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Heading to Gatlingburg on Tuesday and then down to Chattanooga on Thursday to see family until Sunday.Hope the foot thing gets better. That sucks.
Excellent job on the garage move. That's some pretty nifty engineering!
What part of Tennessee are you visiting?
Safe travels and enjoy your visitHeading to Gatlingburg on Tuesday and then down to Chattanooga on Thursday to see family until Sunday.
How's the foot doing now? I'll tell ya, you're a trooper!It was a good thing I decided to dig into the drivers side. That backing plate was solid and I wasn’t really sure if I wanted to fight with the parking brake cable again and have to sandblast and the paint everything, wait for the paint to dry to put it back together. The truck is hanging half way out of the garage door with no way to move it. I had all these things in my favor to just be lazy and replace the brakes. But I didn’t. I pulled it all apart and did it like I should.
Pulled the axle and I see signs of silicone so I knew someone was in there. Right away I noticed, someone greased these bearings!! Who in Sam Hell is dumb enough to think you grease bearings that are bathed in oil? That explains why the gear lube was so dark. Now I have to pull the rear cover and clean out the diff! Some people shouldn’t be allowed to have tools, just like kids, there should be a application and interview process.
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Didn’t get any other pics. Same as other side and Jess was rushing me to go to my buddy’s to sit by camp fire. So that’s what we did. I was outside on my foot all day until 7:30pm, but in order to make the warden happy I went.
It was a good thing I decided to dig into the drivers side. That backing plate was solid and I wasn’t really sure if I wanted to fight with the parking brake cable again and have to sandblast and the paint everything, wait for the paint to dry to put it back together. The truck is hanging half way out of the garage door with no way to move it. I had all these things in my favor to just be lazy and replace the brakes. But I didn’t. I pulled it all apart and did it like I should.
Pulled the axle and I see signs of silicone so I knew someone was in there. Right away I noticed, someone greased these bearings!! Who in Sam Hell is dumb enough to think you grease bearings that are bathed in oil? That explains why the gear lube was so dark. Now I have to pull the rear cover and clean out the diff! Some people shouldn’t be allowed to have tools, just like kids, there should be a application and interview process.
But I got it done regardless. View attachment 381831
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Didn’t get any other pics. Same as other side and Jess was rushing me to go to my buddy’s to sit by camp fire. So that’s what we did. I was outside on my foot all day until 7:30pm, but in order to make the warden happy I went.
Man, foot is still killing me! 3 cortisone shots and I waited for it to kick in and now I’m thinking it was kicked in because I’m almost back to not being able to walk on it.How's the foot doing now? I'll tell ya, you're a trooper!
You better take care of yourself 1st, before something worse happens from just ignoring the pain. Pain is the body's way of telling you something is wrong. I'm sure you know that already, but sometimes it takes other people to say it. Take care of your foot brother!Man, foot is still killing me! 3 cortisone shots and I waited for it to kick in and now I’m thinking it was kicked in because I’m almost back to not being able to walk on it.
Leaving in morning to head south. This weekend kicked my rear end. I did everything I could to just get thru changing the rear backing plates and putting the rear back together and get the diff cleaned out. Had the passenger side brake line leak at the caliper. Had to find smaller copper washers to get it to seal up. Having a hard time getting back out there today to do anything. But I need to put my new shocks on the front and at least check everything over real good.
Here’s a few pics of what I finished yesterday.
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It’s back together and fluid topped off.
Thanks brother. I really appreciate that. I always try and work thru aches and pains thinking it’ll only get worse if I sit around and do nothing. Some of the time it puts me down and out longer than if I would have rested like my body was telling me to. This week is gonna be good for me. The 9 hr trip is gonna suck but once I’m there 2mrw afternoon, I’m going to kick back and enjoy some R&R.You better take care of yourself 1st, before something worse happens from just ignoring the pain. Pain is the body's way of telling you something is wrong. I'm sure you know that already, but sometimes it takes other people to say it. Take care of your foot brother!