koda2000
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note: this has nothing to do with Explorers, so you don't need to read any further unless you want to hear how i spent my day.
i have an old F100 pickup that's been hot rodded a bit. modern V8, auto trans, power disk brakes, power rack/pinion steering, IFS, 4-bar rear suspension, 9" Ford differential, coil-overs on all four corners. it's no show truck. well, i don't use it much and last year my daughter asked if her idiot baby-daddy could use it for work. i figured i'd rather he drive that instead of one of my Mountaineers/Explorers. he's managed to wreck, or break, every car of mine he's ever driven (including running my daughter's Mountaineer into a ditch a month months ago and he was told never to drive the Mountaineer). the F100 is no exception. every other weekend i'm fixing something on it. i have rear suspension bushings on order for it right now, i repaired a fuel leak and leaky valve cover gaskets this past weekend, i replaced a blown radiator hose a couple of weeks ago and i rebuilt the power steering pump just before that.
today my daughter comes home from her part-time job driving the F100. when i ask her how come, she tells me that her boyfriend took her Mountaineer this morning, because the F100 wasn't steering/stopping right (so let my daughter take her changes with it, right?). so, at 10 o'clock this morning i'm pulling wheels off to see whats going on. when i get to the p/s front, i immediately knew something was not right. turns out it totally ate the inner wheel bearing, screwed up the spindle, ruined the rotor and brake pads. a new spindle is around $200 for a pair (you can't buy just one) plus shipping. i remembered i had some spare OE Mustang II spindles in the basement, that i've had for over 20 years (and to think i almost brought them to the recycler a couple of weeks ago). i checked them out and they were identical to the ones that came with my IFS kit. sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut...
including 1 trip to the auto parts store (40 mins round trip) by 5:00 PM i had it back together with the replacement spindle, new brakes, new inner/outer Timken wheels bearings, races & seals (for both sides) new high temp Ford wheel bearing grease and then i took it for a test drive. it seems to be fine now. it's important to keep this truck on the road so he continues to work. i've known this moron for 5 years and this is the first time he's had a real full-time job (he's 36). i've told him if he's not working full-time, i'll kick his ass out of my house in a heartbeat.
a beer, a hot shower and a 600 mg ibuprofen and i'm ready for tomorrow's adventure.
i have an old F100 pickup that's been hot rodded a bit. modern V8, auto trans, power disk brakes, power rack/pinion steering, IFS, 4-bar rear suspension, 9" Ford differential, coil-overs on all four corners. it's no show truck. well, i don't use it much and last year my daughter asked if her idiot baby-daddy could use it for work. i figured i'd rather he drive that instead of one of my Mountaineers/Explorers. he's managed to wreck, or break, every car of mine he's ever driven (including running my daughter's Mountaineer into a ditch a month months ago and he was told never to drive the Mountaineer). the F100 is no exception. every other weekend i'm fixing something on it. i have rear suspension bushings on order for it right now, i repaired a fuel leak and leaky valve cover gaskets this past weekend, i replaced a blown radiator hose a couple of weeks ago and i rebuilt the power steering pump just before that.
today my daughter comes home from her part-time job driving the F100. when i ask her how come, she tells me that her boyfriend took her Mountaineer this morning, because the F100 wasn't steering/stopping right (so let my daughter take her changes with it, right?). so, at 10 o'clock this morning i'm pulling wheels off to see whats going on. when i get to the p/s front, i immediately knew something was not right. turns out it totally ate the inner wheel bearing, screwed up the spindle, ruined the rotor and brake pads. a new spindle is around $200 for a pair (you can't buy just one) plus shipping. i remembered i had some spare OE Mustang II spindles in the basement, that i've had for over 20 years (and to think i almost brought them to the recycler a couple of weeks ago). i checked them out and they were identical to the ones that came with my IFS kit. sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut...
including 1 trip to the auto parts store (40 mins round trip) by 5:00 PM i had it back together with the replacement spindle, new brakes, new inner/outer Timken wheels bearings, races & seals (for both sides) new high temp Ford wheel bearing grease and then i took it for a test drive. it seems to be fine now. it's important to keep this truck on the road so he continues to work. i've known this moron for 5 years and this is the first time he's had a real full-time job (he's 36). i've told him if he's not working full-time, i'll kick his ass out of my house in a heartbeat.
a beer, a hot shower and a 600 mg ibuprofen and i'm ready for tomorrow's adventure.
..Well done..:biggthump
