So I'm bored out of my mind and started to think about what I could tinker with in the car.
I'm painting my wheels this weekend and if granted more time, I'll pickup some dry ice and get rid of the sound deadening. Hopefully I'll have time to install my heimjoints and traction rods.
Do wheel bearings fall under preventative maintenance for DE'ers or should I not worry about it until I feel a wobble at the wheel? What about repacking my cv axles?
Two feet.
Andy Wrote:Do wheel bearings fall under preventative maintenance or should I not worry about it until I feel a wobble at the wheel? What about repacking my cv axles?
i think the bearings can go until they fail, sometimes they can last a very long time. cv axles might be a pretty good idea though....they don't really fail unless you snap one or run out of grease.
you could always "simplify" some things in the car....maybe make a fuse block for easy electrical work or install a remote oil filter to make access easy and increase oil capacity.
2010 Civic Si
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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If you are really bored, dont you have any little projects that dont cost any $$ to knock out?
Or... just get the speed secrets and skip barber books and use the time to read 
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
.RJ Wrote:If you are really bored, dont you have any little projects that dont cost any $$ to knock out?
Or... just get the speed secrets and skip barber books and use the time to read
I read SS before I go to bed but most of my reading is about real topics, RJ. Not this bullshit money sucking hobby.
Two feet.
Andy Wrote:.RJ Wrote:If you are really bored, dont you have any little projects that dont cost any $$ to knock out?
Or... just get the speed secrets and skip barber books and use the time to read
I read SS before I go to bed but most of my reading is about real topics, RJ. Not this bullshit money sucking hobby.
Zero to btter in three posts, pretty impressive 
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2009 Speed Triple | 2006 DR-Z400SM | 1999 CBR600F4 | 1998 Jeep Cherokee
-Ginger
wheel bearings are definitely preventative maintenance. how old are yours? i wouldn't worry about the axles, but i'm thinking about carrying and extra with me.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Add a turbo ;-)
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Mike Wrote:wheel bearings are definitely preventative maintenance. how old are yours? i wouldn't worry about the axles, but i'm thinking about carrying and extra with me.
Wheel bearings are originals and the car has 144k on it.
Two feet.
Andy Wrote:Mike Wrote:wheel bearings are definitely preventative maintenance. how old are yours? i wouldn't worry about the axles, but i'm thinking about carrying and extra with me.
Wheel bearings are originals and the car has 144k on it.
i'd definitely be replacing them.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
What about rubber stuff? After a decade and a half I'm sure a lot obushings and stuff have worn out if you haven't already replaced them. I'll be looking at doing all the major suspension joints in my daily driver soon - ball joints, tie rod ends, etc. How is that kind of stuff doing on it?
I like using winter for tidy-up projects, too. Scotty's distribution block would be nice to have if you ever need anything electrical to be modular, or just easier to deal with. Go back over anything you've done before that got rushed to get on track and fix whatever you didn't like about it from then.
How about hoses? We had that thread a while ago about them being wear items.. it'd suck to lose a day because one of your coolant pipes split.
Spark plugs? Filters? Valves?
When it comes to Ryan Jenkins, the story ends with me putting him in the wall.
2009 Speed Triple | 2006 DR-Z400SM | 1999 CBR600F4 | 1998 Jeep Cherokee
-Ginger
Andy Wrote:Mike Wrote:wheel bearings are definitely preventative maintenance. how old are yours? i wouldn't worry about the axles, but i'm thinking about carrying and extra with me.
Wheel bearings are originals and the car has 144k on it.
That's exactly when my wheel bearings failed, 140k miles. I did the front wheel bearings at first, then the rears started making noise about a week after that. I'm with mike, just go ahead and replace them.
1993 BMW 325is
Sgt. Slaughter
All the stock rubber was replaced with Poly. Most of the poly will be replaced with heim joints. Balljoints/tierods were replaced this summer.
I'll put the bearings on the to do list. Thanks guys.
I have 7-9 coolant hoses so I'm sort of putting that off. Why? Cause I enjoy welcome engine destruction.
Two feet.
andy,
if you want a really nice and easy thing to do for your shifting check out on the board about how you can change your shifter bearings out with skateboard bearings.
there is a whole write up on it on the mr2wiki
-matt
MAWWWWWWERRRRAAARRR!!!!
l33t Mr2 Wrote:andy,
if you want a really nice and easy thing to do for your shifting check out on the board about how you can change your shifter bearings out with skateboard bearings.
there is a whole write up on it on the mr2wiki
-matt
I'm pretty sure he did that already. Worked awesome on my DSM. (or so the next owner told me)
1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442
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