Name That Part – fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu Edition

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In our last Name That Part, BeerRover managed to get it right as a Jag XK120 battery cover. Well done.
The “fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu” meme, aka “ragefu” or “rage guy” has been around since about 2008, spawned in the primordial ooze of the 4chan swamps and currently thriving on reddit. The meme revolves around something unexpected and unfortunate happening to the main character, at which point the poorly drawn angry face closes out the fourth panel.  Typically the misery comes when something good is expected, but turns out to be problematic.
As is the case with internet memes, it’s expanded to incorporate some variations, including “everything went better than expected” “close enough” and “f*ck yea“. Given the simple nature of the art involved, one can quickly and easily produce a rage comic using only MS Paint, or for the truly lazy, one can use this Java-based rage comic generator.
What does this have to do with today’s Part in Need of a Name? That’s for you to figure out. Jump.

Nice Try
Ok, so there are two…

Maybe it should’ve been “Name These Parts”, but whatever.
Update: the answer is posted here.

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30 responses to “Name That Part – fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu Edition”

  1. FreeMan Avatar
    FreeMan

    .38 cal wad-cutter bullet & pistol clip feed spring from a Smith & Wesson.
    Car parts you say? Head to South Central LA & find a car without 'em, says I

    1. P161911 Avatar

      The exact shape, but a little short to be a magazine spring. Unless it is from a really small auto like a .380 or .25.

      1. FЯeeMan Avatar

        There you go taking my smart-aleky response and trying to be all accurate and stuff. Sheesh!

  2. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
    Peter Tanshanomi

    It's a shifter detent. It makes you go ffffuuuuuuu- when it goes >sprong!< and flies across the garage as you disassemble the gearbox.
    What's it from? Don't have a clue.

  3. engineerd Avatar

    Any time a tenuous connection to an NSX is claimed, there should be a reward. Bonus points for sexy photos.

    1. muthalovin Avatar

      Thanks. That is why I show up to these things.

  4. engineerd Avatar

    A spring return system for a 1965 Ford kanuter valve.

    1. Mike_the_Dog Avatar

      I would have bet money that it was the Pfetzer bypass valve and spring from a Mohs Safarikar.

    2. SSurfer321 Avatar

      Headlight fluid drain plug with retention spring.

  5. Tim Odell Avatar
    Tim Odell

    You're all wrong.
    Update coming later this afternoon.

  6. Jeff Glucker Avatar
    Jeff Glucker

    Prototype for an early military version of the Slinky, alongside the standard shell casing it could fire.

  7. Alff Avatar

    Alternator brush and tensioning spring from a Falcon, LTD wagon, Jeep, WRX or a be-winged BMW 6-series.

    1. Tim Odell Avatar
      Tim Odell

      Ha!
      Falcon has a generator.

      1. Han_Solex Avatar

        Are you serious? Wow.

  8. nofrillls Avatar

    That sinister looking, chewed-up pellet looks kinda like a parking brake retention pin. I'm just stabbing at the likelihood of that spring being one that refuses to be retained. I have my own dark, dark memory of having this assembly fall apart on me in a late 70s Audi, never to be properly reassembled ever, ever again. It was like the unfurling of some evil plan from the fourth ring of Ingolstadt. The horror!

  9. dmilligan Avatar
    dmilligan

    It's hard to tell scale from the picture, and I'm sure you planned it that way, You Bastard. But in a nice way.
    It looks like maybe a spring and detent from a transmission, but which one I have no clue.

  10. DeadinSideInc Avatar

    A slave pin/spring from unilateral phase detractor in an early 90s Chrysler Turbo Encabulator.[youtube MXW0bx_Ooq4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXW0bx_Ooq4&feature=related youtube]

  11. bzr Avatar

    +1 for delving as deeply into the obscure car pile as humanly possible.

    1. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar

      Hell, I thought he was taking the piss until I Googled it…

      1. FЯeeMan Avatar

        The car, it seems is real. The part, however, exists only in the Hooniverse. (Google it, you'll see!)

  12. Tim Odell Avatar
    Tim Odell

    Answer is posted here.

  13. Justin Rajewski Avatar
    Justin Rajewski

    Something to do with the adjuster on drum brakes. That's about all I got.

  14. Marsha Blackburn Avatar

    It’s funny to find out just how many blogs the internet has about this subject! I don’t know if I’m ever going to need to be back, but it’s awesome to know I stumbled upon the one that has a lot of valuable info if this ever comes up for me another time.

  15. Dillon Allsup Avatar

    I had a few viewing the website in Firefox on the Mac, but I still loved the post!

  16. Lisa Durazo Avatar

    Excellent read, I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing a little research on that. And he actually bought me lunch because I found it for him smile So let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!

  17. Randall Burnison Avatar

    hi,good apple in your post,I love thatelegantapple,I need to find one for me,jane

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  19. Ellen Fondell Avatar

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  20. writing jobs Avatar

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  21. Dylan Pawletzki Avatar
    Dylan Pawletzki

    they are peices that were forgotten about when putting together this
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHn2P7x9hXY