"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
10/17/2014 at 15:37 • Filed to: murdersofa | 1 | 10 |
The last autocross of the year (well, last one I want to go to) is this Sunday and my tie rod ends are shot and my left-right hub (one of the ones I installed) is "wiggling", according to the alignment guy.
DAMN IT.
That hub can't come off again; the bolts that hold the caliper on are completely trashed. Faaaantastic.
And my dad is bitching at me to fix my ABS, which is being disabled by a random electrical gremlin that is there inconsistently and it's not reproducible, but causes inaccurate readings from both rear wheel speed sensor.
Lovely.
Alex B
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/17/2014 at 15:39 | 0 |
That sucks. Can you drive someone else's car for the last one?
Alex B
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/17/2014 at 15:40 | 0 |
That sucks. Can you drive someone else's car for the last one?
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Alex B
10/17/2014 at 15:41 | 0 |
Well, I really wanted to drive the 'sofa now that it has new tires, wheels, is running premium, etc.
I've actually been trying for a while asking around my friends to see if anyone had a manual they'd let me autocross, since one of the FSAE requirements is to race a manual with a guy from FSAE riding shotgun... so far only possibility is fixing the horizontal stabilizers on my mom's boyfriend's Mazda truck.
KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/17/2014 at 15:47 | 0 |
Do you know if you can get away with replacing just the outer tie rods?
How much are the components for a front suspension rebuild?
Trevor Slattery, ACTOR
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/17/2014 at 15:54 | 0 |
Forgive my ignorance...what kind of car?
Alex B
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/17/2014 at 16:13 | 0 |
Oh, I got you confused with Jayhawk!
Jayhawk Jake
> Alex B
10/17/2014 at 16:46 | 1 |
Psht my car is race ready erryday
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Jayhawk Jake
10/17/2014 at 17:05 | 0 |
smoke turbo erry day
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Trevor Slattery, ACTOR
10/17/2014 at 17:10 | 0 |
2000 LeSabre. Tie rod ends are a pretty common failure, looks like I can autocross without breaking anything. I'll have to fix the loose hub, though. It's pretty damn noticeable.
Gonna get the tie rods fixed next Friday, so that'll be fun.
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
10/17/2014 at 17:11 | 0 |
I can just get the ends replaced; it's a pretty common failure on these cars. I'm getting that done next Friday, and the alignment shop tech said I'll be fine to autocross on the ones I have.