[ihc] Dan's riddle

["Jim Grammer" <jgrammer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 18:46:12 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
>From: "Dan Nees" <cookiedan@domain.elided>
>Subject: [ihc] Rag Headed Joints

>Digesters,

>   Could someone explain to me, (I know the answer already), why my
original
>IH rag joint lasted 30 years, but; my new replacements only get about 3
>years? My last only got about 2 years and 3 out of 4 holes were torn.

Well, Dan-o, if you already know the answer, that implies you're offering a
prize for the correct reply :)

The originals have an incredibly tough steel mesh bonded/molded
into/whatever one face. It will bit you pretty good if the rubber gets
chewed up on the edge and exposes the mesh.

>   Also, how come, no mater how much you try and clock the steering wheel
>while you re-assemble the rag joint you will always put it back together
>upside down?

Rhetorical question for St. Murphy, I presume?

Jim