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[Icetech]

Boric acid was a staple in HI when I did Orkin. Inside of every new wall construction and bees nests works great till it gets wet. Works by dissolving the wax off the exoskeleton of the insect and they dry out internally.

Supposedly they will take it back to nests also...

 

[halifaxhops]

Great it has one. Even a brand new u joint can have internal cracks. I found out the hard way!

 

[halifaxhops]

Supposedly they will take it back to nests also...

Yes it does then spreads, doesnt take much.

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

I would have one on that car. Dropping a d shaft can turn the car into a electric tumbler for sure. Surprised he did not have one with the HP that ran.

 

[halifaxhops]

They make a slick one now that goes on the trans Tail shaft crossmember bolts.. I have your style on the Pop.

 

[Icetech]

It looks like that ship actually lost power and ran into a pylon on that bridge
Video of it here...

 

[Icetech]

They make a slick one now that goes on the trans Tail shaft crossmember bolts.. I have your style on the Pop.
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I always wondered if that type would bounce up and down a lot and bang off the shaft and floor...

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

I always wondered if that type would bounce up and down a lot and bang off the shaft and floor...

Agree and pretty expensive for what it is..............my old one will work just fine.

 

[dukeboy440]

Can you imagine that ride down

Collapsed so quick, I doubt you’d be able to process the oh fu…..

 

[Icetech]

Scott did you go with 3.5" steel or?

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

Scott did you go with 3.5" steel or?

3.5 Aluminum.

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

Scott did you go with 3.5" steel or?

UPS says 18lb. I also got the trans yoke and 1350 U-joints

 

[halifaxhops]

I always wondered if that type would bounce up and down a lot and bang off the shaft and floor...

Pretty sure it goes on the crossmember bolts so I would hope not.

 

[dukeboy440]

Supposed to use the harbor pilots until south of the Bay Bridge... I've been told the captain can still navigate even with the pilot onboard.

Human error
Mechanical/ loss of steerage
Intentional

Guess we wait.

Video of it going down


‘Mass casualties’ feared as Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses

Hearing so far that no distress signal was sent out and no collision alarms or horns sounded. So weird.

 

[halifaxhops]

Scott by chance you have any U joint straps dated 1969? Have a guy looking for a set of late ones.

 

[Icetech]

Nice.. i shoulda weighed my steel one.. didn't feel too heavy but no idea.. 3.5" steel

 

[Icetech]

Hearing so far that no distress signal was sent out and no collision alarms or horns sounded. So weird.

if you look at the video the entire ship went black, like zero power.. they couldn't alert anyone.. it's just a really bad accident.

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

Scott by chance you have any U joint straps dated 1969? Have a guy looking for a set of late ones.

No, I looked the last time I was in NJ, didn't see anything.

 

[halifaxhops]

Hearing so far that no distress signal was sent out and no collision alarms or horns sounded. So weird.

The ship I was on had a mechanical aft steering room but would have to be manned. Does not take long for a ship to be blown sideways at all lots of freeboard (above water line for the ground pounder)

 

[Icetech]

Hmm.. can't find my driveshaft receipt... had 7290 ujoints or something like that.. was a weird number.. and spicer yoke

 

[WV64Signet]

if you look at the video the entire ship went black, like zero power.. they couldn't alert anyone.. it's just a really bad accident.

This has about the best sequence showing the two loss of power

https://ssnews.page.link/VLpxGhWd42ie4p8a6

 

[dukeboy440]

Are they finding any survivors?

2 so far. One is uninjured, one critically injured

 

[dukeboy440]

The ship I was on had a mechanical aft steering room but would have to be manned. Does not take long for a ship to be blown sideways at all lots of freeboard (above water line for the ground pounder)

Is it possible that the pilot had a medical issue and couldn’t steer the ship? Guess it’d depend on how many on the bridge I guess.

 

[Tooljunkie]

Can you imagine how bad it could have been if it happened during rush hour?

 

[Icetech]

Is it possible that the pilot had a medical issue and couldn’t steer the ship? Guess it’d depend on how many on the bridge I guess.

no... the entire ship lost power... it wen't totally black.. power came back for a few seconds then went out again, bout 5 seconds later it hit the bridge support..