Cardinal rule of drum brakes: Never take more than the drum off the second side until you have the first side back together.
Cardinal rule of drum brakes: Never take more than the drum off the second side until you have the first side back together.
Duke wrote: Cardinal rule of drum brakes: Never take more than the drum off the second side until you have the first side back together.
I'm pretty sure that's the 11th commandment.
In reply to mtn: People that enjoy getting up at the crack of dawn assume the rest of the world enjoys it too. Sleeping past 7, and eating dinner after 4:30 are concepts my inlaws do not understand.
I got up before my alarm today, played with the dog, and was off to work at 4am. Half way there a couple of deer jumped the guardrail and took out the nose on my Buick. The nice shiny red Buick I bought one year ago today because my last car got hit in a late snow storm. I could be done with going to work.
In reply to Wall-e:
Had 1100 miles on a '12 Sierra when a deer run in the front of it. Thought that truck was berkeleying cursed but body shop manager made it sound a whole lot better w/ "now that that's outta the way yur prolly good to go for the duration". 
Stefan (Not Bruce) wrote: In reply to Ashyukun: Technically they are separate, but they are pressed together and its usually easier to remove the hub and drum together. Usually.
Chrysler peened the studs so the drums don't come off.
If it's steel wheels, I don't even remove the wheel. Just pop the bearing and pull it off as one big assembly. More leverage to graunch the rust lip past the shoes.
Knurled wrote: Chrysler peened the studs so the drums don't come off. If it's steel wheels, I don't even remove the wheel. Just pop the bearing and pull it off as one big assembly. More leverage to graunch the rust lip past the shoes.
It had alloy wheels. Will have to remember that though, pulling the drum off with the wheel is a pretty good trick if I encounter something like this again...
Knurled wrote: More leverage to graunch the rust lip past the shoes.
Graunch, what an apt term for it. It sounds just like the sound that it makes when you use a 6ft pry bar for leverage on it.
Apexcarver wrote:Knurled wrote: More leverage to graunch the rust lip past the shoes.Graunch, what an apt term for it. It sounds just like the sound that it makes when you use a 6ft pry bar for leverage on it.
It's an onomatopoeia 
Apexcarver wrote:Knurled wrote: More leverage to graunch the rust lip past the shoes.Graunch, what an apt term for it. It sounds just like the sound that it makes when you use a 6ft pry bar for leverage on it.
Quite apt. I don't often break out my actual heavy steel almost cartoonish-looking crowbar (acquired when it was left behind by some city plumbers messing with the sewer cleanout at my old house) to work on a car, but it was definitely necessary for this.
Wall-e wrote: In reply to mtn: People that enjoy getting up at the crack of dawn assume the rest of the world enjoys it too. Sleeping past 7, and eating dinner after 4:30 are concepts my inlaws do not understand.
My wife works with a bunch of people who are somehow convinced that an 8-hour workday is magically shorter if you come in at 6:30a and go home at 3:00p.
Us: "It's still 8 working hours, same as when we get in."
Them: "But we get to go home at 3:00."
Us: "But you have to go to bed by 9:00 at night and get up at 5:00 the next morning."
Them (looking puzzled): "But we get to go home at 3:00."
In reply to Duke:
Which means they avoid some of the dumbass traffic and for those with kiddos in school, it means they could you know be home when the kids get home from school. There's also the fact that you can actually run some errands to places that are only open until 5 or 6pm and finally, you can see the berkeleying sun and enjoy the outside world instead of sitting in traffic for 1-4 hours per day.
Then again, that's their choice and if it makes sense for their lives why would you question it?
Let's see, I'm doing two jobs without compensation for both. One was supposed to end in January. They stiffed me on most of my travel reimbursement. Now they cancelled my vacation next week that was approved a month ago.
I'm about to get real berkeleying pissed. Don't berkeley with my money or family.
I'm debating filing a complaint with the ceo or hr. Maybe both, as it's coming from my boss's boss and the regional director, and talking with them has done nothing good.
In reply to Stefan (Not Bruce):
You raise valid points. But I'm talking about people who don't have long commutes; her site is located in a semi-rural suburban area; traffic isn't an issue, and most people live 20 minutes away or less. I've had this conversation with a number of them, and a vanishingly small percentage have mentioned traffic avoidance as a reason. And also, most of them are in their 50s and their kids are high school age or older.
If they didn't just act like their day was somehow shorter, and offered a reason such as you suggest, it would be understandable. But that's not how it is presented.
I don't even care if your reason is just "I like it better." Subjectivity will shut me up every time. But don't act like you have some logical, rational reasoning if you don't. YES, you get to go home at 3:00 - precisely 8.5 hours after you got to work, same as me. It's not shorter, it's just time-shifted.
For an unrelated but similar example, I once worked with a woman who preferred taking a bath to taking a shower. That would be highly inconvenient for me; but hey, if you like it better, knock yourself out. Except she didn't just say she liked it better. What she said is this:
"I can't stand the thought of all that dirty water swirling around my feet."
Whut? You don't want dirty water around your feet, so you'd rather sit genitals-deep in it? Again, she owes no explanation at all... so why make a bullE36 M3 one?
