The great P80 Volvo Bloopers - Idiots - Fails thread - June 2023

Post by **volvolugnut** » 26 Oct 2021, 14:49

That torch picture reminds me of another torch failure of mine. I was cutting a tube with the torch while wearing a frayed jacket. The sparks down the tube ignited the coat. Fortunately, I was wearing leather gloves and slapped out the flames on the jacket. The jacket went in the trash as soon as the flames were out.
Always wear PPE (Personal Protection Equipment). Including SHOES.
volvolugnut

Post by **Clemens** » 27 Oct 2021, 02:48

abscate wrote: 26 Oct 2021, 10:23 Dumba**** failed to torque the caliper attach bracket correctly to the rear axle. It got loose, the caliper swung up and machined out the alloy wheel, which blew the tire, and then caught in the alloy, fracturing the rotor, bracket, and tires.

I suspect I put the bolts in and never got around to torquing them, due to a long day and user fatigue. They drove for about two months/900 miles

I like welding in bare feet - it keeps you aware of where the metal is going

I did the same mistake on a Mark 4 VW Golf wagon, luckily my mom noticed a clunking from the rear. I had torqued them down, but I guess they need quite alot more torque than one would suggest.

Just like the wheel bolts on the VW T4s. I know no T4 owner who didn't have them come loose at some point. Honestly, who feels comfortable torquing wheel bolts to 180 Nm ...

Post by **RickHaleParker** » 27 Oct 2021, 09:41

Clemens wrote: 27 Oct 2021, 02:48 Honestly, who feels comfortable torquing wheel bolts to 180 Nm ...

I do .. 180 Nm is only 134 ft-lb. Just 34 ft-lb more then I torque Volvo Lug bolts.

Post by **scot850** » 27 Oct 2021, 11:40

And a lot less than the 350ft/lb+ I had to use to remove the lug nuts from my wife's Kia after a visit to the dealer!

Neil.

Post by **Clemens** » 28 Oct 2021, 14:21

scot850 wrote: 27 Oct 2021, 11:40 And a lot less than the 350ft/lb+ I had to use to remove the lug nuts from my wife's Kia after a visit to the dealer!

Neil.

How did the bolts like that? I removwd a way overtorqued wheel bolt once and it was basically ripped apart and the lower part was only hanging on with a single thread. Kinda hard to explain, but fascinating to look at.

Post by **scot850** » 28 Oct 2021, 16:04

Surprisingly they all survived. Now the Kia spec for torque for alloy wheels is 69-80 ft/lb!! After that I always checked the wheel lugnuts after a visit and made it clear I would before handing the car over. When it happened again, I stopped using the dealer as that was on top of striping the oil pan bolts and then trying to fudge a repair which only lasted one day before leaving a pool under the car of fresh engine oil. They then tried to blame the dealer I bought it from. I hate that dis-honesty.

Neil.

Post by **abscate** » 05 Nov 2021, 04:48

If you don’t lube the cam thrust bearings on both the axial and the thrust surfaces with heavy grease, you can take the cam cover off and on six times and the cams still won’t rotate.

Post by **foggydogg** » 05 Nov 2021, 07:07

abscate wrote: 05 Nov 2021, 04:48 If you don’t lube the cam thrust bearings on both the axial and the thrust surfaces with heavy grease, you can take the cam cover off and on six times and the cams still won’t rotate.

Nothing like practice to perfect a task.
The rest of the process should seem routine now.

Post by **abscate** » 05 Nov 2021, 18:29

Until I knuckled down and understood cam flank angle , I had timing belt removal on my T5 down to 6 minutes

Post by **scot850** » 05 Nov 2021, 18:39

Now you are a confirmed flanker!

Neil.