Random Car Chat

[HansonBro]

Not at all.

Thanks. I just hate being a pain.

Im looking online for the whole kit and its driving be bonkers! Find a good deal for an 01 Tahoe only to find out its for 5 lugs, not 6. This should be simple but its not. Might just call my guy and see what he can come up with

 

[TheAngryHank]

Thanks. I just hate being a pain.

Im looking online for the whole kit and its driving be bonkers! Find a good deal for an 01 Tahoe only to find out its for 5 lugs, not 6. This should be simple but its not. Might just call my guy and see what he can come up with

I get parts on Amazon or rock auto.

 

[HansonBro]

I get parts on Amazon or rock auto.

Ive been looking on Amazon. Still not comfortable ordering anything yet. I can find 2 kits claiming to be for my truck yet they are different.

Im not in a super hurry so ill keep looking and contact my guy

 

[Baby Punisher]

Rock Auto is pretty good.

 

[HansonBro]

Hopefully fixed my dads Ranger today. Battery would die after 5-7 days of sitting. It had some aftermarket rust protection gadget hooked up to the battery, likely causing enough parasitic draw. I just snipped the fk'n thing off. Couldnt be bothered unbolting the battery terminals lol

 

[HansonBro]

Well I couldnt make this shit up if I tried. Was on my way to Home Depot (about 5kms) to pick up lumber for my privacy fence. Was just pulling into the plaza and my brake pedal went flat! Scared the shit outta me.

So I made it to Depot and parked to access the situation. Clearly leaking at the rear around the diff area. OF ALL THE DAYS TO NOT HAVE MY TRUCK BOX! I had just taken it out 30 minutes prior to make room. It had brake fluid in it.

So i debated and thought if i just had some fluid it might get me home. So looking around there was no gas station or anything automotive. Then I remembered theres a Walmart on the very far side of the plaza.

So I had a plan. I got my lumber and lol was it ever full. 10 4x4x8 posts, 64 1x6x6 fence boards and 4 1x4x8 trim pieces. I thought to myself "this might be heavy with no brakes".

Limped over to Walmart and got fluid. Went to fill it up and it showed full still. f*** now what?

Stupid me decided to drive home anyways full well knowing there was a giant downhill with my turn at the bottom. I just drove slow and left lots of space. Magically I made every light and when it came to the hill I just geared down to 2nd stood on the brake and shifted to 1st for my turn.

Made it home safe n sound. Definitely one of the dumber things ive done but boy was that a good beer when I sat down :p

 

[TheAngryHank]

Didn't plan on buying another bike but this popped up on Facebook, I stole it.
2021 with 12k miles .love it.

 

[HansonBro]

Didn't plan on buying another bike but this popped up on Facebook, I stole it.
2021 with 12k miles .love it.
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Looks awesome. Still on my bucket list of things to do


Also truck goes in Friday for surgery. I found the box of brake pads i thought were new, only to stare at 3 used pads lol. Dunno what happened there. Even the used pads still have 3/8" of life left. So i dunno what happened there

 

[HansonBro]

One caliper, 2 rotors and the brake line...$380 cash. Love it

Wish you all had a shop like this. This guy does not f*** me around. No add ons no bs. Just what my truck needs. And he loves cash lol

 

[LarryFisherman]

I need to do a steering box on my truck (05 ram 2500) and I'm mortified.

I'm good with engines but terrible with suspension and suspension adjacent components. I've already done the shocks, steering stabilizer, tires, and alignment, but the on-center handling is still pretty rough. I'm pretty positive the steering box is just thrashed. It does have 206k after all.

I'll probably just do a cheapo one from rockauto for now, and upgrade to a red dog unit later down the road once i know what i'm doing, but yeah. I'm pretty stressed out about the job, lol.