In reply to Duke:
Maybe. Just maybe they don't feel like they need to justify their choices to you? Also, maybe, just maybe they weren't expecting to have their life choices questioned?
Nah. They are obviously weird.
Duke wrote:Wall-e wrote: In reply to mtn: People that enjoy getting up at the crack of dawn assume the rest of the world enjoys it too. Sleeping past 7, and eating dinner after 4:30 are concepts my inlaws do not understand.My wife works with a bunch of people who are somehow convinced that an 8-hour workday is magically shorter if you come in at 6:30a and go home at 3:00p. Us: "It's *still* 8 working hours, same as when we get in." Them: "But we get to go home at 3:00." Us: "But you have to go to bed by 9:00 at night and get up at 5:00 the next morning." Them (looking puzzled): "But we get to go home at 3:00."
And if other businesses close at 6pm, that gives you a few hours to do stuff.
Rain! Ive pretty much givin up on finding a parts car cheap enough for my liking so the plan was head too the local pick n pull for half price weekend this weekend. It just so happens that its been pouring down rain and the ford section there is a giant swamp.
Not sure i want a 351 bad enough to snorkel for it!
Wall-e wrote: I got up before my alarm today, played with the dog, and was off to work at 4am. Half way there a couple of deer jumped the guardrail and took out the nose on my Buick. The nice shiny red Buick I bought one year ago today because my last car got hit in a late snow storm. I could be done with going to work.
I just hit my fourth deer in the first new car I've ever owned.
My next commuter car is gonna be a retired P71 with a pushbar and an exocage.
Dear life,
Quit kicking me in the nads every damn second I'm awake during a day, K? I already have enough drama to deal with without your E36 M3 too.
Thanks!
I discovered earlier this week that we are selling beer 20% faster than the theoretical maximum I can produce it at. This rate is only going to speed up as we get further into the summer. Even if I just brew out 2 most popular brands, I don't think I could produce enough to meet demand for just those (assuming people don't start ordering more of them as they can't get the other brands I won't be able to make anymore).
I am tired of people saying "that's not a bad problem to have". Yeah... that's easy to say if you're not the person responsible for solving/mitigating the problem, who has to work harder under tighter deadlines for no additional compensation.
Also discovered that the spray balls that clean our tanks, do not do a sufficient job of cleaning themselves. So, that means that after every tank cycle, I have to do confined space entry to scrub something the size of a tennis ball. It has to be me. I am the only person who is small enough to climb into the tanks, and knowledgeable enough to do the job properly once I'm in there.
Beer Baron wrote: I discovered earlier this week that we are selling beer 20% faster than the theoretical maximum I can produce it at. This rate is only going to speed up as we get further into the summer. Even if I just brew out 2 most popular brands, I don't think I could produce enough to meet demand for just those (assuming people don't start ordering more of them as they can't get the other brands I won't be able to make anymore). I am tired of people saying "that's not a bad problem to have". Yeah... that's easy to say if you're not the person responsible for solving/mitigating the problem, who has to work harder under tighter deadlines for no additional compensation. Also discovered that the spray balls that clean our tanks, do not do a sufficient job of cleaning themselves. So, that means that after every tank cycle, I have to do confined space entry to scrub something the size of a tennis ball. It has to be me. I am the only person who is small enough to climb into the tanks, and knowledgeable enough to do the job properly once I'm in there.
You folks should probably raise the price of your beer.
DO NOT panhandle me while wearing brand new $60 Levi's, brand new $100 Nikes, a crispy new American Eagle Tee shirt, and a $400 Galaxy on your belt. I work two jobs plus make extra cash doing basic auto repair and knife/cutting blade sharpening. Infact, don't panhandle me at all...
WildScotsRacing wrote: DO NOT panhandle me while wearing brand new $60 Levi's, brand new $100 Nikes, a crispy new American Eagle Tee shirt, and a $400 Galaxy on your belt. I work two jobs plus make extra cash doing basic auto repair and knife/cutting blade sharpening. Infact, don't panhandle me at all...
Dude I got the best panhandler ever. Twice.
So it's March in Flint, there's snow on the ground, it's maybe three on a Tuesday. Dude rides up to me on a bike and starts this story. I'm not making this up: "My car died on the highway, a tow truck is there but the guy wants $50 and I only have $25. I am on the way to see my Mother in the hospital because I'm the only one who can get there fast enough because my Brother can't get out of work..."
here, I stop him.
"Where did you get the bike?"
"Oh, this? Yeah, a yard sale, so anyway..." I told him to go away as I continued my walk to school.
The next day, the same dude, on the same bike, starts in with the same story. I yelled "What, you don't remember me from yesterday!!" and he left.
The worst part is, that explaining the dude to my classmates, I learned that several had given the idiot money. Turns out, he owned a house next to a buddy, and he went back in said house after dishing out that story.
In reply to WildScotsRacing:
It also helps when I don't see you climb out of a taxi and pay the driver from a roll of green stuff shortly before you set up you pitiful sign-and-backpack routine.
I am certain that not all panhandlers are like this - probably not even a majority of them. But it does piss you off when you see one that is.
In reply to Duke:
That's why you always offer a thing. I fed a guy once with that routine and it was dramatically more fulfilling than throwing coins in a cup. It also weeds out the fakers.
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