I waited just a bit too long on that U joint.

"Birddog" (maintmgt)
07/02/2016 at 19:55 • Filed to: None

Oof! Thats ugly. There were no bearings left, just rust.

I know.. Shame on me. I knew it was bad back in January and kept pushing it off.

DISCUSSION (31)

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 20:02

Kinja'd!!!

yamahog > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 20:04

I know that feeling...

Die-Trying > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 20:17

did it hurt the yolk?? i had one that i let go too long, and it put notches in the yolk........ those notches ate every single u-joint i put in it until i changed out the yolk.......i kept extra caps to catch it early. ate probably 8 or 9 u-joints......

check the yolk.

Birddog > Die-Trying
07/02/2016 at 20:22

I swapped the flanged part of the yolk. I don’t even know why I had one but im happy I did. They dug in good.

Next week im changing the joints on the front shaft just as a precaution.

Die-Trying > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 20:32

they make a distinctive squeak, right when they are about to spit the shaft onto the ground........

at least check them for play, might grease them. i try to buy the serviceable joints with the grease zerks.

Birddog > Die-Trying
07/02/2016 at 20:34

Its been squeaking for 3 months. It would echo in the parking garage at work. The vibration when coasting downhill was flat out scary.

Urambo Tauro > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 20:38

Oh, that’s scary! That picture is Just Rolled into the Shop -worthy!

Die-Trying > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 20:41

that vibration was THE worst. so long as there is a load on it, it does “okay”.

now you can turn the radio down some, seeing that you dont have to drown out the u-joints anymore.

Birddog > Urambo Tauro
07/02/2016 at 20:47

Damn. That is bad-bad.

At least i didn’t drop the shaft and have to use 4 high to get home.

That would have been a nightmare because the front shaft is in my basement right now..

Birddog > Die-Trying
07/02/2016 at 20:48

Sadly, i’m still half deaf. The radio stays at 41.

Die-Trying > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 20:54

think the sound will return to your hearing??? i was surprised when mine did...... it would come back for moments at a time, and then back to ringing. these days it has gotten decent again. the ring just quit one day.

PS9 > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 21:12

Hmm. Well this is what happens when someone with the power to make things right loses a huge gamble, and it costs them everything.

BUT THAT’S ENOUGH ABOUT DAVID CAMERON, A-HA,HA,HA,HAAA!

Birddog > Die-Trying
07/02/2016 at 21:17

I hope the ringing will stop. It won’t. When i was young i blew out the inner and outer eardrum in my left ear. They healed but the scar tissue is too tough for normal hearing. It also freaks out every audiologist i visit.

Die-Trying > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 21:29

yeah, some days the ringing makes it tough to focus......

helps to focus on everything ELSE in your surroundings........... details.

it kept me sharper than everyone else around me.

stay sharp. dont lose hope.

Birddog > Die-Trying
07/02/2016 at 21:38

Ive become surprisingly good at reading lips. I’m only thrown off by my new boss. He’s from North Dakota and has a Minnesota like accent. His mouth doesn’t move the same way other people’s do when they speak. Hard to explain but I’ve been adapting.

Die-Trying > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 21:58

yeah, after a while you get good at telling folks “if you got something to say.......speak up.”

helps to read what people are REALLY saying too.

Birddog > Die-Trying
07/02/2016 at 22:06

For sure! Body language counts for a lot too.

Die-Trying > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 22:22

learn to watch those eyes...... they will tell you more than anything else......

Birddog > Die-Trying
07/02/2016 at 22:28

No doubt. That’s why I don’t like “Walk and Talk” meetings. If i can’t see you talking I’m going to miss something. It’ll probably be important too.

shop-teacher > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 22:32

That, as they say, is not good.

Birddog > shop-teacher
07/02/2016 at 22:47

Kind of surprised it made it through 2 trips to Milwaukee and back, 3 trips to Muscatine and back and 4.5 trips to Dubuque and back.

Even when I get a replacement I can’t get rid of this truck. It’s done too good for me.

Die-Trying > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 22:47

there was a point where i would tell folks to be sure to talk into THIS ear, and make sure i hear you......folks got used to it after i made sure they knew.

shop-teacher > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 22:50

That’s pretty impressive. You really do need to get something else, but I agree Krusty must stick around.

Birddog > Die-Trying
07/02/2016 at 22:53

Been there. My 70 year old Dad thought it was messed up. “You on drugs son?” It’s a battle.

Birddog > shop-teacher
07/02/2016 at 23:06

Oh yeah. I want and need something newer. US Cellular ate up all of my shopping time today when my new phone went blank less then 24 hours after signing up. 2 hours Friday after work and 2.5 more today. By time I cleaned house, cut the grass and that ordeal the day was over. I even missed Prarie Home Companion live (that hasn’t happened in 10 years).

Sorry. Im rambling.

I go riding tomorrow and return to shopping on Monday.

Die-Trying > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 23:12

it definitely gave me an appreciation for how i deal with and treat people.

shop-teacher > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 23:18

Ugh, I know the feeling. Last time I got a new cell phone, it ate 5 freaking hours of my day!

Birddog > shop-teacher
07/02/2016 at 23:25

It takes that kind of time to buy a new car. Even that shouldn’t take that kind of time.

shop-teacher > Birddog
07/02/2016 at 23:42

When I bought my Sierra, the whole process went smoothly, until I got to the F&I guy. He wasn’t pushy, he was incompetent and impossibly slow. He didn’t know where anything was, and he even took a smoke break in the middle of it.

I got a call a couple days later saying they had forgotten a form, and I was going to have to come back and sign it, as well as pay a $5 fee to the credit union they had financed me through. I told them, “I’m not driving 40 miles each way because you screwed up, and I’m not paying another 50 cents or a stamp.”

They sent a porter to my house with a form and a $20 bill.

Birddog > shop-teacher
07/02/2016 at 23:55

Holy Cripe! That’s awesome.

I can see a “bumbling” salesman. The F&I guy? Hell no.

When I was at Schaumburg Toyota and Roesch Chevy the F&I guy made a crap ton of money on the “aftermarket” junk I didn’t try to sell. Like undercoating, “clear” bras and “scotchguard”.

Heck. My commission checks were delayed because some of my paperwork was out of order. Often.

shop-teacher > Birddog
07/03/2016 at 09:02

He was young, and I doubt he was an F&I guy much longer. I ratted him out to the manager, whom I had met when he was a salesman a couple years before that, and we remembered each other. He said they’d been having trouble with the guy, that he’d been transferred there from another store. He was pretty pissed about the smoke break part.

The F&I guy at Pugi Mazda, when we bought my wife’s CX-5, tried to sell us $7200 worth of “protection.” “If you break a wheel blah blah blah, if you loose your keys up to twice a blah blah blah, if you tear your leather blah blah blah.” My wife’s ‘06 3 looked brand freaking new when we traded it in. Luckily he wasn’t too pushy either, I’d go back to Pugi in a heartbeat.

Is Roesch as scummy as my impressions are of that chain? They’re by far the closest Ford dealer to me.