Half shaft changed in under 2.5 hours
And that included the 45-50 minutes to go get the new one. :)
The story (quickly): 8:00pm: I was changing my tires for an autocross tomorrow (practice tomorrow, race Sunday), and when I got to the right front, I discovered most of the grease from the outer joint was coating the inside of the wheel. Since I had to be at the autocross, and had no other way of getting there, I had to change it tonight. Fortunately the Autozone where I had previously purchased the half-shaft is open until midnight. 8:30 pm: After calling to make sure I would be covered in the AM if I didn't finish in time, and making sure there was a halfshaft available, I attacked the half-shaft. No problem getting it out. Took less than 30 minutes. I cleaned up and borrowed a car to go to the autoparts store (which is about 10 miles away). I got to the autoparts store and got the new half-shaft (free...covered under warranty :D ). Drove home, changed in to my work clothes, and went back to work. I had a little trouble getting the inner joint back in, but including cleaning up, and changing the rest of the wheels, I was done by 10:45pm. I've obviously done this way too many times. :D |
that's still "slow"... usually can be done at a shop in about 90 mins if it is just a swap :D
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Originally posted by TheMAN that's still "slow"... usually can be done at a shop in about 90 mins if it is just a swap :D |
Good job :)
I usually end up taking a lot of time when i'm working on my car. I kinda get carried away with 'sight-seeing'. lol Btw, how can it be covered under warranty? |
The part was covered under warranty by AutoZone it sounds like. Great job David! At least you didn't have to spend three hours getting the axle nut off like I did.
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Geez David, first an enginethe night before a race, now a half shaft. Mr midnight mechanic :)
see you sunday. |
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