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Re: We are what we make

To: cusack@gumby.msd.ray.com
Subject: Re: We are what we make
From: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier)
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 1994 09:17:58 -0500 (CDT)
cusack@gumby.msd.ray.com writes >

> But I have to say that from
> my experience the Germans do with ONE part what the Americans do with 5.
> I often think about one part on my old 1983 BMW R65 bike that simultaneously
> performed three functions.  It was a bolt that secured the transmission
> cover to the housing, it was drilled through and occasionally leaked oil
> (from an overfill?), and socked down the battery ground cable to the tranny.

Seen a Lotus lately?  In the Europa there is a bolt in the upper front
suspension which goes through:
trailing upper control arm
frame
top end of shock/spring unit
frame
leading upper control arm
sway-bar mounting strut

It is ten inches long and must be drawn into the passenger
compartment to be removed.


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