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Jul 12th, 2018, 19:50 | #11 | |
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Don't sell us short! When I looked at doing this job I quickly reached the conclusion that the cost of the bare drums plus the costs of the new studs quickly gets rather close to the cost of the refurbished units sold in Holland by the KvK club (you have to be a member of the club in order to benefit from their deals so I didn't mention this source earlier). So I decided to go down the route of getting refurbished ones from them. (As it turned out I found a better deal from a private seller selling stuff from a failed project - but that's by the by) The point made by yourself and Faust about things going wrong is more relevant. Just imagine trying to remove a wheel (let alone a hub assembly with the wheel attached) if one of those wheel studs spins in the drum. What a pain in the arse that would be. Just imagine the damage you could cause to the rear end bearings and more if the drum isn't centred... ...however, that's the case for every job a DIY mechanic does on his or her's vehicle. Even for simple things: Not enough brake fluid => possible crash situation; Not enough coolant => possible dead engine etc etc etc Every mechanic reading advice on the internet is responsible for his or her's fate. At the end of the day they have to do the job themselves. Just because so and so says it can be done does not mean every individual can do it. The contrary argument is just because Ron Kwas says it can not be done... (reader may fill in the rest!)
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Jul 13th, 2018, 11:24 | #12 |
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I never said it couldn't be done...of course it can be done!...my intent was to point out that for this job, special techniques and tooling (and experience to put these to proper use couldn't hurt!) are required to have any chance of success, and these are typically beyond the resources of even a serious home mechanic... Cheers |
Jul 15th, 2018, 19:11 | #13 |
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Woooha lads...iam grateful for all comments.
I have been a mechanic for over 40 years so yep i can see the hub beibg a right clart (Geordie word for those who divvant na) . But as the actress said to the Bishop " I am game " Mind if I can get them complete for what i consider as reasonable then the job is a goodun
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