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Posted by: mgphoto Sep 17 2010, 09:56 AM
Ok, about 2 months ago or so I am closing the gate to my driveway and I see a metal part laying on the pavement, see photo below.
I've see this before, little bar, slight bend, two spot welds, from my Harley? My wife's Toyota pick up? The lawnmower?
This is the start of an exciting ride, for a mundane little item!
Sorry for the crummy photo, iPhone camera, I will try to take a photo of the other side in better light.
Sorry no prizes, just the a little lesson for those of us who think we know everything!
Good luck
Mike
Posted by: underthetire Sep 17 2010, 09:59 AM
My guess is the little tabs under the 914 to hold up the fuel lines.
Posted by: mgphoto Sep 17 2010, 10:30 AM
My guess is the little tabs under the 914 to hold up the fuel lines.
no, slighty thicker metal.
Posted by: Mike D. Sep 17 2010, 10:45 AM
Broken off part of one of the brake pad retainers/return springs...
Posted by: dlee6204 Sep 17 2010, 12:27 PM
That was my first thought
Posted by: mgphoto Sep 17 2010, 12:51 PM
That was my first thought
no, but Keep trying!
Posted by: mgphoto Sep 17 2010, 02:13 PM
OK, so here is the back side of the part with a little better light but the same crummy iPhone camera.
Anybody?
Posted by: bandjoey Sep 17 2010, 02:16 PM
Brake or fuel line hold down?
Posted by: mgphoto Sep 17 2010, 03:28 PM
Brake or fuel line hold down?
Nope! Keep trying.
Posted by: tomeric914 Sep 17 2010, 04:31 PM
Is this part off of a 914?
Posted by: trent1542 Sep 17 2010, 04:41 PM
part of the little lever/latch thing in the rear truck for a mobile jack stand? 
Posted by: mgphoto Sep 17 2010, 04:42 PM
Is this part off of a 914?
Yes it is from a 914, I was not sure back then, I pick it up and held onto it, set in on my work bench, I knew I had seen it before small piece of metal with 2 spot welds and a slight bend at one end, but where?
I will try to take a side view of it, sorry same crummy iPhone camera.
Posted by: mgphoto Sep 17 2010, 04:43 PM
part of the little lever/latch thing in the rear truck for a mobile jack stand?
Sorry Trent1542 no. Keep trying!
Posted by: rjames Sep 17 2010, 04:55 PM
Of course it is, can't you see the areas of rust on it?
Posted by: charliew Sep 17 2010, 04:59 PM
This is sorta like asking me to identify something by feel. The only thing that I know by feel is my anatomy or a womans. The shitty picture appears to show a item that was removed with a spotweld cutter though. It was probably removed from part of the sheet metal that usually rusts out that is being replaced and it was dropped and lost and forgotten until now. Good luck
Posted by: mgphoto Sep 17 2010, 05:05 PM
This is sorta like asking me to identify something by feel. The only thing that I know by feel is my anatomy or a womans. The shitty picture appears to show a item that was removed with a spotweld cutter though. Good luck
The part was not removed but the spot welds seem to have sheered off very cleanly, sorry the camera does not have macro capabilities as you can see it is only about an inch long.
Posted by: mgphoto Sep 17 2010, 05:06 PM
Of course it is, can't you see the areas of rust on it?
very good!
Posted by: mgphoto Sep 17 2010, 05:11 PM
This is sorta like asking me to identify something by feel. The only thing that I know by feel is my anatomy or a womans. The shitty picture appears to show a item that was removed with a spotweld cutter though. Good luck
The part was not removed but the spot welds seem to have sheered off very cleanly, sorry the camera does not have macro capabilities as you can see it is only about an inch long.
Tough to get a life lesson from a small missing piece of sheet metal, the consequences of this part missing were disastrous!
Posted by: trent1542 Sep 17 2010, 05:31 PM
Tough to get a life lesson from a small missing piece of sheet metal, the consequences of this part missing were disastrous!
part of the engine-lid latch mechanism?
Posted by: trent1542 Sep 17 2010, 05:32 PM
Tough to get a life lesson from a small missing piece of sheet metal, the consequences of this part missing were disastrous!
part of the engine-lid latch mechanism?
or part of the gas tank strap?
Posted by: mepstein Sep 17 2010, 06:17 PM
Piece off the targa top latch?
Posted by: Cheapsnake Sep 17 2010, 06:27 PM
That piece had to have sheared off since those are fresh breaks at the spot welds so it would have to be at a vulnerable part of the car that met its fate due to a mechanical failure or met an imovable object in your driveway. I'm betting on the latter, in which case it would most likely have to be at the bottom of the car.
Beyond that, I'll be damned if I can ever recall seeing anything that resembles that piece ANYWHERE on the car.
Posted by: 9146986 Sep 17 2010, 07:02 PM
Does your 914 look that blurry?
Posted by: davep Sep 17 2010, 07:22 PM
That looks like the little tab on the A-arm that positions the ball joint.
Posted by: mgphoto Sep 17 2010, 08:52 PM
That looks like the little tab on the A-arm that positions the ball joint.
You got it, I did not think it would take this long!
and here are is what could happen.
Torn the ball joint right out of the a-arm, this happened 2 blocks after I got off the freeway, doing about 10mph in stead of the 70mph moments earlier!
Posted by: davep Sep 17 2010, 09:07 PM
It was not easy. First I had to picture the part in my head. I realized it had to be small but substantial. Since it did not fasten to something, it probably had to fit into a slot and position or hold something. You also indicated it's loss was a disaster so it had to be something that was suspension, braking or powertrain. I know brakes pretty well, and a fair bit about powertrain parts so that was pretty much eliminated. I believe that later A-arms, with which I'm more familiar, have a bent tab instead of your welded tab.
The damage is impressive.
Posted by: dlee6204 Sep 17 2010, 09:11 PM
and here are is what could happen.
Yikes!
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