BlaRo
Little Nudger
Sometimes I worry that if I do get the F-350 it will turn me into such a driver. I mean, look at it:
Well, you ARE from Connecticut.
Connecticut: the state that perennially makes MA drivers look like saints.
Sometimes I worry that if I do get the F-350 it will turn me into such a driver. I mean, look at it:
>800 km-in-a-day numbness.
Shop labour is expensive, and is racked up hourly. Even the worst shop around here charges $150/hr. And, if those control arm bushings are what I think they are, they are a royal pain in the ass. I had to do the front pair on a '95 Grand Am to pass an inspection (GF's car) and they were a right bastard to replace. You have to pretty much disassemble the entire front suspension and pull the CA's, then remove the old bushings from the CA's. They're likely separated, I had to whack out the rubber part with a BFH and then hacksaw a notch into the metal housing so I could chisel out the metal portion of the bushing. Putting the new one in was an exercise in frustration and filing off corroded metal that was making it ever so difficult to press in the new bushing without wrecking it.
Hell, with a job like that, you might as well replace anything in the general vicinity that is a consumable. I did the LCA bushings, ball joints, brake line flex hoses, pads, rotors, stab bar links, serpentine belt, and a wheel bearing while I was at it and while the whole shebang took 16 straight hours of wrenching, I don't regret doing it all at once whatsoever.
So, uh, what were we talking about again? Oh, right. Yeah, shop labour is $$$, but LCA's can genuinely be a long job that racks up hours. Can you do it yourself? Yes! Do you want to? Well, that's up to you. The rears are probably easier than the fronts due to lack of driveline components.
Shop labour is expensive, and is racked up hourly. Even the worst shop around here charges $150/hr. And, if those control arm bushings are what I think they are, they are a royal pain in the ass. I had to do the front pair on a '95 Grand Am to pass an inspection (GF's car) and they were a right bastard to replace. You have to pretty much disassemble the entire front suspension and pull the CA's, then remove the old bushings from the CA's. They're likely separated, I had to whack out the rubber part with a BFH and then hacksaw a notch into the metal housing so I could chisel out the metal portion of the bushing. Putting the new one in was an exercise in frustration and filing off corroded metal that was making it ever so difficult to press in the new bushing without wrecking it.
Hell, with a job like that, you might as well replace anything in the general vicinity that is a consumable. I did the LCA bushings, ball joints, brake line flex hoses, pads, rotors, stab bar links, serpentine belt, and a wheel bearing while I was at it and while the whole shebang took 16 straight hours of wrenching, I don't regret doing it all at once whatsoever.
So, uh, what were we talking about again? Oh, right. Yeah, shop labour is $$$, but LCA's can genuinely be a long job that racks up hours. Can you do it yourself? Yes! Do you want to? Well, that's up to you. The rears are probably easier than the fronts due to lack of driveline components.
Well, you ARE from Connecticut.
Connecticut: the state that perennially makes MA drivers look like saints.
I dunno, the way you're parked is pretty damned dickish.
uni buses suck! i want my mitsu back