Auto repairs. Home repairs. Sanity checks. Bounced sanity checks.
Did tie rod ends on the Brotherinlaw’s van. Simple job, less crawling around than you’d expect. Inner tie rod ends, to be exact. A nice job- 10.99 each for the parts. Local store wanted $480 to do the job. Fucktards.
BIL helped me put up some badly needed trim around the garage door, and some painting. Huge deal to have him around. His wife, of course, is cooking here, which is insane tasty. Perhaps the fill not happening last tuesday was god’s way of telling me “Mangia! Mangia!”
Birthday parties for the family today. Damn, a lot of us are born in august.
4 comments Og | Shadetree Mechanic
Damn, a lot of us are born in august.
Lotsa cold nights in November.
So how difficult is doing tie rods? What tools do you need? Saving $400+ seems like it might be worthwhile.
Pipe wrench. Jack. Screwdriver. That’s for the inners. Outers need a tie rod separator. $16. If you want more details I can explain.
Not necessary–I don’t need to do it right now and probably won’t for a while. But if it’s fairly easy, then it might be worth doing if I need it done. I’ve changed valve cover gaskets, helped do transmission filter changes, done my own brakes, and replaced an alternator once.