Poor design thread

[Psyrax]

Giloolys interchange

Then Cape Town will cause serious road rage for Jozi folks.

[The Ouzo]

Then Cape Town will cause serious road rage for Jozi folks.

I've been going to Cape Town every year for the last 20+ years. (only skipped a few), it has never been as bad as it was this year. Cape Town drivers generally have no clue, but its as if this year the drought has caused all their brain stems to dry up.

[Long Wheel Base]

Giloolys interchange

Yeah it's no better than the original. Only cool thing about it is how they built it.

[Hairy]

2 chain whips, a bench vice, a mallet and a drift

 

Unlock all the cogs with the chain whips, pull the driver off the hub, rest the spider on the jaws of the vice and knock the body out with a hammer and a drift.

the bigger the problem, the bigger the hammer / mallet? 

[The Ouzo]

and if you where travelling north through there this morning... trucks that carry bricks...

I can see the approach to the interchange from my desk, it is NEVER free flowing through there, add something other than a free flowing cars through there and its chaos

[Rigardt@Scott]

Then Cape Town will cause serious road rage for Jozi folks.

 

 

I've been going to Cape Town every year for the last 20+ years. (only skipped a few), it has never been as bad as it was this year. Cape Town drivers generally have no clue, but its as if this year the drought has caused all their brain stems to dry up.

 

 

Having moved down to CT from Gauteng at the beginning of this year I can conclusively say that the traffic in CT is a million times worse than Gauteng. Gauteng is bad, but the roads are built to take the traffic and it moves - slowly - but it moves; in CT you just sit.

 

And people in CT drive like ***holes! On the N2 your only option is 160 in the right lane, or 80 in the left lane. Crazy that people don't realise the fastest and safest way to travel on the N2 is to go the speed limit without weaving in and out of traffic.

 

Rant off.

[Grebel]

the bigger the problem, the bigger the hammer / mallet? 

 

And if you can't fix it with a hammer, then you have an electrical problem.

[Long Wheel Base]

And if you can't fix it with a hammer, then you have an electrical problem.

All electrical devices have smoke inside them and once the smoke comes out it can no longer be fixed.

[Grebel]

All electrical devices have smoke inside them and once the smoke comes out it can no longer be fixed.

 

One should NEVER release the magic blue smoke... 

[droo]

Having moved down to CT from Gauteng at the beginning of this year I can conclusively say that the traffic in CT is a million times worse than Gauteng. Gauteng is bad, but the roads are built to take the traffic and it moves - slowly - but it moves; in CT you just sit.

 

And people in CT drive like ***holes! On the N2 your only option is 160 in the left lane, or 80 in the right lane. Crazy that people don't realise the fastest and safest way to travel on the N2 is to go the speed limit without weaving in and out of traffic.

 

Rant off.

 

Fixed.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

2 chain whips, a bench vice, a mallet and a drift

 

Unlock all the cogs with the chain whips, pull the driver off the hub, rest the spider on the jaws of the vice and knock the body out with a hammer and a drift.

 

OR just buy an industry 9 hub and never have issues again.................

[Neverfit]

These little cables from Hell.... Costs an arm and a leg and only lasts a few months.

Non OEM cables tend to last from 1 week to 1 year before the phone wakes up and just decide F@ckit...I won't charge from you again!

[The Ouzo]

These little cables from Hell.... Costs an arm and a leg and only lasts a few months.

Non OEM cables tend to last from 1 week to 1 year before the phone wakes up and just decide F@ckit...I won't charge from you again!

I dont understand this, I've had iphones since the 3, never had issues with cables like other people tend to do.

Not sure what people do with their cables, the one in your pic still looks ok compared to some that I've seen.

 

But yes, non OEM ones all seem to be different levels of crap. with the amount of money I've spent on non OEM cables I could have just gotten myself 2 extra OEM ones and be done with it. (I like to leave one cable at home and have one in the office,)

 

At one stage I spent a pretty penny on a braded cable with a magnetic connector to the phone (much like a macbook mag connector), it worked fine for a short while then just gave up.

[droo]

These little cables from Hell.... Costs an arm and a leg and only lasts a few months.

Non OEM cables tend to last from 1 week to 1 year before the phone wakes up and just decide F@ckit...I won't charge from you again!

 

Step one - don't abuse your cables. 

 

Step two - take the spring from a ballpoint, wrap it round the cable, and push it up to the connector. Job done.

[Long Wheel Base]

Step one - don't abuse your cables. 

 

Step two - take the spring from a ballpoint, wrap it round the cable, and push it up to the connector. Job done.

Some decent free advice right here. 

[the nerd]

Step one - don't abuse your cables. 

 

Step two - take the spring from a ballpoint, wrap it round the cable, and push it up to the connector. Job done.

 

Step Three - Go to the hardware and get some heatshrink, cover the spring and some of the cable... last forever!