thE anGRY Hornet is silent - how to break something in style. (1 Viewer)

[cicak]

So what caused this read on to find out?

Long weeeknd and I was stuck at home. RED failed its rego renewal thanks to my neighbour who repported it to road transport for WHite man driving with out a license (not true at all the neighbour is an a****** he also reported a friends car and he had to get the HILUX surf inspected also). More on the rego sagas next week.

So stuck at home myself and Paul (HILUX SURF Broke down thursday nite also) went out for dinner and a few beers while the other headed off to Taman Negara (National PArk) for a relaxing weekend 6 4x4s went along with their carpet commando's etc.

Saturday arvo 3:10pm to be exact I have the mountain bike on the rear of the trusty stock ISUZU pickup and heading to the MTB shop when the phone goes hae GECKO "THEY NEED PARTS" 4 trucks are down it the jungle I volunteer. 4.20pm we are off I have picked up Radiator hoses (JEEP) and Fuel pump (7M LC II) and spare tubes for the ANgry Hornet and a mekanic (Ah Wha) and the Big Dane of SE AUtOtmotive Raymond,

4.20pm we are on tthe road 275k to go it whizzes by fast at 160k for the first 125k then the side road slows us down or does it. 7.00pm we are at the trailhead and the fone goes again. The

Angry Hornet has blown its gearbox up the White Buffalo (monster 80 Series) has blown its auto and they are under tow with a JEEP and a Miss bitchy (PAJERO). Bugger it we get to the resort only 6k up the dirt road and elect to have lunch/dinner and let the others arrive at the resort in their own time. Just before 9.00pm the VHF radio in the resort crackles to life and the other end asks for us. It the tow convoy they are now stopped on the road and need help.

We cruise off up the track and there they are all 4 vehicles stopped in the pitch black and a fire going. THe JEEP at the front the angry horent on a strap behind. A broken strap behind the Hornet coming froma BRoken Front tow hook on the Miss Bitchy on the back of the Miss Bitchy is the White buFFalo on a tow strap. Then the story. Haha what a sight JEEP, LANDCRUISER, PAJERO (2.5 DIESEL) , BIG LANDCRUISER all parked up in the dark.

WIld Bill and Karel were flying (we will not say racing orhhooning) down the road then stopped to let the others catch up and WIld Bill revved the angry hornet to 7500rpm (redline8,000) and BANG an explosion and the dash blew out and the angry hornet stopped. A very close Inspection from some very stunned occupants revealed no BELL housing at all in the Angry Hornet. Split GEARBOX - No FLyWHEEL. Bits of metal all over the road. Underneath the bell housing was bueried in the Firewall and through it the carpet and the heavy rubber mats saving the two occupants legs from serious injury.

THen they had to Tow the hornet one front and one rear as all the BRAKE LINES and the CLUTCH was taken out and with no gearbox attached how was it going to start?. Then the battery went flat something had seriously severed some wiring 40k from camp they were in for a long tow. The JEEP (2.5l XJ) overheated towing. THen they broke the rear strap on the angry hornet by pulling the front hook out of the Miss bitchy bringing everything to a stop.

THen we arrived. We played rear tow for the Angry Hornet back to camp. They all had MAkan and then fixed the LC II fuel pump and the JEEPS blown radiator hoses in the dark. THe other two THE angry hornet and the white bufffalo werre put on flatbeds the next day for the long 275k to Kuala Lumpur for repairs.

The pieces all over the road.

Picking up the pieces.

Wondering how to put the pieces back.

This bit is the bell housing bueried in the firewall.

the flywheel was in 6 pieces after they did the CSI reconstruction on it.
The causes? Well the Angry Hornet they think an unbalanced flywheel (it had just been skimmed for the second time) plus I believe the limit for a steel flywheel is 7,000rpm. The gearbox is totally destroyed and new casings and shafts required. The white buffalo gearbox - I believe the 36" mud terrains. THey have obtained a 7M converted H55F for the Angry Hornet - I wonder how long that will last ?

I head home and arrived home 2.00am and the mountain bike - yup it went the whole trip with me.

 

[jb BJ73]

bloody heck man what a night have heard of flywheels letting go before. wouldn't be surprised if there were small hairline cracks in it after it got skimmed the second time. never mind the occupants legs, lucky it didn't take out the family jewels

 

[JAC83]

Holy crap! that's some serious damage right there, I didn't know it was even possible for it to blow up like that.

I'm glad that everyone was alright, that's quite a story.

 

[KLF]

I have had that happen to me, except it was a Ford F700 flatbed, way back in 1984. I was part of a convoy of Halliburton trucks rolling down the road at about 35 mph, suddenly the truck started slowing down and lost power, and a few minutes later BOOM and dead stop. Got out and looked under the truck, shrapnel everywhere. Bell housing was totally GONE, tranny hanging by the mounts. Lots of dents in the floorboard. Apparently the flywheel exploded but we never were able to figure out why. After they towed it away, I noticed a chunk of flywheel still embedded in the pavement, so I dug it out, I still have that chunk on my desk today.

I have also seen a clutch explode one time when a guy was in lo-lo (double cases), he started down a long gradual hill so instead of shifting into a higher gear he just held the clutch in and let the truck idle down the hill. Well, think about it, gearing works both ways, and as the truck gained speed the extreme gear reduction spun the clutch faster and faster until the pressure plate couldn't take the revs and it let go.

It's also fun to watch the clutches explode at tractor pulls when the driver misses a gear and over-revs the multiple engines. That's why they put scatter shields around the trannys.

 

[prado t]

Off topic, same happened in a Hayes off highway loggin truck 5 + 15 direct with a V12 Detroit with 500,000 lbs of logs. Wow I am glad everybody is OK. sorry for the 5 speed.