what happened withe G56 SBC was tearing apart

[ilovetrains]

I guess it was not South Bend, but a transmission shop in OK, if I remember. Anyway, there was a thread with a guy that donated his truck to elt them tear it apart, but I never heard what the final outcome was.



Anyone know?

 

[Jaysyl]

Yea what ever happened to Tim, and the new clutch.

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

They found out that the G-56 was so weakly designed and constructed, that if the dual-mass flywheel was replaced with a conventional one, the whole transmission would explode, and probably wipe out the rest of the truck in the process...

























(NO, that really isn't it - but it's sure to bring out some answers... )

 

[nickleinonen]

(NO, that really isn't it - but it's sure to bring out some answers... )

:-laf:-laf:-laf:-laf:-laf

 

[klenger]

Trolling, are we Gary?

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

Trolling, are we Gary?

NAH - but I'm curious how that test is going too...

 

[nonesuch]

Tim is no longer a member of this board...

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

Tim is no longer a member of this board...

Perhaps not, but that shouldn't have stopped the test, or flow of information...

 

[JayWm]

Geez Gary, start a flame war why don't ya... .



As nonesuch said, Tim chose to no longer participate here. I do wonder if he and SBC and Blumenthal's continued with the tear down. The only one who can answer that I think is gonna be Peter from SBC. I'd volunteer my truck, but I'm clear out in california, and have no plans to bomb the truck. But from an academic standpoint I'd be curious to see what the come up with when they take one apart.



Jay

 

[fkovalski]

As nonesuch said, Tim chose to no longer participate here.



Jay

Thay IS NOT what nonesuch said. "Tim is no longer a member of this board... " is what was stated.



Just as Gary is curious, so am I.



-frank.

 

[hasselbach]

Thay IS NOT what nonesuch said. "Tim is no longer a member of this board... " is what was stated.



Just as Gary is curious, so am I.



-frank.

sniff sniff,



choking up...



Tim is no longer a member on this board?? oh the humanity!

 

[nonesuch]

I'll shoot Tim an email and find out what is going on with the project and post up any info that he doesn't mind being public.

 

[FATCAT]

They found out that the G-56 was so weakly designed and constructed, that if the dual-mass flywheel was replaced with a conventional one, the whole transmission would explode, and probably wipe out the rest of the truck in the process...

Probably due to all the Plastic Parts used in the G56.

 

[hasselbach]

I'll shoot Tim... .

Ah, that's a little excessive, even if he was somewhat abbrasive to many



Good point though, I'd like to know what happened with the project as well.

 

[fkovalski]

Ah, that's a little excessive, ...

WOW- talk about taking things out of context! Are you a NEWS reporter on the side :-laf

 

[hasselbach]

WOW- talk about taking things out of context! Are you a NEWS reporter on the side :-laf

ah do you mean am I a dumb blond whose only job is to read a telepromptor written by some liberal arts bozo that distorts the facts significantly in order to boost our ratings?? damn you are a smart man.

 

[klenger]

I'll shoot Tim ...

I noticed that right away too. Tell him we miss him. It's getting boring around here. :-laf

 

[Jaysyl]

I noticed that right away too. Tell him we miss him. It's getting boring around here. :-laf

Good post

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

I really didn't/don't have anything against Tim - actually, we both suffer from the same 2 basic sicknesses - we both like our trucks, and we both tend to say what we think, sometimes without enough sugar coating for the more delicate readers...

 

[ilovetrains]

So is SBC going to chime in here and tell us what happened? It was alluded in the earlier post that there would be a feature in TDR about their findings, but why not just spit it out here? I would like to know what kind of conclusions they drew.