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Subject: [Fot] Failed Parts Alert
From: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 19:47:30 -0400
References: <F9267273-20DD-4B36-B8E5-854FD9236740@me.com> <9e0232b2066d4a8096eed31dc7d3fed0@dieselperformanceparts.com> <6FA248BE-A4C1-4AE0-8C55-16FA8FD772F5@me.com> <98b7d7aa28724e34b804841394d95407@dieselperformanceparts.com>
Interesting- I?ve had bad luck with the dye Pegasus sells- mangaflux shows 
cracks it didn?t.

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> On May 14, 2018, at 6:05 PM, DPPI - Mark Craig <info at 
> dieselperformanceparts.com> wrote:
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> Great, I got one set of Canley and they rest are stockers and I just bought a 
> dye penetrant set that allows me to do it at home. I got enough Magnaflux 
> brand dyes and developers in a kit to last me years at about 100.00 bucks on 
> e bay. You might want to check it out as it?s more sensitive from what I know 
> as compared to magnufluxing a part.
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> MARK CRAIG
> Diesel Performance Parts, Inc.
> 411 Allied Drive, Nashville, TN 37211
> www.dieselperformanceparts.com
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> Phone: 615-834-0066
> Fax: 615-834-9923
> Email: mark at dieselperformanceparts.com
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> From: Scott Janzen [mailto:sjanzen at me.com] 
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 4:59 PM
> To: DPPI - Mark Craig <info at dieselperformanceparts.com>
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Failed Parts Alert
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> Sure- still have both failed pieces.  Fortunately they did not totally fail 
> in action!
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On May 14, 2018, at 5:56 PM, DPPI - Mark Craig <info at 
> dieselperformanceparts.com> wrote:
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> Any chance you?d take some pics of the actual failed part with some dots or 
> arrows where you are seeing the cracks for us so we know better where to look 
> for them??
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> MARK CRAIG
> Diesel Performance Parts, Inc.
> 411 Allied Drive, Nashville, TN 37211
> www.dieselperformanceparts.com
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> Phone: 615-834-0066
> Fax: 615-834-9923
> Email: mark at dieselperformanceparts.com
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> From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Scott Janzen 
> via Fot
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 11:18 AM
> To: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Fot] Failed Parts Alert
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> I?ve been using the trunnionless front suspension vertical link on my GT6 
> that Canley Classics sells for the past two years.  I?ve now had two fail the 
> annual magnaflux tests.  They cracked in different locations, one right at 
> the machining line for the flat for the stub axle nut, on the back side where 
> the steering arm passes through, and one on the upright at what appeared to 
> be a casting mark, near the bump you see in the photo below.  Neither crack 
> was visible to the eye. The upright Canley sells no longer looks exactly like 
> the photo - it now has a machined area on the back side, away from the wheel, 
> much like stock ones.  Maybe I just had bad luck, but between two cracks and 
> some binding issues at the ball joint I had to rectify, I would no longer 
> recommend these.
>  
> I started using the Canley units when the stock ones developed cracks in the 
> traditional place at the top end of the threads where the trunnion is.
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> I have now installed uprights I got from Jigsaw Racing 
> https://jigsawracingservices.com - Mark Field, in England.  The main 
> difference from stock is they are not drilled for a grease fitting or grease 
> boring down into the trunnion, which should make them stronger where the 
> stock ones usually fail.  Mark races Spitfires and GT6s for himself and for 
> customers in vintage racing and claims he has never had a failure.  He 
> further claims that the units are made in the original forging molds and by 
> the same people that made the Stanpart units.
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> Main point is, even though it?s a pain, pull your critical parts off and get 
> them magnafluxed at least once in a while.  I?ve become paranoid and this is 
> now an annual exercise.  The machine shop I go to usually does it for free 
> while I am watching, probably because I?m usually dropping off engine parts 
> where the real dollars get spent!  
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