OP, i have plans to do some light body touchup on a few vehicles and new struts install so I need to rent a spring compressor from the Irish tomorrow. I'm going to appreciate doing it mostly alone as well.
I just finished doing some new tie-rod ends and front shocks for my truck. My "friend" came to help. He thinks he knows a lot about vehicles when in fact he is basically entry-tier shadetree
>be working on some house shit yesterday >fiends comes by, interrupts my work (whatever i needed a break), asks if i can help him move some shit on thurdsay >always asking me to help him move some shit >well normally I would but I need to do some truck work tomorrow, so maybe if I finish early >I'll help U, user! I can come by at like 10am! >doubtful.jpg >this morning, get a text >hey can I come by to help at 11? >sure ya whatever's clever >comes by at 11:30 >been working on it for about hour and a half >have the shocks pretty much done >tie rod ends are stuck in knuckles as usual >I'm hitting the knuckle with a hammer, made some DIY penetrant to loosen it up >he watchers me for 30 minutes or so, and has a go with the pickle fork >let me try the sledge, user >tell him we're just giving it good whacks to get the penetrant to creep >no need for hulk smash >watch him do what i was doing for 10 min. >hitting the knuckle with a BFH >decide to finish up shock on other side >come back maybe 5-10 minutes later >He started pounding on the tie rod >it's beat to fuck, the sleeve and clamps are smashed flat >there_go_my_spares.gif >well I gotta go pick up my kid now user maybe you can come by later and still help me move that stuff? >he leaves >serenity now >add more penetrant, wait 30 min. >10 minutes of BFH and they're off
I thought I wanted wrenching friends. IDK what i want now.
Nolan Wood
Don't those 3.1's are intake gasket issues?
Ian Ortiz
aren't there things you can get to lock the cam gears in place?
Kevin White
The original engine is known for that, but by the time GM put out the 3.5, the gasket problem was fixed. I am using a 3100 upper for deception purposes.
Liam Ward
Holy shit that guy.
I really wish wrenching clubs were a thing in my area
Ethan Smith
possibly, there are supposedly timing marks on the gears and the mount. if you get the engine to TDC the marks should be aligned and the belt also comes marked to align to timing marks.
If i have the car in gear (its a manual) im guessing i wont have issues with the gears moving.
Landon King
interesting, thanks
Dylan Lopez
My 4.10 gears I'm gonna install either this weekend or next.
Jacob Harris
Nothing too major right now, mostly cosmetic stuff.
Bought a 2000 Ford Focus with 118k miles for $1400, exterior is pretty rough and my first order of business is replacing headlights. The seal on the left one has gone out and the left turn signal bulb is already dead, with the headlight not far behind.
After that I need to install a stereo, and then for the future thinking of redoing the paint some time later this summer.
Landon Flores
>Need to replace CV axle on driver side of MK5 Jetta >Find the special snowflake 12 point socket for the axle bolt >Impact gun does absolutely nothing >Make sure I'm not turning it backwards, as retarded as that would be >Find torque wrench >Bend torque wrench >Find a breaker bar >Shear breaker bar off at the socket >Have bigger breaker bar but not a bigger socket
I thought about letting a shop install it but I don't feel like paying the labor for that bit if I can do it myself.
>Meanwhile, le racecar needs attention to get it moving again >Both control arms and the K frame rotted out >Tie rods bent >Busted CV axle on the driver side >Remove bad frames and replace from spare pile >Installed spare CV axle >New tie rod ends and ball joints installed just in time for the weekend
