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[Bitter]

Some tricks for getting the nut down before the tierod spins..

Lube lube lube and then more lube. Clean the threads with a wire wheel on a die grinder. If it's a nylock nut tell it to fuck off with some heat and just burn the plastic out of it. Usually any of those three does the trick. If it does spin, yeah channel locks but I've found my 4foot 1/2 inch pry bar can put a lot more force on it one handed than channel locks. I have small hands, it's a blessing and a curse.

[bcredeur97]

28 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Some tricks for getting the nut down before the tierod spins..

Lube lube lube and then more lube. Clean the threads with a wire wheel on a die grinder. If it's a nylock nut tell it to fuck off with some heat and just burn the plastic out of it. Usually any of those three does the trick. If it does spin, yeah channel locks but I've found my 4foot 1/2 inch pry bar can put a lot more force on it one handed than channel locks. I have small hands, it's a blessing and a curse.

Why hasn’t the human race designed a ball joint that can’t spin yet? 

[Bitter]

37 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Why hasn’t the human race designed a ball joint that can’t spin yet? 

It would have to be keyed in some way, machining a properly tapered key on a stud to match a keyway in the hole would be hard. The reason the stud and hole are tapered is to spread load and pinch together. They're actually like a degree off so the knuckle stretches and clamps a little. And they kind of do...those ball joints that have a pinch slot and round ring cut into the stud with the bolt that goes through. They just get rusty and won't pull down, there's ways of getting them down too.

[OldFord76]

This old F100 my Grandpa restored. May be mine in the next few years. Its always fun to see people look at it when we drive by. He put new seat cover, painted and removed a lot of rust, and just made it look better. Not in the best condition ever, but I love it. 

[Bitter]

Finally a nice enough day to drive it to work and get it filthy while it's parked.

 

Left my usual silver sunshades at home in the other car...these will do.

[XGoodGuyFitz]

Just now, Bitter said:

Finally a nice enough day to drive it to work and get it filthy while it's parked.

 

Left my usual silver sunshades at home in the other car...these will do.

When you realise you put them on the wrong way. 

[Bitter]

33 minutes ago, XGoodGuyFitz said:

When you realise you put them on the wrong way. 

They're too short/wide the right way so they don't fit and fall down. They were only $1 on closeout.

[XGoodGuyFitz]

1 minute ago, Bitter said:

They're too short/wide the right way so they don't fit and fall down. They were only $1 on closeout.

ah i see. 

[TVwazhere]

5 hours ago, RGBoy said:

This old F100 my Grandpa restored. May be mine in the next few years. Its always fun to see people look at it when we drive by. He put new seat cover, painted and removed a lot of rust, and just made it look better. Not in the best condition ever, but I love it. 

I'm not really a truck kinda guy, but I'd get an old truck like this if I had the change and money, for sure. 

[JoaoPRSousa]

6 hours ago, RGBoy said:

Not in the best condition ever, but I love it. 

 

That's what matters! Looks good on the outside ahahah

Enjoy it and with your grandpa, sure it's worth it 

[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

I'm not really a truck kinda guy, but I'd get an old truck like this if I had the change and money, for sure. 

My dad has said he wants to get an old truck like that when he “retires” and putt putt around town checking on all his rent houses with it lol 

[Bitter]

Welp, I get to pull the front bumper off my Celica this weekend, was spot checking the trans cooler and there's a small leak at the upper line where it connects to the cooler. Stupid compression fittings, probably just needs like 1/2 turn is all but it's up there good where I can't reach it. Maybe I should have gone with hose barbs and short rubber sections to make the connections like I originally planned to do? Ah well, better to catch it now then to be boned later, it's a very small leak but that's just not acceptable.

[Sarra]

Well, I decided to get a VF34 for the Baja. If I get new injectors, and an AEM 340lph fuel pump, and maaaaybe a RRFPR, I can push enough performance from the turbo to put my 5 speed into the red, and risk blowing it up. Fun times. All of that while still keeping full spool under 3,000 RPM.

