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More car issues because cars suck - roger_smith - 09-29-2014
Some of you may recall my previous thread about blowing a brake line. I eventually fixed that so yay.
Now I'm having issues with a brake seizing up. This isn't a new thing, it's been a problem for a while. However, because I'm moving to a new home in the country (and thus a longer drive to work) I've decided I should probably address the brake issue. Also, it got so hot it started smoking the other day so.... time to fix.
While working on this I found that the work I paid a shop to do a year ago is already failing and needs to be redone. I paid to have a tie rod end done because I didn't have the time. Whelp, here we are a year later and the replacement part is alllllll loosey goosey. Normally, I'd probably just let it ride, but since if a tie rod end breaks, you lose ALL STEERING CONTROL, I figure that ones worth doing. If it was just a little loose I'd let it be, but this thing is LOOSE.
Le sigh... It's always something, right?
Off to the parts store!
RE: More car issues because cars suck - Oni - 09-29-2014
Well, at least we'll know what happened to you if you stop visiting Sinisterly...
RE: More car issues because cars suck - Akane - 09-29-2014
Sounds like you might just want a new car soon x.x
RE: More car issues because cars suck - Techno - 09-29-2014
Inb4 you get T-bone steak'd.
RE: More car issues because cars suck - roger_smith - 09-29-2014
New car is on the short list once we get moved and get all the house stuff squared away. this is all literally just a stop-gap to keep this poor tired thing running down the road a bit longer
RE: More car issues because cars suck - lux - 09-29-2014
Embrace the bike man! Can't beat the freedom of two wheels.
RE: More car issues because cars suck - roger_smith - 09-29-2014
whelp jobs pretty much done. I still need to do an alignment after the tie rod end, but it's close enough for now. The brake caliper wasn't as gnarly inside as I expected so now I'm starting to wonder if there's something going on further into the system. Will have to monitor for now and see what happens...