Made a deal with the guy, truck almost completely the way I wanted it, perfect for what im looking for.
Went to set up pickup with him in Branson.. aaaaand hes backing out of selling it to me! He messaged me off of a WTB post! Wtf is wrong with these kids! [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Any of you guys know a good Touchless car wash in Johnson County? Everyone I've called or go to says they are not touchless.
Originally Posted by cooper barrett:
Yes, technically they can, in a classroom (cough), but they don't.....They can "vibrate" if they are moving around in their sockets but it's always something else causing the abnormal vibration or shimmy.
Shimmy is an "abnormal vibration"
Shows how much you know.
I think you're conflating what is a root cause and what is a greater concern.
Imbalanced or frictional tires and brakes can induce a bit of vibrational energy into the drivetrain without being an immediate concern. But if the ball joints are loosening, this allows that vibrational energy to form a feedback loop until it's noticeable and distracting. Further, that loosening of ball joints is a greater danger of loss of vehicle control than a stuck caliper or an imbalanced tire.
The vibrations may CAUSE the shimmy, but if the vibrations are noteable enough to track down and diagnose, it's important to figure out if the ball joints are failing.
Think of it like loose lug nuts. Much like tightened lug nuts assure that your wheel stays on your car as you turn and corner, a tire or brake can have a small imbalance that proper ball joints [as part of a properly maintained drive train] can absorb before you notice them. But if your lug nuts/ball joints are loose, the vibrations/turning can be catastrophic in short order. [Reply]
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Imbalanced or frictional tires and brakes can induce a bit of vibrational energy into the drivetrain without being an immediate concern. But if the ball joints are loosening, this allows that vibrational energy to form a feedback loop until it's noticeable and distracting.
Originally Posted by cooper barrett:
Getting myself a cup of coffee....
I'll try to wrap my mind around "drive train" comment.
Originally Posted by cooper barrett:
Dartgod.
Why don't you explain how a "ball joint" is part of a "drive train" of an automobile?
Originally Posted by cooper barrett:
GloryHolZ,
Why don't you take take the challenge too? Explain it to me.
Just how would a "ball joint" be considered a part of the "drive train" of a car?
Don't be an asshole.
This fucking place. You can say correct thing after correct thing. But if you're too precise in your language people avoid the subject by bitching about you being pedantic. And if you're too colloquial in your language, people avoid the subject by being pedantic themselves.
I called it the drivetrain because it was a succinct term for the vehicle guidance control and dampening subsystem, that most reasonable people would recognize as referring to what I was in fact referring to.
But you had to be butthurt about the slightest of contradiction. [Reply]
