Hey You Suckas.....its Random Friday!

[jbiscuit]

Today's topic: SHIMS


Where to use them. Post your experiences and how they have helped you in your everyday life. What types of SHIMS have you encountered? SHIMS come in all shapes and sizes.

I'll start. I like to use SHIMS to help plum-up a window. I'll be damned if its not hard as hell to get those suckers to line up straight.
:goof

[juicedimpss]

i had to use shims on some old valve springs before.

[GHOSST]

I dislike the annoying anti rattle shims when I'm replacing my brakepads on my Camaro..

[jbiscuit]

I dislike the annoying anti rattle shims when I'm replacing my brakepads on my Camaro..

WELL SAID! The subies have those too!:rolf

[Silver350]

Shimmies when drywalling or framing out a door

[BadAzzGTA89]

I need to shim my diff:goof

[CobraSnake]

I just like to shim a shimmy.

Mark

[GHOSST]

I just like to shim a shimmy.

Mark Are you shimmy?

[wikked]

I had to level out my desk at work, used a few small squares of carpet under the leg... anything can be a shim :D

[Al]

I used some shims to angle a block of wood before I sent it through my planer. That way, I can make tapered legs for the table I am working on.

[HY35F2T]

I used some shims to get the right angle when hitting it from behind.:banana1:

[HITMAN]

I've used angled shims under my leaf springs to get the correct pinion angle for Launchimus Maximus. I've also used shims under valve springs to maintain Revolucius Rapidus Ridiculous.

[CobaltSSTuner]

horah for shims...

http://www.shimcoshims.com/images/products/GS-1040-4-lrg.jpg

[That_Guy]

i used shims on a door once.

[CobaltSSTuner]

i used shims on ur mom

[Moparjim]

We obviously use shims a ton on our machinery/equipment to line things up, etc. My funny side note is that if you play online games, "shim" is the common slang term for dudes with chick avatars lol.

[michelle]

Wow, post whores.

[CobaltSSTuner]

hey.....

[michelle]

hey.....

Well it is true.

[CobaltSSTuner]

i'm just trying to fit in...damn peer pressure

[juicedimpss]

Wow, post whores.

and that makes you...?

[CobaltSSTuner]

steering shim

http://www.amcracing.com/amcy2k/images/catolog/karting/steering_shim.jpg

[Z28Roxy]

i used shims on ur mom

On whose mom? Did she like them?

[That_Guy]

Wow, post whores.

hahahaha... well lets just say where making up for lost time.

back to shims

[Z28Roxy]

hahahaha... well lets just say where making up for lost time.


Failure of grammar

[That_Guy]

Failure of grammar

wow i just noticed that... i is eh bad witer

[CobaltSSTuner]

On whose mom? Did she like them?

actually yes...i reccomend them on her...

[Z28Roxy]

actually yes...i reccomend them on her...

Whose mom though? Pics?

[CobaltSSTuner]

Leaf spring shim?

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/Images/Shim5.jpg

[CobaltSSTuner]

Whose mom though? Pics?

Nramlows...talk to him for pics. he has nudes on his laptop.

[That_Guy]

Nramlows...talk to him for pics. he has nudes on his laptop.

hahahaha... :flipoff2:

[michelle]

and that makes you...?

Just a whore, duh. I don't post enough to be a post whore. (:

[Z28Roxy]

Just a whore, duh.

Very nice, how much?

[Deggy]

^^ At least she can admit it. Thats the first step.

[michelle]

Very nice, how much?

I don't have a set price. I take offers and then decline them. I am a very selective whore.

[Deggy]

Damn I knew I should of wrapped myself up on V-day.

[jbiscuit]

so would you guys say SHIMS FTW?

[Z28Roxy]

^^ At least she can admit it. Thats the first step.

What are you implying here?

[CobaltSSTuner]

shims FTW!~

[juicedimpss]

wagon,you will need shims when you set the pinion depth on that new rearend.

