Thought I had gotten a warped rotor, so tonight I picked up the Sploder and discovered that the left front wheel bearing was only attached to the rest of the vehicle with the gossamer fabric of fantasy. So I went to get a new one, the THIRD i have installed on this vehicle. (Two lefts, one right) I bitched at the Autozone guy, who looked it up and said “You know, you changed that last four years ago” which means about 170,000 miles. Guess I got my money’s worth. <\/p>\n
Pathetic, really, that I have done this so often that I was able to do the replacement without even putting my reading glasses on; it’s a 32mm socket for the hub nut, a 10mm wrench for the t brake caliper, a 15mm wrench for the brake frame and the bearing housing, and I put in the ABS line strictly by feel.<\/p>\n
I been doing this shit too long. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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