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Well, the weather co-operated for almost the whole day. About threeish the clouds started to slowly roll in.
The day stared off at about 10:30 am when Glen McMillan (McMillag) got to my house after driving up from Colorado Springs. We started work almost immediately, as I had everything lined up ready to go.
The FIRST hub flip was instructional, to say the least. Bjorns pictures helped immensely. At first set of left side tire (front of the two set on the rear) we failed to properly flip the hubs. After looking at Bjorns pictures we realized that 'oh, that's what we did wrong'. Then corrected it. We were finished with the first one after about two hours plus. We broke for lunch.
The second left tire (rear of the two sets) we did pretty well. And it went much faster, as it only took us a little over an hour.
On to the right side. WE whizzed right through it. Right up to the point that we realized that we flipped the hubs incorrectly and had to go back and pound out the studs for a second time. We were still making pretty good time. JUST about the time we had figured out the problem and almost had it correct, Randy Barnes showed up with his family. My wife and his and their children proceeded into the house while Randy showed us SEVERAL 'cheats' on how to do things. The third tire (rear right) took a little under an hour.
The fourth tire proceeded at a rapid pace as we now had three sets of hands, one of which was VERY experienced and knew ALL of the shortcuts.
I would like to thank Glen McMullan for taking time out of his day to come over and help me from start to finish. Without Glen there, I might NOT have attempted to do this work by myself. There were SEVERAL lug nuts, especially ones for the inner wheels that literally took BOTH of us on a long bar put through the lug nut wrench bar to get off. I could NOT have done this myself.
I would like to thank Randy Barnes for showing up and HELPING Glen and I to finish in a rapid fashion, which made both Glen's and my day. Glen had to leave no later than 5 pm to go visit with his sister in Boulder. WITHOUT Randy showing up and helping, I would have been still out there working on the fourth tire.
My wife took a few pictures that she had developed. They are NOT very descriptive, but showed two SS members (Glen and I) working together on this project. And the front tires have NOT been installed yet. I have a 24v impact wrench that connects to the Nato Slave plug. I got it out and it seemed like it was going to work. I got exactly one lug nut off when the brushes gave up the ghost. The member who sold it to me told me they were bad and included a new set with the impact wrench. So I saved the fronts for after I get the 24v impact wrench functioning with new brushes installed into it. Nothing like testing all the equipment in your driveway, rather than in the field.
I would ALSO like to say that the 20 ton air/hydraulic jack and the two 6 ton jack stands I got from Harbor freight worked PERFECTLY. Randy even showed us a cheat that I WILL share. When removing or installing lug nuts, put the jack stand to the correct height and put the lug nut wrench on that, so YOU don't have to do a balancing act. WORKED PERFECTLY!!!
I am absolutely exhausted. I WILL post more pictures of this ongoing saga. We are expecting snow tomorrow and Monday so it will be a few days from now. And that gives me the time to repair my 24v impact wrench.
Thanks again to Glen and Randy. Glen and I decided we are going to start calling Randy the 'Deuce Doctor' cause he showed us SO MANY ways to do things easier. IF YOU AIN'T CHEATIN', YOU AIN'T TRYIN'!
AND a HUGE thanks to my wife for LETTING make an absolute MESS out of our car port concrete. HONEST HONEY, I will get all those oil stains out after I get the front tires on! You'd be surprised how easy it is with a little WD-40 followed up with a couple of cans of Pepsi on the really stubborn stains. Just let the Pepsi sit for about five or ten minutes and then just rinse off.
And I buggered up a couple of the right rear lug studs, so I will be removing the right rear hub and replacing them in the near future. HOPEFULLY, I can take my time and take some more informative pictures.
The day stared off at about 10:30 am when Glen McMillan (McMillag) got to my house after driving up from Colorado Springs. We started work almost immediately, as I had everything lined up ready to go.
The FIRST hub flip was instructional, to say the least. Bjorns pictures helped immensely. At first set of left side tire (front of the two set on the rear) we failed to properly flip the hubs. After looking at Bjorns pictures we realized that 'oh, that's what we did wrong'. Then corrected it. We were finished with the first one after about two hours plus. We broke for lunch.
The second left tire (rear of the two sets) we did pretty well. And it went much faster, as it only took us a little over an hour.
On to the right side. WE whizzed right through it. Right up to the point that we realized that we flipped the hubs incorrectly and had to go back and pound out the studs for a second time. We were still making pretty good time. JUST about the time we had figured out the problem and almost had it correct, Randy Barnes showed up with his family. My wife and his and their children proceeded into the house while Randy showed us SEVERAL 'cheats' on how to do things. The third tire (rear right) took a little under an hour.
The fourth tire proceeded at a rapid pace as we now had three sets of hands, one of which was VERY experienced and knew ALL of the shortcuts.
I would like to thank Glen McMullan for taking time out of his day to come over and help me from start to finish. Without Glen there, I might NOT have attempted to do this work by myself. There were SEVERAL lug nuts, especially ones for the inner wheels that literally took BOTH of us on a long bar put through the lug nut wrench bar to get off. I could NOT have done this myself.
I would like to thank Randy Barnes for showing up and HELPING Glen and I to finish in a rapid fashion, which made both Glen's and my day. Glen had to leave no later than 5 pm to go visit with his sister in Boulder. WITHOUT Randy showing up and helping, I would have been still out there working on the fourth tire.
My wife took a few pictures that she had developed. They are NOT very descriptive, but showed two SS members (Glen and I) working together on this project. And the front tires have NOT been installed yet. I have a 24v impact wrench that connects to the Nato Slave plug. I got it out and it seemed like it was going to work. I got exactly one lug nut off when the brushes gave up the ghost. The member who sold it to me told me they were bad and included a new set with the impact wrench. So I saved the fronts for after I get the 24v impact wrench functioning with new brushes installed into it. Nothing like testing all the equipment in your driveway, rather than in the field.
I would ALSO like to say that the 20 ton air/hydraulic jack and the two 6 ton jack stands I got from Harbor freight worked PERFECTLY. Randy even showed us a cheat that I WILL share. When removing or installing lug nuts, put the jack stand to the correct height and put the lug nut wrench on that, so YOU don't have to do a balancing act. WORKED PERFECTLY!!!
I am absolutely exhausted. I WILL post more pictures of this ongoing saga. We are expecting snow tomorrow and Monday so it will be a few days from now. And that gives me the time to repair my 24v impact wrench.
Thanks again to Glen and Randy. Glen and I decided we are going to start calling Randy the 'Deuce Doctor' cause he showed us SO MANY ways to do things easier. IF YOU AIN'T CHEATIN', YOU AIN'T TRYIN'!
AND a HUGE thanks to my wife for LETTING make an absolute MESS out of our car port concrete. HONEST HONEY, I will get all those oil stains out after I get the front tires on! You'd be surprised how easy it is with a little WD-40 followed up with a couple of cans of Pepsi on the really stubborn stains. Just let the Pepsi sit for about five or ten minutes and then just rinse off.
And I buggered up a couple of the right rear lug studs, so I will be removing the right rear hub and replacing them in the near future. HOPEFULLY, I can take my time and take some more informative pictures.
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