WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

[RatCav]

... and it does work very well ... even after Landytats broke the gearstick ... he is a bleeding animal he is

[andytats]

I see how it is I'll offer my services again

[RatCav]

Nice spare set of headlights you have there Andy

Reminds me I need to text you about something after work.

[hipo1024]

Tryed my luck on the MOT thinking it was going to fail on the handbrake only working on 1 wheel...and well yes it did fail, but only due to a slit in a tyre and the nearside headlight being too high. Going in for its free retest tomorrow

[RatCav]

Broke it ... Grrr.

Power steering idler pulley bearing siezed at 50 mph in the dark and blizzard. Popped the belt off and limped her home. 2 ton 4x4's on 33's are effin heavy turn with no assistance.

[gregster]

You wanna try it for a weekend with a welded front diff as well Neal!!!

Have you got a spare one?

[RatCav]

Nope Greg ... off to the bearing place tomorrow. Long old walk in the snow.

[RatCav]

The carnage:



That should be a sealed bearing with 8 balls. Those are the sealing sides which have ground off, and I could only count 6 balls.

[gregster]

Lack of maintenance...I blame the owner.

[robbie]

I popped the dust seals out on mine cleaned it out and re greased the race and put it back together, have done this for years with sealed bearings

[RatCav]

Mine is beyond that now I think

[Fatbaz]

Neal, pesamists would say it feck'd, optamists would say the new-ness has worn off. But we'd all say rotten luck just when you had got the pump back on and all.

To beat the walk in the snow, right the bearing company order and pay over the phone then get a Taxi company to collect it and bring it round to you. Makes the bearing more expensive but it gotta be better than a walk in the snow. Use this with "take-aways" on occasion.

Regards

Stuart

[RatCav]

Fixed it ... again. One new bearing, and a service later she runs once more.

Even filled the other gear stick hole.

[andytats]

@neal we want to see pictures of your knob

[gregster]

well Andy would like to anyway...maybe PM would be better though, saving everyone else from this.

After 8 miles trudging in the snow I should think its blue, hiding and will need a macro lense on the camera anyway!

[Andytats Boss]

I do wonder about my husband sometimes I'm not sure what goes on in that head of his

[gregster]

We try not to think about what goes on in Andys head...its far too disturbing for most of us!

[andytats]

I don't even want to know what goes through my head. Because the voices are too scary they made me buy a Landy

[gregster]

nothing wrong the voices making you buy a Landy....

...so long as the voices can weld.

[RatCav]

My knob :



Stainless plate to fill the hole. Just needs sealant.

Then a leather gator, new under padding, and carpet

My legs are tired after 8 miles walking in the snow.