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- Denver Adjacent
True story. Both front and rear of the 1st Gen are double roller. Much more robust than what we have.
TGPWS 7: New Year. See if we can wash the stink off.
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- Utah
Not sure if complicated is the word for it. There is definitely a process. But it’s not that complicated.
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- Denver Adjacent
It's more complicated than 4 bolts and pull the hub.
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- Utah
I agree with that. Unitized hubs are super simple. It’s been my experience that complicated things are usually a series of relatively simple steps followed in a specific order to accomplish a task. At least, that’s how I break it down in my head.
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- Caldwell, ID
You know what, you might be onto something here. It's more money in parts, but probably way less in labor.
As far as the bearings go, I'm not sure. I've packed a grand total of One bearing in my life, and that was on my tire carrier.
I'll get a quote for doing the lcas, and watch some videos on how to do it.
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- Utah
I’ve replaced many many assemblies of some such because the labor cost of having me rebuild it usually ends up costing more. It’s the world we live in.
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- Denver Adjacent
You definitely have to figure time and cost into it. I get it. Your time has a dollar value. And you have to weigh that against what it will cost to pay someone else to do the job.
For me, turning wrenches is zen. I love it. I'd rather spend the day wrenching than hand over money. Even if it's something I've never done before.
Also, packing bearings is cake work. Bearing grease, a solid pair of gloves, and lots of repetitive motion. A friend's dad who was a mechanic taught me how to pack bearings in high school. Special tools are not necessary.
For me, turning wrenches is zen. I love it. I'd rather spend the day wrenching than hand over money. Even if it's something I've never done before.
Also, packing bearings is cake work. Bearing grease, a solid pair of gloves, and lots of repetitive motion. A friend's dad who was a mechanic taught me how to pack bearings in high school. Special tools are not necessary.
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- Caldwell, ID
Yeah, it's stupid how that works. Also, some parts are just non-serviceable, which is dumb. I'm still learning all this stuff. I want to be able to do it, but I don't have the skills, tools or someone to teach me. I can learn a lot from YouTube, but that can only teach you so much, you know?
Another question..... whats a good brand of parts to go with. It seems I can't find oe lcas on rock auto.
I've heard moog has gone downhill recently. What about mevotech?
It seems my choices are
Delphi
Moog
Mevotech
ACDelco (didn't know they made Nissan parts)
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- Caldwell, ID
I enjoy it as well. Though I'd probably enjoy it more if I had a better place to do it.
My driveway is gravel, sloped, with no shade, and it's gonna be 100+ this week.
That part doesn't sound fun to me.
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- Denver Adjacent
You're not wrong. And you have to factor that in.
OE LCAs are almost 300 each on nissanpartsdeal. Which is a lot. I'd probably still buy Moog as an alternative. My biggest concern on doing front lowers on a 1st Gen is the torsion bars. If the adjuster bolts don't come off clean, you'll need new ones. NPD has them for $3, which frankly astonishes me. But it delays things further.
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Bumpers Installed
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- Utah
I enjoy wrenching. I also enjoy troubleshooting really difficult problems. It’s why I do what I do. I feel like an easy day at work is a wasted day. I love doing the “weird jobs,” as my boss likes to say.
“Got another weird one for ya,”
Perfection.
“Got another weird one for ya,”
Perfection.
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- Caldwell, ID
You're talking about the ones that are used to adjust the bars, and not the ones that hold them to the control arms, right? If so, I should just order a few of them anyways.
I'm going over to my parents house tomorrow, and their neighbor is a big car guy. Loves fixing up old vehicles. I think I might ask him if he'd be willing to help me.
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- Hainesville IL
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- Covington, Va
Those are the jobs I get at work. Hours of digging through loop sheets and 50 year old manuals, talking to operators and head scratching. It can be a lot of fun. Sometimes it all gets thrown into the floor and new stuff installed...
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- Ontario Canada
Morning. Coffee number 2 down range. About to start working in the house again
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- Covington, Va
Yeah, here too....
Crown molding in the dining room today. But I got new toys....
Crown molding in the dining room today. But I got new toys....
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- Caldwell, ID
Nice! Any excuse to buy new tools. I hear those m18 tools are awesome.
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- All over PA
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- Covington, Va
They are! I've almost completely converted to them. All my battery tools are M18, even my chainsaw and weedeater. The only corded tools I have left are a few grinders and my miter and table saws.
