"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/05/2019 at 10:55 • Filed to: None
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"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/05/2019 at 10:55 • Filed to: None | 4
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Pop Riveter is one of my favorite tools.
I need to reinstall the second shock absorber, and replace a washer in the sway bar end link. Then put the weight on the front suspension and tighten the bushings. Then get it aligned... Big job and some genuinely hard work.
The brake pads were approaching marginal and in normal service, I’d have let them go and inspect again in 5,000 miles, but we leave Monday for a 2,000-mile trip towing the pop-up trailer and crossing the Sierra and other passes, and since I had everything apart, I went ahead and refreshed the brakes and installed new wheel bearings.
The hardest thing, apart from the mere physicality of it all, was getting the “master” tool’s generic sleeves to fit in order to press bushings and bearings in and out. Surprisingly, the upper control arm bushings were pretty easy.
Note to self for next time: think ahead about where the through holes for the cotter pins are going to wind up...
Rusty, my ‘71 GMC van, needs the same treatment.
Nibby
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/05/2019 at 10:58 |
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was a bouncy ride reading it and was prepared to be shocked but everything went smoothly in the end
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> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/05/2019 at 11:57 |
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Well done. On the homestretch now. That’s a lot of work. But should drive like new, after the alignment anyway. Don’t be discouraged if it drive like crap to the alignment shop. Once they zero it in, it’ll be great.
shop-teacher
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/05/2019 at 12:14 |
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You're making me wish I had nutted-up and did this to my Sierra.
Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
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07/05/2019 at 12:15 |
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I just replaced some suspension parts myself and had to drive the car to the alignment shop with a heathy amount of rear toe out on the rear wheels. It felt like I had destroyed the car until the alignment magically made it all work. Scary bit of a drive though!
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
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07/05/2019 at 13:00 |
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I did not replace any rods nor ends, and I put all the shims back where they were, so I’m hopeful that the alignment is proximal to where it was before. 4 miles to the alignment shop...
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> shop-teacher
07/05/2019 at 13:01 |
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FWIW, something like 2.5 days of work... But I am happy that I did it myself.
Now, to finish it up...
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> Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
07/05/2019 at 17:26 |
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Yeah it’s really amazing how good and bad the vehicle can drive before and after an alignment. I had one of those with mine as well. Thought I ruined something. But after the alignment, it was perfect.
Jayvincent
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/05/2019 at 19:42 |
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you say pop-riveter is one of your favorite tools... but I see Mr. Angle Grinder has been out recently, too!
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Jayvincent
07/05/2019 at 19:47 |
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True, but the Wheel of Death is not an elegant tool. Pop rivets are brilliant.
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> Nibby
07/08/2019 at 09:20 |
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Hopefully none of it
dampened
your enthusiasm as you steered though the story’s turns.