On 01 Jan 70 00:00, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:



 RW>> Been there, done that. I usually ended up under the vehicle, kicking
 RW>> the tire and wheel with my foot. That's when it pays to carry a
 RW>> jack-stand in the car...

 MH> I tried kicking, crowbars, torch, and finally resorted to the rubber
 MH> maul. It took a good smack to finally get that rotor off.

I noticed that the tire tech had a problem removing one of the wheels on
my pickup. I'm glad it wasn't a flat in the middle of the night on I-35...
Just a repair of a slow leak caused by a nail.

 RW>> Saw that. My question would include; why didn't you paint the
 RW>> hardline, knowing that the old line was as rusted as it was? Clear
 RW>> coat it, let it dry, install the line, then touch up what needs to
 RW>> be touched up after the install.

 MH> I just hope there is no problems on the rack and pinion side of
 MH> things.  I don't think there is.  I am going to have to have someone
 MH> turn the wheel with the truck on while I take a peek at the high
 MH> pressure side of the power steering.  I expect it to be spraying all
 MH> over the place.  I can even smell it at times getting burned on the
 MH> engine.

You did intend to replace all of those lines while you were in there,
right? I wouldn't worry about turning the wheel checking for leaks, I'd
just remove the lines and change them out.

 MH> Need to wait for a warm weekend.  Getting cold up here now and doing
 MH> this in the garage would make for a big mess.

I hate it when that happens. Even working in a fairly warm garage isn't
very comfortable when it's cold outside.


            R\%/itt


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