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First Fill-Up (of many)
Replaced the struts on the Mazda yesterday. What a major PITA to align the strut in the knuckle!
When I got it all buttoned up I took it for a test drive and there was a horrible squeaking sound. Turns out I had bent the dust shield into the rotor when I had been smacking the knuckle to separate the old strut. Glad that was a easy fix!
When I got it all buttoned up I took it for a test drive and there was a horrible squeaking sound. Turns out I had bent the dust shield into the rotor when I had been smacking the knuckle to separate the old strut. Glad that was a easy fix!
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- Caldwell, ID
I have both a stihl chainsaw and weedeater. I also have a small 20v black and decker.
The gas weedeater drives me nuts, and the chainsaw is totally overkill for my needs. I'm. Gonna sell them, and get a cordless electric chainsaw. Leaning towards the 20v Dewalt, but the m18 is awesome from what I hear.
Also, I just found Robs video on the wheel bearings. He used the tool mentioned to repack them. It actually doesn't look that bad. If. I buy that tool and can get them packed properly, I feel pretty good about doing this.
Gonna go full pml while I'm under there.
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- Covington, Va
When I was looking, I weighed them all against each other. There's a bunch of conversion here where I was deciding.
The ability to run a pole saw with the M18 weedeater (couldn't with a dewalt) and the larger bar on the M18 saw plus the M18 drill not stalling out when breaking through large diameter holes (vs the Ryobi) are some of the major reasons I decided to go with the Milwaukee.
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- Burtonsville, Md
Jeff at Adrenalin Offroad use's nothing but Milwaukee Fuel cordless tool's . He still has some old pneumatic tool's that battery's won't torque near , although they usually just snap the stuff in half . Having used them at his shop I can say I'm a believer in them and there warranty.
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- Utah
Same here. Once I bought my M18 weedeater a few years back, I started cycling out all my cordless to Milwaukee. Just bought a 1/2” mid torque impact last weekend. Thing hits nearly as hard as my Snap-On air impact. The M18 batteries seem to get better with use too.
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- Caldwell, ID
Honestly, the only reason I'm going with the Dewalt chainsaw over the m18 is because I already have the big Dewalt impact that I carry when I'm out in the boonies, and with the chainsaw, I'd only need one type of battery.
If I didn't have the Dewalt, I'd go m18.
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- Glenside, PA
As a plumber, I made the switch to team Red about 4 years ago. Best decision of my life.
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- Ontario Canada
Love new toys. Need to do baseboards. Hope to find the rigid one of those nailers
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- Utah
If you only have 2 Dewalts, there’s still hope. I still have an old DeWalt corded angle grinder. But most my corded tools were bought when I was an up and coming tech in my field, and I bought what I could when I could.
My chainsaw is an old Stihl Farmboss that my dad gave to me years ago. I did a stint logging back in the day, and I’m firmly entrenched in the Stihl camp.
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- Ontario Canada
Well. Another expensive day. Wife agreed i needed more tool
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- Covington, Va
That's a good day.
Trim is up. Man I should have bought a nail gun 10 years ago.... That's NICE!
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- Denver Adjacent
Already has
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- Denver Adjacent
Yeah. The bolts and double nut ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) setup that lives in the adjuster. Under the front seats. That's what gets ufcked up if they don't come off clean. The adjuster itself (the bolt goes through it) and the anchor that is attached to the LCA will be fine. You have to do something pretty dumb to mess those up.
Advantage. If you take all that apart you can re-index your bars for a factory fresh ride.
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- Denver Adjacent
Nice! Let me know how the nailer works out. I've still got pneumatic nailers. But the thought of further relegating my compressor to "tire fill duty" makes me happy.
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- Covington, Va
LOVE IT! I should have bought one a decade ago....
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- Denver Adjacent
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- Denver Adjacent
They didn't exist a decade ago. All we had then was pneumatic and Paselode guns.
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- Denver Adjacent
And the Paselode guns were OK. But the consumables cost a ufcking fortune.
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- Covington, Va
Should have invested in air. I could have run hoses anywhere in my house pretty easy from the garage.
But battery power is so nice.
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- Ontario Canada
Agreed. I had a air nailer and it sucked putting up the moulding around the kitchen windows ( lugging around the 5g air tank from the garage to the kitchen with the 50 feet of hose ) sucked last winter. We now jeed to finish all if the baseboards in the kitchen, living room so i will get my moneys worth out of it at least
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