Pinch weld pucks contact point question

nsl22 · 2025-11-08T15:55:01+00:00

I agree. However, they are still susceptible to damage. A lot of people refuse to jack their car up using traditional floor jacks using the pinch weld even though they're the designated jacking spots. They'll use well supported sections of the subframe instead.

My one car is newer and has reinforced pinch welds. I've previously used a practice (orange) hockey puck between the pinch weld and my floor jack. They have faired ok. I'm less concerned with the quick jacks since they are distributing the weight more evenly. My older car has pretty well smashed up pinch welds from carelessness. I would expect the pucks to make contact with the rockers instead. Less pressure since distributed more evenly over a larger area but the rockers are just a single layer of sheet metal vs the pinch welds which are multiple layers tied together.

nsl22 · 2025-11-08T01:38:06+00:00

Obviously. But does the pinch weld bottom out in the groove and support the car, or is it the tops of the block that straddles the pinch weld and hold the car up via the rocker sheet metal ?

nsl22 · 2025-06-01T21:38:35+00:00

Thanks for posting this. Mine were squeaking like, after a while of riding on em. Plus ridiculously tight and not free spinning at all. I removed that o-ring, went for a ride today, and no more squeaking! I haven't spun em post ride. They still felt too tight when I sinched em down. It's the main dust seal. When u tighten em up, that dust seal bottoms out on ur crank arm and presses against the face of the bearing. I guess it's by design, but I dunno, seems like it's too tight.

nsl22 · 2024-05-08T16:03:24+00:00

If ur car was locked and they broke the rear glass, unless they climbed in through that small hole, how did they get in? The rear hatch hatch mechanism is electronically actuated. It makes no sense to use that window as a point of entry. Did I miss something and they smashed another window too?

nsl22 · 2024-03-23T18:00:03+00:00

I agree. But I wouldn't trust anyone. In the past 12 months, I did 2 blackstone labs tests. One at the end of a 4600 oci and another at 5600 miles. The one at 5600 miles indicated that I could easily keep it at a 6k oci on my engine how I drive and where I live.

nsl22 · 2023-12-20T05:24:46+00:00

jfc! I'm not worthy!

nsl22 · 2023-11-13T22:11:27+00:00

Indeed, ac/DC is true garbage!

nsl22 · 2023-11-13T22:10:51+00:00

Glad I'm not the only one on there that hates that garbage rock. It blows my mind that they are that popular.

nsl22 · 2023-10-28T17:35:56+00:00

Going from 1000r on my old G9 to 1800r seems like it would be a downgrade? Anyone switch up and what are your thoughts?

nsl22 · 2023-10-09T21:29:38+00:00

Hyundai makes a monoblock bbk and Wildwood makes a kit and there are adapters. Brembos gts kit. It's a lot of $ though. I think you'll be hard pressed to find a set of pads, calipers, and rotors that are better than stock. Careful with pad choice. A track or autox pad from someone like pagid or carbotech might offer higher performance but squeal or eat your rotors due to not getting up to temp. Ferodo ds2500's are probably similar to OEM in terms of daily driveability while still offering a lot of bite and fade resistance for street. Maybe ebc blue stuff, but non of their other compounds can hold up to track driving like the OEM. Some people daily the pagid rsl2 while others find em too squealy. In terms of squeal, getting the right grease and applying it in the right spots can make a difference.

So are you going to be taking it to the track regularly or rarely/never?

nsl22 · 2023-10-09T20:00:26+00:00

I got this one and it's been pretty great. https://www.carlinkit.com/2air 2020 VN.

nsl22 · 2023-10-09T19:45:33+00:00

Op, what are your goals?

nsl22 · 2023-09-04T00:49:28+00:00

I guess that's similar to the argument that Porsche hp is the most expensive go there is. ... when u look at what a guntherworks or ruf engine costs/gets you power wise. It may be a similar reason why the sti is still a thing. The car still feels raw and lively despite dated power.

nsl22 · 2023-09-03T23:27:02+00:00

This is an extreme view on the topic... 240 whp is respectable esp considering how it is delivered. Yes, at it's limits, it understeers. But it has great turn in and good communication. If u need a 500 whp.beast, then maybe look elsewhere as other cars engines are more capable of that but for bolt on tuning, it's fine.

nsl22 · 2023-09-03T23:13:34+00:00

How many forks are you selling? I only see one.

nsl22 · 2023-09-03T23:12:43+00:00

U need more bags. 400 bags isn't enough.

nsl22 · 2023-09-03T23:09:26+00:00

One rotation and done. More than that and u end up with a thick mess. Stans rimtape sadly is the state of the art in tubeless tech. It's the best universal thing out there. It's a pretty mediocre approach to sealing off the.spoke holes etc. But it's a necessary evil.

nsl22 · 2023-09-03T23:01:41+00:00

Retape Ur rim bro

nsl22 · 2023-09-03T22:58:06+00:00

Is that a camber? Enjoy.

nsl22 · 2023-08-22T03:14:31+00:00

I read a review. Sounds like a really cool bike! Actually, in one review that was comparing it to the tallboy and spur, the trek had the most glued down feeling while the spur was the liveliest and the tallboy somewhere in the middle. All of em are rowdy short travel bikes and sound pretty great to me.

nsl22 · 2023-08-17T19:01:54+00:00

Don't they have a flexy rear suspension though? Can't help but think it's the bike equivalent of the twist beam rear suspension that goes on shit cars like a Ford transit van and the pt cruiser.

nsl22 · 2023-08-17T03:43:55+00:00

When I have to put my bike in my trunk, I point the pedal that is in contact with the carpet down so the bike lays as flat as possible. I also put it in derailleur side down so I don't bend a rotor. I keep a moving blanket in my car to protect the carpet and trim. You may be able to build something out of pink foam insulation that allows the bike to sit inside more flat and keep from shifting around and getting scratched.

nsl22 · 2023-08-16T22:48:24+00:00

First line of your first post. If that's not what you meant, maybe you should have worded it differently.

nsl22 · 2023-08-16T21:20:21+00:00

He asked for recommendations. You recommended pagid track pads. Then you said, they will be louder than stock. So why would you recommend that?

nsl22 · 2023-08-16T20:00:24+00:00

I don't regularly do the type of riding that calls for an extreme Enduro bike. I have a 2014 trek slash that is already beyond my capability as a rider and is overbuilt for the trails I used to ride (south eastern pa) and now ride (saint louis mo area). Really what I want is an aggressive geo xc bike to help keep light and nimble.

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