Yet I end up being a bit sad faced, too, because it is such a tiny bit of the “how a car works”-universe, and I still just barely understand all the reasoning done here. Hard to be a car guy without being mechanically inclined.

    2. Rover 1 Avatar
      Rover 1

      And press ‘Save’.
      Thank you. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a GIF worth?

      1. willied1029 Avatar
        willied1029

        Multiply the number of frames by 1000. 😛

    1. ptschett Avatar
      ptschett

      One of the invaluable lessons I learned from trying to build an articulated 4WD tractor from Lego Technic pieces in ~1993. (Before Legos got too specialized. Get off my lawn, you darn kids!)

  4. Frank T. Cat Avatar
    Frank T. Cat

    View post on imgur.com


    After over a month of fiddle farting around, and waiting for parts (and receiving wrong ones), I’ve finally rebuilt my 9-5’s turbo with a new center section and seals. What you see here is a care package I put together for my car that I’m giving my mechanic tomorrow. Along with the turbo is a bunch of “while you’re in there’s”… including an upgraded turbo intake pipe for 30% more flow. Heheheh.

    1. Sjalabais Avatar
      Sjalabais

      How many horses do you get out of 30% better air flow?

      1. Frank T. Cat Avatar
        Frank T. Cat

        Not anything measurable. It’s more for faster turbo spool/throttle response, and better fuel mileage.

        1. wunno sev Avatar
          wunno sev

          does it give you better whistle? better whistle is super important
          i’m all about the whistles

          1. Sjalabais Avatar
            Sjalabais

            That is only half the job, you know. Remember to upgrade the bells, too.
            http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Police_car_bell,_2009_HCVS_London_to_Brighton_run.jpg

          2. wunno sev Avatar
            wunno sev

            a crucial element!

    2. theskitter Avatar

      Make sure the wastegate can keep up.

      1. Frank T. Cat Avatar
        Frank T. Cat

        SAAB used this intake pipe with the same turbo on later 9-5’s so I’m not too worried.
        Worst case, I swap the TD04HL sitting in a box under my desk, that I got sent by accident instead of the GT17 core I ordered. Basically a direct bolt on with a water/oil line adapter kit.

  5. wunno sev Avatar
    wunno sev

    go see mad max

  6. Guest Avatar
    Guest

    Hey Batshitbox, what do you think of this?

    1969 Rare International Scout Canadian postal only 175 in Can

    http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTMyWDgwMA==/z/KeIAAOSwBLlVSQvY/$_27.JPG

    It’s a right hand drive Scout!

    1. Batshitbox Avatar
      Batshitbox

      Oy, vey. I’ve given up on my RHD 2WD Scout 80, but not enough to actually, like, get rid of it. So basically it’s still sitting in the garage where it’s been for a few years. Turns out getting rid of a project is itself a project.
      Is there a link to that sale? I’m curious in a fanboy sort of way. It looks like it still has the mail service logo on the door, and it’s pillarbox red, which is probably correct for the civil service in a crown colony. Royal Mail? I’m a couple generations removed from my Canadian ancestors, though, not sure what it’s supposed to look like.

  7. Batshitbox Avatar
    Batshitbox

    Machinist porn: Analogarithmic Edition
    This is a Bridgeport tracing mill with a small lathe mounted to the bed. Also a pair of precision vices. So, two Model J vertical milling heads and one automatic, hydraulic (systematic! why, it’s greased lightning!) tracer, two precision vices and a bench lathe, all in one setup. Also, the machines are nicknamed Goldilocks and Mama Bear.
    Why? Well, in a word, bagpipes. http://www.irishpipesandwhistles.com/blog/

    1. Tanshanomi Avatar

      Complexity much?
      So awesome in the right hands. So much opportunity to break stuff if you don’t know what you are doing.

      1. Texlenin Avatar
        Texlenin

        DIY: Multimachine.org

    1. Sjalabais Avatar
      Sjalabais

      Astrid Söta Gröna? You’re in Sweden?

      1. Jofes2 Avatar
        Jofes2

        Yep. And you’re from Norway if I remember that right?

        1. Sjalabais Avatar
          Sjalabais

          Stemmer det! The Hooniverse is one of the most international spots on the internet I know of – relative to its size. Would be cool if Jeff could spit in some stats?

          1. Jofes2 Avatar
            Jofes2

            That would be interesting. So if you’re from Norway, I’m from Sweden and Antti is from Finland, I wonder if there is any Dane here to keep the balance.

  8. tonyola Avatar
    tonyola

    I know I’ve been away for a while and I’m glad that I can contribute regularly again, but things I miss on Hooniverse currently are the weekend used car features. Any chance of them coming back?

    1. Batshitbox Avatar
      Batshitbox

      I think those were posted by Jim “UDMan” Brennan and we haven’t heard from him since around the time of the Intense Debacle / Snowpocalypse 2015. He also gave us the Hooniverse Obscure Muscle Car Garage and Classic Captions posts which are greatly missed.
      http://hooniverse.info/author/udman/

      1. CraigSu Avatar
        CraigSu

        I don’t remember $kaycog making the leap to Disqus either. Anybody hear from her?

  9. Kiefmo Avatar
    Kiefmo

    Who is this friend of the ‘Verse that I rudely tailgated and dangerously photographed driving past the Westwood WalMart today?
    Reveal yourself!
    NB: if the photo is too spuddy to decipher, that is a Homicides sticker low on the bumper.

    1. dead_elvis Avatar
      dead_elvis

      Homicides? Auto-correct claims yet another victim.

      1. Kiefmo Avatar
        Kiefmo

        Thank you. I have added Hooniverse to my phone’s dictionary to avoid future embarrassment.

    2. Sjalabais Avatar
      Sjalabais

      Is Bradley the only Miata guy here?

    3. Tanshanomi Avatar

      I will have to be on the lookout for this guy. Although admittedly, I don’t travel much around Westwood anymore.

      1. Kiefmo Avatar
        Kiefmo

        If memory serves and my eyes didn’t deceive me at the time, the driver had a bob haircut.
        I ain’t one to judge, but He-Man is the only man with a bob that I’m aware of, and I don’t think he’d fit in an MX-5.

  10. Tanshanomi Avatar

    The illustration should ideally show the input shaft rotating at a steady speed, exaggerating the uneven pulsing at the output shaft.

    1. Texlenin Avatar
      Texlenin

      Any thoughts on the Thompson CV joint?

      1. Tanshanomi Avatar

        My thoughts on that subject are mostly centered around whatzzahuhhowzit?
        https://d2t1xqejof9utc.cloudfront.net/screenshots/pics/41adfebce53c79c79749d4ba2960c0c3/medium.gif