| Dolman | -- 05-05-2011 @ 3:02 PM |
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C&G offers a drag link and tie rod repair kit with teflon ball joints. Does anyone have experience or an opinion of the reliability of that material as compared to the steel balls?
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| Dolman | -- 05-05-2011 @ 3:18 PM |
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Belay the question. I just figured out that the repair kit does not include the balls.
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| Stroker | -- 05-05-2011 @ 3:26 PM |
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Dolman: "Belay the question" would indicate that you are either Navy or Marine Corps.
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| Dolman | -- 05-05-2011 @ 5:04 PM |
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Neither. Not a Coastie either. 3.5 years Army, 4 years Air Force. My grandfather was a Coastie and a Port Commander during WW2 and I picked up a lot of nautical expressions from him. Plus, I have owned boats since I was able to pull the rope on a 10hp Mercury outboard. I spent some time as a fishing charter skipper but now it's just my friends and me. Probably spend 300 hours/year on the water in Resurrection Bay and the Gulf of Alaska. My favorite nautical truth is,"The importance of a dropped screw is directly proportional to the depth to which it penetrates the bilge".
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| Stroker | -- 05-05-2011 @ 5:57 PM |
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Dolman: Well, as an old "Tin Can sailor", I hadn't heard the term "belay that" for prolly 45 years. Kinda jumped out at me. I apologize for not including "The Coasties".
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| Dolman | -- 05-05-2011 @ 6:17 PM |
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Tin Cans? Were those the hotrods of the fleet?
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| alanwoodieman | -- 05-06-2011 @ 7:34 AM |
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GREYHOUNDS, we called them, fast, light and armed to the teeth. Son of a Tin Can Sailor-DD707 and one myself-DD756
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| Stroker | -- 05-06-2011 @ 7:37 AM |
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Well, we had 60,000 hp, but we weighed 2100 tons. If your pickup had 85 hp, & weighed 36,000 lbs, would you call it a "hot rod"? Actually they called us the "greyhounds" of the fleet. Great duty, lots-o-excitement.
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| Dolman | -- 05-06-2011 @ 10:07 AM |
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Sorry if I was ignorant in my classification of Tin Cans. Greyhound is much better.
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| Norm | -- 05-08-2011 @ 11:48 AM |
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Black smoke and white water!! DD933 and DD931
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| JM | -- 05-09-2011 @ 4:34 AM |
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Another 'Tin Can' sailor here. West Pack, 7th Fleet. USS Shelton DD790 and USS Mansfield DD728. '62-'66. GO NAVY!! and thank you US Navy SEALS!! JM This message was edited by JM on 5-10-11 @ 8:48 PM
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