10-13-2017, 01:47 PM
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Japanese Steel Scandal
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10-16-2017, 12:21 PM
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More corporate greed, like VW falsifying diesel data.
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10-16-2017, 09:51 PM
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That is chilling news.
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10-16-2017, 09:56 PM
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I'm lazy, what is the cliff note version?
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10-17-2017, 10:39 AM
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10-17-2017, 11:43 AM
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No wonder most Subaru's over the last 20 years had the "braking problem due to the firewall flexing"
 And yes my new 2017 Forester XT had that issue... press the brake pedal and you get an initial "bite" that quickly goes away, so you press harder and harder then the "Eyesight" thinks you will crash and brakes for you... Come to find out the firewall was flexing about 1.5mm, too thin of a firewall is what I was told, one more sheet would have fixed it but they only used 2... but maybe it's flexing from the use of crap metals??? Either way I fixed my issue with a "Master Cylinder Brace"  brakes really nice now. No way I will see any $$ from the greedy companies if any of the stuff I bought are actually affected... they will gladly pay Boeing and Subaru (if they used Kobe Steel products), but no way is Kobe or Subaru going to pay me anything  On a side note, my aunt is probably freaking out right now, she works for an air liner making sure each and every one in their 'fleet' are safe to be air born she was just getting over a "bearing quality issue" that has so far been kept hush hush... and now this 
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10-17-2017, 06:54 PM
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I hope none of that steel was used in natural gas pipelines. The results could be explosive.
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10-17-2017, 10:56 PM
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My friend Alan Tang of Excalibur shed the light on one possible theory as to why Chinese bikes have inferior metal; apparently, there are Chinese companies that ship a whole slew of substandard steel to the US. They let it sit in warehouses for several months. Then, they ship it back to China sell as 'US steel.'
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