Catching up on a few things...

"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2) 04/01/2020 at 19:36 • Filed to: wrenching, partslopnik, B.R.A.K.E.S., social distancing, Dealerships

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Rotated the tires on the Kona... We’ve still got a solid month of needing the winter tires on (mostly for mu d ), and they were a bit overdue due to lambing, and then diverticulitis... That was quick and easy.

Then I did the rear brakes on the truck...

I’ve seen worse rotors, the lipping isn’t too bad and they don’t show any signs of hot-spotting, but I had to hammer them pretty hard to get ‘em off, and they now have dents...

These pads on the other hand, are D U N.

Everything came apart really easily (aside from having to beat the rotors off with a sledge hammer, but in the North East we expect that), and I actually have to give Ford credit for a really easy to service caliper/carrier design.

Then, with everything apart, up on jack stands, I opened the EBC box from Auto Anything... Nope. These are the wrong rotors.

Fuck.

This is the first time I’ve ever gotten a wrong part from A A, and these EBC rotors were * NOT* cheap :P

In the mean time it’s 4:30, and were under non-essential shopping ban... I call the local O’Reilly’s and they say they are out of stock in all New England warehouses and ETA is a week+. (might as well wait for the correct part from AutoAnything...)

Double Fuck.

So I call the local(ish) Ford dealer, almost an hour away... Guy s ays they have one pair in stock, and the computer shows the part on backorder from Ford (what, does everyone change their rotors at the same exact time?) , they are closing at five... “ But hey, I live just up the road from you, give me a CC by phone, and I’ll bring them home with me and drop them off!”

SCORE!

I go to the barn to do things and then come back to find a voice message... “credit card won’t go through, call me back” I call back... Switchboard says parts dpt already went home.

FUCK ME.

The truck is hanging halfway out of the garage on jackstands, so we can’t close the door and the geese are getting in and fucking shit up, like geese do... So Mrs. BoostAddict and I jerry rig a goose blocking system with some pallets and two folding tables and head in to drown our sorrows and pray the geese don’t get in and destroy shit overnight...

Then a shiny black F350 comes down our driveway and a guy gets out with a pair of brake rotors!

Parts dude brought them anyway! I pay him with a check, thank him profusely and finish the job... Hayes Ford retains me as a customer. Thanks guys! 

Its easy when you have the right parts...

Goes together quick and easy, disassembled the goose blockade (they were fucking with it and pulling on the folding table, they probably would have gotten it down soon), wheels back on, down off the jack stands, give the sheep another bale of hay, post to Oppo, shower time.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/01/2020 at 20:38

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Those pads look fine, there’s got to be like 1/4” of backing plate you could use. Also geese are assholes. Mostly just came here to complain about geese. 

speedy964 > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/01/2020 at 21:02

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This reminds I am going have to do brake work on my car. The other week I put my foot through the floor and now the brakes only sort of work. From what I have read, I messed up the check valve for the booster or put the rear brakes out of adjustment, just waiting on the Haynes manual I ordered from Amazon to show up. Don’t worry my college closed because the virus so I haven’t been driving around with messed up brakes.

OneSlowScion > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/01/2020 at 21:08

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I have to give Ford credit, making me pull the axles on my F-350 to do the rear rotors is a good way to get me to take it to a dealer. 

speedy964 > OneSlowScion 04/01/2020 at 21:12

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Did they put the hub in front of the brake disc?

OneSlowScion > speedy964 04/01/2020 at 21:18

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Yes.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > OneSlowScion 04/01/2020 at 21:26

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Assholes. 

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 04/01/2020 at 22:21

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I really find the geese entertaining most days, they are like having your own little troup of Trumps being self-important, blustering, and amusingly  dumb... but in the same mein, they can be horrific pains in the ass and really fuck shit up if you let them get their grubby beaks on any th ing, not to mention the massive goose shits...

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/01/2020 at 23:36

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Asshole geese

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/02/2020 at 04:35

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Perhaps the geese should get brake disc necklaces as a reward for being so curious...

Old-Busted-Hotness > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/02/2020 at 07:14

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I always give the rotor-to-hub face a good coat of anti-seize so they come off next time. Same for the wheel-to-rotor face and the hub lip. Rust sucks.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 04/02/2020 at 08:45

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Haha, the rotors for the truck are big enough that might actually be fatal...