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grimy4
This is some painfull humor to share !
I had my Y-pipe out due to a nasty leak on the driver side collector , and
just by luck I had my dad's welder on hand, plus his big 75,000 rpm grinder.
I decided to do a free mod and hack the cat out and weld in a 3in. pipe in
it's place . All was going good until I was grinding the welds down. Stupid part
was that I was doing the grinding on the pavement and not on the saw horses
that were sitting in the garage! I must have hit the grinding wheel against the pavement causing it to fracture ! Upon finishing the clean up of the welds , the
grinding wheel decided to pay me back and come apart in three pieces.
One piece struck me in the arm right above my left wrist and also struck me
on the left knee! Second piece was in the middle of the road about a house
down from me ! Third piece I never found it ! I finished out the job not realizing that I sustained a fracture to the left wrist ! So long story short,
I F@$ked UP !! But I still get to go on vacation to Florida next week !
Bad thing is I'm wearing a cast ! I wonder if sex on the beach is out of the question now !? I hope not, I missed that opportunity 10 years ago on my honeymoon!!
turbohcar
LOL! Good story. Sounds like something myself and I'm sure, plenty of other people here would do up with our luck.
awd4kicks
Ouch! I know that must have hurt dude.

For unmentional and stupid reasons I have felt the fury of an exploding rubber disk from the speed of a rouder. Not pleasant, but does give you a respect for parts designed to handle RPM's in crazy ranges! happy.gif
SCCA Stang
Feel luck you didn't slice your face open like my freind Ken did when his grinder wheel came apart..... he had a second mouth through the side of his cheek....(ouch!!!) ..... hope you feel better soon!!! biggthumpup.gif
grimy4
I hane found myself to be very lucky that the disk pieces did'nt hit any were else! Chest, nads, throat, or even the face. I explaind to my Wife that I was very lucky that it was just my wrist and nothing else , she finally agreed ! Thank you all for the replies , I now know that I'm not the only one that has misfortunes like this !
I can say that painkillers are the bomb when it comes to healing stuff like this!! biggrin.gif I will be back to wrencing soon, I guarentee that biggthumpup.gif This little set back just gives me time to think of what to do next!! Ported & polised heads, Ported & polished Intake I think would be due ! Providing My other Half Doesn't lock my
toolbox on me !!
Later GRIMY
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