[Z28Roxy]

The machine shop shimmed my flywheel.

[juicedimpss]

The machine shop shimmed my flywheel.

shimmed it,or made it flat?

[michelle]

Shimmy shimmy cocoa puff...

[Z28Roxy]

shimmed it,or made it flat?

Cut then gave me some shims.

It had been cut before, but I am such a cheap ass I reused it. Plus I reused the spec stage 3 clutch and pressure plate that had been through 200 hole shots. I've seen what nitrous does to stuff :wow

[juicedimpss]

Cut then gave me some shims.

It had been cut before, but I am such a cheap ass I reused it. Plus I reused the spec stage 3 clutch and pressure plate that had been through 200 hole shots. I've seen what nitrous does to stuff :wow

did the supplied shims work ok for you?

[Z28Roxy]

did the supplied shims work ok for you?

Do I have a working 6 speed car now? That will answer your question.

[juicedimpss]

Do I have a working 6 speed car now? That will answer your question.

dunno,havent seen it all winter :goof

[Z28Roxy]

dunno,havent seen it all winter :goof

Oh yeah, the car I'm rolling now gets all kinds of offers in the ghetto :rolf

Hell though I don't think you've ever seen it.

[juicedimpss]

Oh yeah, the car I'm rolling now gets all kinds of offers in the ghetto :rolf

Hell though I don't think you've ever seen it.

nothin wrong with rollin a bubble.

[Z28Roxy]

nothin wrong with rollin a bubble.

Nothing wrong with, but something not quite right when it's not riding dirty on spinners :goof

[juicedimpss]

Nothing wrong with, but something not quite right when it's not riding dirty on spinners :goof

they sell hubcaps like that yo.

[CobaltSSTuner]

those are sweet hubcaps...

[oneslowcamino]

I used shims on my starter.

[CobaltSSTuner]

sweet

[67-400]

I had "Shimmed" something on my 91 Eclipse GSX (back like 7-8 years ago) to up the boost. Just put a washer behind the wastegate actuator diaphragm, it probaly gave it about .060" extra travel opening the wastegate or whatever. I sh!t you not, the thing was pushing 28Lbs on the Autometer boost gauge. The thing flew!!! Plus I exchanged all the turbo vacuum lines with wider diameter hose & re-routed some hoses. Other than that, the car was bone stock. :rolf Cutlass Queen & her brother Scotty can vouch for that one! Scott helped me out on that project. We beat a couple of Mustang Cobras on HWY when we cruised like every weekend.

[USMARINE1108]

I built this bench around that black toolbox under it. It weighs a LOT (pretty bad at guessing that kind of stuff). I used shims to tighten up the toolbox to the bench in order to make the bench more solid.
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/426/13231611zd1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[wikked]

I sh!t you not, the thing was pushing 28Lbs on the Autometer boost gauge. The thing flew!!! Plus I exchanged all the turbo vacuum lines with wider diameter hose & re-routed some hoses. Other than that, the car was bone stock. :rolf Cutlass Queen & her brother Scotty can vouch for that one! Scott helped me out on that project. We beat a couple of Mustang Cobras on HWY when we cruised like every weekend.

I call bullshit.
You would have blown the rods to the fukking moon with 28psi.
The stock 1g bov will leak long before that as well... you would have grenaded that engine in 5mins :P.

This is what happens when you run over 20psi on a stock car.

http://www.wikked.com/gsx/rod.jpg

http://www.wikked.com/gsx/block-back3.jpg

:P

[67-400]

I call bullshit.
You would have blown the rods to the fukking moon with 28psi.
The stock 1g bov will leak long before that as well... you would have grenaded that engine in 5mins :P.

This is what happens when you run over 20psi on a stock car.

http://www.wikked.com/gsx/rod.jpg

http://www.wikked.com/gsx/block-back3.jpg

:P

Sorry to hear what happened to you're application when you only pushed just above 20. I didn't say for how long it lasted, I sold the car shortly after I did that. Down the road, I heard through the grapevine that a similar experience (such as what had happened to you) had happened to the new owner. So sorry to rain on you're bullshit, but I surely had fun with it for the time that I owned it.

