It’s a good thing I enjoy doing auto repairs
because I damned sure end up doing enough of them.
In the summer, when it’s nice, I like working outside on cars, and I’m remarkably good at it. The truck has had a somewhat noisy bearing since before the NOR shoot, and while it’s never been in danger of failure it’s annoying. SO I chose this weekend to replace both rear bearings and seals, and I’m about 3/4 done. Finish the job after mass today. Oh, and Broad stopped over last night to get a tuneup, which made for a refreshing interlude where I actually stood and worked, and wasn’t laying on my back.
5 comments Og | Shadetree Mechanic
I take it you are in the differntial on the bearings?
That isn’t a bad job, just smell like axle grease for a few days after.
LOL! Dead right,Paul. And as it’s synthetic it’s that odd sour smell, not the corn-oil smell of the real thing.
Yep, that synthetic gear oil makes me wanna puke. That’s saying something.
My Dad was a mechanic, many a day I spent glued to his side looking/working on engines. I still have a couple of hiswork shirts and they still smell like a garage.
Dick, then there’s that friction-modifier stuff Dodge uses in their limited slip diffs. Truly retch-inducing, that stuff is.