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What are some car-repair jobs you always wished you could do but have never done?
On Mon, 06 Nov 2017 02:36:44 -0800, Vic Smith
> wrote: >On Mon, 06 Nov 2017 02:57:16 -0500, wrote: > > >> Only the stop-tech article is written by a pro (Can't open the >>raybestos link so it's useless) > >That "pro" says to replace brake fluid once a year. >I wonder how many people do that. >I never replace brake fluid unless I've got the system open. I generally did when doing any major brake work (drums, rotors, pads or shes) - just s thorough bleed. |
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What are some car-repair jobs you always wished you could do but have never done?
On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 00:32:45 +1100, Xeno >
wrote: >> >> The internet doesn't show EVERYTHING. What you know comes from the >> web. What I know comes from tears in the trade (including teaching the >> trade) > >Teaching the trade, yes, bound to cause tears at times. Took tech courses at high school - not typing!! - but you are right. Tears of frustration >>> Snipped >>> Which is why I wish I had done these half-dozen jobs: >>> 1. Alignment >>> 2. Transmission >>> 3. Engine >>> 4. Tires >>> 5. paint >> >> Ond I've dome them all at least once. > >Done hundreds and hundreds of alignments. Likewize. Thousands of tires. likely at least a hundred transmissions of different stripes, and between total rebuilds, head jobs, timing chains, and other major internal work, several hundred engines. SNIPP >> You have references I have experience. > >Ditto. Been there, measured that. ;-) |
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Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Doubt you'll believe it anyway. > > https://ebcbrakes.com/articles/what-is-brake-fade/ It's marketing bull**** and it's track related, but it has nuggets inside it just like all bull**** does. For example, it's interesting they don't mention the rotor (but of course, they're selling pads) when they say "Brake fade is caused by overheating of the brake pad". It's also interesting they talk about 'green fade' which makes sense since a more complex look at friction reveals that there is a microlayer of pad deposition on the rotor which "covalently bonds" in a way that I don't completely understand, with the hot pad, where *breaking* those chemical bonds adds to friction but only after a good bedding occurs. They skip all that, and concentrate on water, surface area, and volatiles, but I think the early fade is due more to the lack of covalent bonding than anything else. I gotta run so I'll get back to this, but it's a typical marketing job trying to make believe they're being scientific when they don't mention even once the pad ratings nor the word "warp", but I have to go before I finished it as I have to pick someone up at the airport. |
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Xeno wrote:
>> I don't disagree that an automatic is a completely different thing to >> rebuild than a manual would be for a typical rebuild. >> > Far more than most people realise. Even more complex now that trans > operation is integrated with a TCU and the ECU. When I listed transmission in the original post, I meant manual, and specifically I meant clutch which, as you know better than I do, means a few more parts like a. clutch b. pressure plate c. pilot and throwout d. slave and master e. flywheel I'm not sure what else offhand, but had I just done the job once, I'd know. I think the only "special" tools needed are a transmission jack and the tools to align the clutch and pull out the old bearings where people jury rig all sorts of solutions but where I'd likely buy the right tool. Seems to me the special tools are about $200 to $300 at most, which is about what the labor costs would be. And the job isn't like an alignment where you have to do a lot more than normal thinking. Maybe some day I'll do it but probably never. I lost my chance, and I regret that. |
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Vic Smith wrote:
>> Only the stop-tech article is written by a pro (Can't open the >>raybestos link so it's useless) > > That "pro" says to replace brake fluid once a year. > I wonder how many people do that. > I never replace brake fluid unless I've got the system open. I agree with you that the so-called "pros" say a lot of things that are pure horse****, but usually they're just super overly conservative (like have your tires balanced every 10K miles or something like that). You can't call them "wrong" but you can say "nobody does that". I would agree with you on two things related to those articles: a. I don't agree with everything they say (they don't even agree with each other). b. But the net is that what most people call warp isn't warp at all. There are few technical car topics on the net more filled with bull**** than rotor warp for street cars. Nobody who says they have seen warp ever proves a single word they say. That's a fact. Just try to find a picture or video of someone testing their rotors for warp (not runout!) and you'll see my point. I'm done with warp because I provided references and I said it "can" happen but it's not happening in 99.9999999% of the cases. Anyone who wants to dispute the references need only provide a reference. |
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Xeno wrote:
> The pads on my car(s) have both long life and good braking ability. Did > I mention they don't squeal too. They are the OEM Toyota pads that came > with the car and that's what they will be replaced with. The only time you don't have to mention the friction rating is when you purchase OEM pads. Otherwise, the friction rating is critical to mention. I have nothing against OEM anything, but in the case of the bimmer, the FF Jurid pads in the front make a black dust that is objectionable. For some reason, which I don't believe the marketing of, the PBR/Axxis FF pads don't have that objectionable dust. Nobody has ever given a good answer since "dustless" doesn't cut it. All pads and rotors must dust. So we just assume that the dust from Axxis/PBR pads is not as objectionable as the dust from the OEM Jurid pads. Both stop as well as indicated by the FF rating for both. |
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