6.22.2009
6.16.2009
tie rods, oh my!
The last few days have been nothing but blood, sweat, tears and tie rods. Went to swap tires and take a look at my brakes at a friend's house, and come to find out the outer tie rods were shot already. I replaced them a year ago or so...
Well try taking one off and nope, no dice...hard to work without air tools or a torch. So yesterday we ended up doing all four...inners and outers. The inners were SHOT and most likely the cause of the outers going so much, and the reason why my car can never hold an alignment.
Using some ingenuity and a huge wrench we were able to get them off the PS rack, and at the same time apparently flushed my PS fluid (yay power steering fluid EVERYWHERE).
dead outer:
dead inner and outer:
yay big ass wrench:
Went for a test drive around some back roads of Marblehead and man does she TURN! Feels so much better, safer and more solid. Next up, sway bar links that have prevented me from having a sway bar...oh yeah and shocks.
Well try taking one off and nope, no dice...hard to work without air tools or a torch. So yesterday we ended up doing all four...inners and outers. The inners were SHOT and most likely the cause of the outers going so much, and the reason why my car can never hold an alignment.
Using some ingenuity and a huge wrench we were able to get them off the PS rack, and at the same time apparently flushed my PS fluid (yay power steering fluid EVERYWHERE).
dead outer:
dead inner and outer:
yay big ass wrench:
Went for a test drive around some back roads of Marblehead and man does she TURN! Feels so much better, safer and more solid. Next up, sway bar links that have prevented me from having a sway bar...oh yeah and shocks.
6.01.2009
Newnewnew.
Lots of shtuff to report on.
Last weekend (as in the 22-25th) was the Mazda Corral at Limerock. I had a BLAST, met so many people, hung out with great friends, and got to drive the track a few times, and watch some cool racing. I also did something new and posted stuff, pics and whatever, straight to Twitter from the track, so that it would update to thecollegedriver.com
I don't know if I can even sum everything up, I should've posted this right after everything but I've been pretty busy and such.
Here are the articles:
Prelude
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
All my pics are here:
One
Two
Three
Four
I also did a photoshoot with the car one night at the parking garage:
More Pics Here
Other then that, scored one of the wheels from the Miata that crashed at Lime Rock (thanks Mahk!) and I'm turning that into a night stand thing. Also put up the Grand-Am flag I won at the raffle...
Tis all for now...the doorpanel is coming off for some reason, so I need to take it off (AGAIN) and reattach it. I think I'm going to hit up a JY for new clips first.
Last weekend (as in the 22-25th) was the Mazda Corral at Limerock. I had a BLAST, met so many people, hung out with great friends, and got to drive the track a few times, and watch some cool racing. I also did something new and posted stuff, pics and whatever, straight to Twitter from the track, so that it would update to thecollegedriver.com
I don't know if I can even sum everything up, I should've posted this right after everything but I've been pretty busy and such.
Here are the articles:
Prelude
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
All my pics are here:
One
Two
Three
Four
I also did a photoshoot with the car one night at the parking garage:
More Pics Here
Other then that, scored one of the wheels from the Miata that crashed at Lime Rock (thanks Mahk!) and I'm turning that into a night stand thing. Also put up the Grand-Am flag I won at the raffle...
Tis all for now...the doorpanel is coming off for some reason, so I need to take it off (AGAIN) and reattach it. I think I'm going to hit up a JY for new clips first.
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