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Re: Dueling Banjos

To: LBC286@aol.com
Subject: Re: Dueling Banjos
From: Chris Heerschap <Heerschap@eng.kns.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 16:38:28 -0500
LBC286@aol.com wrote:
> Okay, here's a question.  Ever since I bought my current LBC (a '77 Midget) I
> have been reading these lists.  The term "banjo" is mentioned frequently.
> 
> I've figured out what a banjo bolt is.  It is a hollow bolt that allows a
> fluid to flow through a mounting point, such as the end of a brake hose.
> 
> I have also heard of a banjo type rear, or differential.  And today I saw
> someone writing about a banjo type hose clamp.
> 
> My questions are, can anyone explain the banjo rear and the banjo hose clamp,
> and where in the world did the term banjo come from?  Is the musical
> instrument that popular in Britian?  Does it have anything to do with Scrug
> Pickin'?  Do you need a 4 or 5 string banjo?  Did you see Deliverance?  :-)

Aha... a familiar name from PhAX!

I believe in general the term "banjo" is used on objects which have
the general shape of a banjo... round at one end, with a long part
coming out of the round part.  Speaking of a banjo bolt, if you look
at the end of the brake line which the banjo bolt holds down, it looks
like a banjo (albeit one which has had the center of it blown out).

I assume a "banjo rear" is one in which the differential casing isn't
roughly spherical (the "pumpkin") but round and flat.  That's my
guess.  Banjo clamp, OTOH, you've got me.


cmh
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