[Voodoo Chick]

I used cardboard pieces as shims on a box-fan that was rattling.......stuffed them between the frame of the fan and the grate on the back, it was nice and quiet. Damn near anything can be used as a shim.....

[HITMAN]

I call bullshit.
You would have blown the rods to the fukking moon with 28psi.
The stock 1g bov will leak long before that as well... you would have grenaded that engine in 5mins :P.

This is what happens when you run over 20psi on a stock car.

http://www.wikked.com/gsx/rod.jpg



I don't think that that's automatically true in every circumstance.

I had a '91 GSX that had an HKS exhaust, 'Shroom CAI, EVC, Turbo Timer, Super Blow Off (Junk) Valve, TDO5 sport turbo upgrade, PFC F-CON with a chip to match the 550cc injectors I was running. When I would fill up with a tank of Sunoco GT (100 octane) unleaded that the Butcher Block in Oak Creek used to sell, I would consistently go over 20psi with my car, after I removed the shitty blow-off that was holding me to 17psi. Worst thing that ever happened was right after I first removed the Super Fvck-Up Valve. I went WOT with the boost controller on manual and shut tight. It started missing right away and I thought I punched a hole in a piston. It turned out that I closed up a plug, instead. I regapped the plug (I'm cheap) turned down the boost controller a tad and never had another bit of trouble with the engine. The ABS unit was another story...:fire

[67-400]

I don't think that that's automatically true in every circumstance.

I had a '91 GSX that had an HKS exhaust, 'Shroom CAI, EVC, Turbo Timer, Super Blow Off (Junk) Valve, TDO5 sport turbo upgrade, PFC F-CON with a chip to match the 550cc injectors I was running. When I would fill up with a tank of Sunoco GT (100 octane) unleaded that the Butcher Block in Oak Creek used to sell, I would consistently go over 20psi with my car, after I removed the shitty blow-off that was holding me to 17psi. Worst thing that ever happened was right after I first removed the Super Fvck-Up Valve. I went WOT with the boost controller on manual and shut tight. It started missing right away and I thought I punched a hole in a piston. It turned out that I closed up a plug, instead. I regapped the plug (I'm cheap) turned down the boost controller a tad and never had another bit of trouble with the engine. The ABS unit was another story...:fire


OH YAH, I forgot....I had a turbo timer on my car too.

[Cutlass Queen]

I had "Shimmed" something on my 91 Eclipse GSX (back like 7-8 years ago) to up the boost. Just put a washer behind the wastegate actuator diaphragm, it probaly gave it about .060" extra travel opening the wastegate or whatever. I sh!t you not, the thing was pushing 28Lbs on the Autometer boost gauge. The thing flew!!! Plus I exchanged all the turbo vacuum lines with wider diameter hose & re-routed some hoses. Other than that, the car was bone stock. :rolf Cutlass Queen & her brother Scotty can vouch for that one! Scott helped me out on that project. We beat a couple of Mustang Cobras on HWY when we cruised like every weekend.

Hey Mikey remember the Mt. Dew ram air on the white camaro :rolf:rolf


I used shims to properly fit my fiberglass cowl hood on the cutty :thumbsup

[67-400]

Hey Mikey remember the Mt. Dew ram air on the white camaro :rolf:rolf


I used shims to properly fit my fiberglass cowl hood on the cutty :thumbsup

:rolf:rolf I thought for sure that would have given me some better times!!

[lordairgtar]

Shimmy shimmy cocoa puff...
It's "shimmy shimmy coco bop"!

[lordairgtar]

I used magazine paper as shims for crank bearings in an old Dodge 1952 flat six. Old guy mechanic taught me that one. It really only works on slow turning, low compression engines. We also had a Korean chick at work named Shim.