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So I knew the 99 sploder had some issues with front wheel bearings, I ordered a new set week before last and today I put them in. Ed<\/a> came by to gloat and laugh, and I gave him adequate reason to do so. <\/p>\n

Typically of older vehicles, I snapped off a couple of screws while dismantling the dust guard, and had to drill and tap the holes back out, and find screws that fit ( I did! Imagine that! And then started reassembling the stupid thing WITHOUT the dust guard in place, to Eds amusement. he stopped me before I got very far, but it was clear what I was doing. <\/p>\n

Anyway, it’s all together now, and I’ve also discovered I need to put new plugs and wires in the 99, but that was much to be expected. The bearings I could hear, the plugs and wires I merely suspected. Now I know. And I also know what I’m doing next weekend. <\/p>\n

The previous owner had installed- or caused to be installed- new wheel bearings. Except that he hadn’t tightened them properly. So they loosened up, and what was essentially a brand new spindle bearing was hosed. Dumbasses. <\/p>\n

Anyway. That was my sunday, if you throw in some dog poop raking. <\/p>\n

On that subject: the dog goes outside on a pegged leash to do his business, and there’s one small area of this that he eschews. Is it dog poop resistant grass? Maybe I should try to cultivate that.<\/p>\n

Also, for anyone who hasn’t heard this yet, because you’ve been living under a rock since 1965, Joe Walsh sings “Ordinary Average Guy”, the song that was tops in it’s category for mention of Dog Poop. <\/p>\n