[FiskerPhilly]

Heres a good example of a broken gen coupler causing misfire codes. Note the arrows.

 

[Harleyguy]

What those black arrows caused the problem :huh:

 

[smggsm]

Is there any signs you watch for , before the coupler go bad?

Nice pics



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[Fabulist]

What those black arrows caused the problem :huh:

Yes, the additional weight of the ink probably created an imbalance that ultimately led to the springs breaking. If only they had drawn 4 arrows, this would have never happened.

 

[FiskerPhilly]

Yes, I'm beginning to think I need not use visual aids any more...

 

[Harleyguy]

Is there any signs you watch for , before the coupler go bad?

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Check engine for misfire codes a loud rattle when the ice kicks in .

 

[Spartan]

Are the ICE/GEN couplers problematic because they were poorly designed or is this a wear item like a clutch plate on manual transmission cars?

Are the replacement parts being used now more robust and therefore will last longer?

 

[LonePalmBJ]

Are the ICE/GEN couplers problematic because they were poorly designed or is this a wear item like a clutch plate on manual transmission cars?

Are the replacement parts being used now more robust and therefore will last longer?

It's not a wear item.

I don't know if the incidence of failure is high enough to call it a poor design but I know how I'd feel if it was mine that broke.

 

[ct-fiskerbuzz]

Are the ICE/GEN couplers problematic because they were poorly designed or is this a wear item like a clutch plate on manual transmission cars?

Let's put it this way: GM considered the same design and went with a hydraulic one instead due to reliability concerns.

Or, consider this quote from Nikola Tesla, written more than 100 years ago:

While, in the practice of the invention I may employ any kind of spring or elastic body of which the law or principle of operation above defined holds true, I prefer to use an air spring, or generally speaking a confined body or cushion of an elastic fluid, as the mechanical difficulties in the use of ordinary or metallic springs are serious, owing mainly, to their tendency to break.
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http://www.teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla/patents/us-patent-514169-reciprocating-engine

 

[FiskerPhilly]

Love the irony with the name