 

I should get pics, and post them up...

[That_Random_Guy]

May look crusty on the outside however everything is BRAND NEW and there isnt a spec of rust anywhere on this car. paint to come after manual swap. also super pissed my brand new headlights yellowed in 6 months.... 

[Bitter]

Cheap headlights don't have proper UV protection on them, they yellow out fast and usually have shitty beams. You can get a shop to sand and clear when they shoot the car.

 

What's wrong in this picture?

[chaozbandit]

A-yo hydrogen lets gooooooo

 

 

[Bitter]

19 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

A-yo hydrogen lets gooooooo

 

 

I hate HATE when they put crap for the next videos over the video I'm still watching and I can't turn it off because they've removed the ability to do that lately on Youtube.

[bcredeur97]

I kinda hate manual belt tensioners because you put a new belt on nice and tight and 2 days later it’s squealing like a pig on cold starts and you have to get back under the car and tighten it down even more 

[vetali]

33 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I kinda hate manual belt tensioners because you put a new belt on nice and tight and 2 days later it’s squealing like a pig on cold starts and you have to get back under the car and tighten it down even more 

Now deal with that at a shop lol. Tried explaining to parts we have to keep at least one of each belt in stock on those old hondas because the aftermarket ones are just terrible. The masterpro ones from oreillys are near a waste of resources even making them. Gates isn't that far ahead in that regard. Some of the duralast ones from autozone have been alright.

[Bitter]

49 minutes ago, vetali said:

Now deal with that at a shop lol. Tried explaining to parts we have to keep at least one of each belt in stock on those old hondas because the aftermarket ones are just terrible. The masterpro ones from oreillys are near a waste of resources even making them. Gates isn't that far ahead in that regard. Some of the duralast ones from autozone have been alright.

The only belt that won't make noise on my Celica is a Gatorback style belt for some reason. The new premium Continental belts with the heavy rubber backing are pretty good, like an OEM Mercedes belt. Still noisy on my Mazda, I think it's an alignment issue with the PS pump being a little crooked but I can't be assed to really fix it because it's only an issue on cold mornings so like half the year it's fine.

[vetali]

10 minutes ago, Bitter said:

The only belt that won't make noise on my Celica is a Gatorback style belt for some reason. The new premium Continental belts with the heavy rubber backing are pretty good, like an OEM Mercedes belt. Still noisy on my Mazda, I think it's an alignment issue with the PS pump being a little crooked but I can't be assed to really fix it because it's only an issue on cold mornings so like half the year it's fine.

I put a continental on my mazda. Was pretty high quality, was nice an fuzzy like OEM honda stuff.

 

fugly AF. I remember when the 10th gen was unveiled I wanted one so bad and ultimately bought one. I feel the opposite here.

[Bitter]

49 minutes ago, vetali said:

I put a continental on my mazda. Was pretty high quality, was nice an fuzzy like OEM honda stuff.

 

fugly AF. I remember when the 10th gen was unveiled I wanted one so bad and ultimately bought one. I feel the opposite here.

Trying to make it look more 'mature'.

[bcredeur97]

8 hours ago, Bitter said:

The only belt that won't make noise on my Celica is a Gatorback style belt for some reason. The new premium Continental belts with the heavy rubber backing are pretty good, like an OEM Mercedes belt. Still noisy on my Mazda, I think it's an alignment issue with the PS pump being a little crooked but I can't be assed to really fix it because it's only an issue on cold mornings so like half the year it's fine.

I just used the continental elite belts on my civic. Hoping I wouldn’t have this issue lol 

 

didn’t work out... I really wrenched on that alt belt too, it was too tight when I started but now it’s looser  

 

but yeah I’ve been using continental belts since a couple years ago they seemed nice 

[bcredeur97]

7 hours ago, Bitter said:

Trying to make it look more 'mature'.

Mini-Accord 

[sub68]

my adrenline is still pumping those turns