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Offline rrocket

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10240 on: December 16, 2018, 01:11:17 pm »
Quote from: Solstice2006 on December 16, 2018, 01:00:29 pm
Friday I removed jacked up the trailer, removed the wheels.  Cleaned the spindles.  Saturday took the hub assembly to Princess Auto to get the matching kit.  Comes with everything I need, and :censor: I don't need.  Comes with two bearings, I only need one.  Started to work on it this morning.  After 1 hour, I am too frustrated.  I am not confident I am doing it right, and when I put the hub back in, whether it is seated correctly.  Just stuff like that.  Most Youtube videos show for a two bearing application. 

Can't be bothered with it anymore.  Since I use it a lot, want to make sure its done right.  Too dangerous, and costly, if I screw it up.  So just going to look for a local guy on Kijiji to come to my house and do it.
Yep...can be a PITA.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10241 on: December 16, 2018, 02:19:18 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on December 16, 2018, 01:11:17 pm
Quote from: Solstice2006 on December 16, 2018, 01:00:29 pm
Friday I removed jacked up the trailer, removed the wheels.  Cleaned the spindles.  Saturday took the hub assembly to Princess Auto to get the matching kit.  Comes with everything I need, and :censor: I don't need.  Comes with two bearings, I only need one.  Started to work on it this morning.  After 1 hour, I am too frustrated.  I am not confident I am doing it right, and when I put the hub back in, whether it is seated correctly.  Just stuff like that.  Most Youtube videos show for a two bearing application. 

Can't be bothered with it anymore.  Since I use it a lot, want to make sure its done right.  Too dangerous, and costly, if I screw it up.  So just going to look for a local guy on Kijiji to come to my house and do it.
Yep...can be a PITA.

I would pay twice as much,  if the hub had the bearing/sleeve/washer already seated inside.  And all I had to do was put mount the hub onto the spindle, put the nut and cotter pin on. 
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10242 on: December 16, 2018, 04:00:48 pm »
Round trip to Luxembourg and back on a Sat-Sunday. Total distance driven : 672km.

Due to the weather and potential for residual snow/ice thru the mountains, I opted to return via Metz and Sarrebruck, same time but adding 35km (and a small toll). Germany has no direct highway link to Trèves.....so the *normal* route involves two lane roads that wind up and down the low mountain range.

I need to move south & west  :(
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10243 on: December 16, 2018, 04:04:50 pm »
Filled-up the e-tron with premium and drove it through the no-touch car wash. First drive in 6 weeks!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10244 on: December 16, 2018, 04:45:19 pm »
Quote from: Blueprint on December 16, 2018, 04:04:50 pm
Filled-up the e-tron with premium and drove it through the no-touch car wash. First drive in 6 weeks!

Guess it's going to take awhile for the hybrid to payoff!  ;D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10245 on: December 16, 2018, 07:35:13 pm »
Quote from: Solstice2006 on December 16, 2018, 04:45:19 pm
Quote from: Blueprint on December 16, 2018, 04:04:50 pm
Filled-up the e-tron with premium and drove it through the no-touch car wash. First drive in 6 weeks!

Guess it's going to take awhile for the hybrid to payoff!  ;D

Daughter drove it during her fall internship  :)

As for me:

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10246 on: December 16, 2018, 07:37:49 pm »
^ Wish i parlez vou'd   ;D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10247 on: December 16, 2018, 07:39:27 pm »
 Most Youtube videos show for a two bearing application.


That's because you need to replace both the outer and inner bearing together.  If one has failed the other is about to.

Indeed if you can't figure it out then you definitely should have a licensed person do it because if it fails and causes a big issue the cops can tell if it was recently messed with and the charges would start flying and the insurance coverage would be void.   
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10248 on: December 16, 2018, 07:59:44 pm »
Quote from: Weels on December 16, 2018, 07:37:49 pm
^ Wish i parlez vou'd   ;D

But you can look at my nice pictures  :D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10249 on: December 17, 2018, 08:21:05 am »
Gave the Escalade a good bath, then took it for a good drive out to a friend's place in Port Perry. Ran great, and kept the baby and wife asleep for most of the trip.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10250 on: December 17, 2018, 10:18:04 am »
Unseasonably warm weather so I gave the Acura a bath.

Swapped to a replacement fuel pump on the Innocenti. It worked only slightly better than the old one.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10251 on: December 17, 2018, 11:33:51 am »
The roads were a MESS over the weekend (temperature hovering at/above zero), and lots of weekend driving meant the truck had a layer of dirt an inch thick. 

It's cold again now (at least for today) so I gave her a quick spray at the wand wash.  I didn't go all out because it will warm up again, and some of the nastier stuff didn't come off (I'm refusing to use that stupid foam brush on my paint) but at least she's not as bad as she was. 

Also, white has now grown on me so much that I think I would pick it as a first choice in colour were I to buy this truck again.  Everytime I look at this truck, I can't help but think how good looking of a truck it is.




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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10252 on: December 19, 2018, 02:57:38 pm »
Presently sitting in a Subaru dealer,  VDC is getting a new airbag
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10253 on: December 19, 2018, 05:43:35 pm »
Quote from: blur911 on December 19, 2018, 02:57:38 pm
Presently sitting in a Subaru dealer,  VDC is getting a new airbag

What a waste of time, gave me back my keys after waiting an hour and said it didn't need an airbag after all.  Apparently nobody had stuck their head under the dash to see what kind of propellant mine had, they just ordered parts and wasted everyone's time.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10254 on: December 19, 2018, 06:14:13 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on December 16, 2018, 01:11:17 pm
Quote from: Solstice2006 on December 16, 2018, 01:00:29 pm
Friday I removed jacked up the trailer, removed the wheels.  Cleaned the spindles.  Saturday took the hub assembly to Princess Auto to get the matching kit.  Comes with everything I need, and :censor: I don't need.  Comes with two bearings, I only need one.  Started to work on it this morning.  After 1 hour, I am too frustrated.  I am not confident I am doing it right, and when I put the hub back in, whether it is seated correctly.  Just stuff like that.  Most Youtube videos show for a two bearing application. 

Can't be bothered with it anymore.  Since I use it a lot, want to make sure its done right.  Too dangerous, and costly, if I screw it up.  So just going to look for a local guy on Kijiji to come to my house and do it.
Yep...can be a PITA.

Update Was catching up with a friend of mine, hadn't seen him in awhile since he lives off the beaten path.  And he drives a lot for work.  He came to see me today as his off for a bit.  We were catching up, and the utility trailer story came up.  Next thing I know, we are in the garage.   Fixed my utility trailer for me.  Offered him some money.  Instead we did some bartering.  My son has outgrown his car seat, his needs an extra one for his daughter.  He needed some wax for his 1966 Impala, I had some good stuff (forget the name, but it's been mentioned before, that German stuff).  Also had an extra trailer sway hitch that he said he could use.

Made 2 dump runs today.  Everything seems good.   
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10255 on: December 19, 2018, 06:18:50 pm »
gave it a wash at work - free detailing supplies is a nice perk

I promise a show and shine is coming guys...
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10256 on: December 19, 2018, 06:20:42 pm »
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on December 19, 2018, 06:18:50 pm


I promise a show and shine is coming guys...

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10257 on: December 19, 2018, 06:43:38 pm »
my texted pics to you say otherwise  :P
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10258 on: December 19, 2018, 06:44:41 pm »
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on December 19, 2018, 06:43:38 pm
my texted pics to you say otherwise  :P

What pics?   ;D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #10259 on: December 19, 2018, 06:46:46 pm »
now who is lying!???  :D
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