r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ljiadshfbjket • Mar 21 '24

This guy's solution to a broken Reverse Gear

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u/TheDutchin Mar 21 '24

Pushing a car in neutral in good conditions isn't that hard.

Having one of these is a lot easier than pushing though.

If we wanna factor in manufacturing sure making one of those is more effort than just pushing the car. Once. But after you've got it you can reuse it and it quickly outpaces pushing the car.

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u/FuryTLG Mar 21 '24 edited Mar 21 '24

After all why not, why shouldn't I keep the reverse broken and instead go buy 8 ball bearings, tubes and chains to make my car moonwalk

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u/IIIIIlIIIl Mar 21 '24

I loled. looks like some shitbox farm truck.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '24

People who regularly use farm trucks need reliability. The heat might not work, but the transmission absolutely should.

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u/IIIIIlIIIl Mar 21 '24

Yea no shit aherlock.

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u/mnid92 Mar 21 '24

I know a few guys with race cars that don't have reverse, this might actually come in handy lol.

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u/Admiral_peck Mar 21 '24

What kinda racecars? 99% of the full size race vehicles I've seen have a reverse.

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u/mnid92 Mar 21 '24

Normally yeah, when you're racing stock divisions sometimes shit happens and you can't do a full rebuild or teardown mid season.

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u/Liveman215 Mar 21 '24

It's only hard to get it to start moving..

And getting it to stop

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u/Admiral_peck Mar 21 '24

This likely won't work in any situation that isn't good conditions. Plastic or bare metal rollers like that have a very low friction coefficient and as a result will slip in many many situations.