"Matt Brown" (superfastmatt)
10/29/2019 at 15:55 • Filed to: None
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"Matt Brown" (superfastmatt)
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The instructions. They say I need special tools. Expensive tools that happen to be sold by the same company that wrote the instructions. But do I need them, really?
We find out in today’s episode of Matt Being Cheap In His Garage .
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This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
> Matt Brown
10/29/2019 at 15:58 |
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Instructions? Who the hell do they think they are telling you what to do?
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Matt Brown
> This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
10/29/2019 at 16:03 |
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My thoughts exactly.
Snuze: Needs another Swede
> Matt Brown
10/29/2019 at 16:06 |
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Lately I’ve just been making my own tools. For example, Volvo uses a 19mm square interface for their belt tensioner. I took a 5/8" carriage bolt, ground the head square , threaded on a nut, and then chopped off the excess length. The square bolt head goes in the socket on the tensioner and I can put a wrench on the nut. Cost me $3 to make.
I may end up replacing the rear toe links on the Volvo - there’s a $120 Volvo tool to press them out, I think I figured out how to make it with a piece of square tube stock and a few bolts for probably <$20.
OrigamiSensei
> Snuze: Needs another Swede
10/29/2019 at 18:20 |
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Ooh, that solution for the square tensioner is slick. Will have to keep that in mind if ever a similar situation comes up.
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Snuze: Needs another Swede
> OrigamiSensei
10/29/2019 at 22:37 |
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It was one of my finer moments, though I didnt include in my $3 the $30 in gas and 3 hours running around to different stores . See, I consulted a forum and guy in there made a really similar tool using a 7/16 square nut. Every place I went to, even Fastenall, did not have 7/16 square nuts. I got desperate in Lowes, but in my darkest hour, inspiration struck.
Who's who?
> Matt Brown
11/19/2019 at 17:11 |
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So you didn’t worry about the pre load torque for the crush sleeve on the pinion gear shaft? Or is that not a worry for your particular rear diff?