Ok more pics ...

spindle:






back of hub:


new hub seal:

 

I always take breaks ... horrible add and i quit taking my medicine like 6 years ago ...

the newer the car the harder they make them to work on

 

Use a screwdriver and pry them off. You have to work them out a little bit at a time. Pry all the way around evenly like you were torquing rims. You don't have to be gentle because if you **** up the metal part of the seal it doesn't matter.

 

so you are comfirming that is part of the seal?

 

Yup. I remember after I took that piece off I was surprised how rusty and rough the axle was and how quickly it turned to a nice machined surface under that piece of the seal.

 

on my jeep you have to take off the air intake, the injectors, and 3 coil packs to get to the spark plugs. Everything is on the left side of teh motor, teh right side of the engine bay has enough room to smuggle a family of mexicans through texas. Only thing on the right side is the oil filter. Last time i changed the plugs on it, it took me an entire day. They need changing right now but that wont be happening.

 

ted kennedy died. i care about that slightly more than michael jacksons death

 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americ...ion/index.html

 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science...uel/index.html

 

off to get the new studs pressed in ... hoping the rain holds off

 

Got to test out the rain gear this morning. You end up looking like a drowned rat, but you stay dry and comfortable. Good **** for $53.

 

Alternator will be delivered tomorrow.

 

use a big wrench and a few stacked washers to press the studs in

 

That's the slow but cheap way. If you have all weekend that is the way to go, but if you want to take a 4 hour road trip in 2 days you pay to have someone do it.

 

i have an impact gun so it takes me about 20 seconds per stud, and 18 of those seconds are spent setting it up. i think with a big ratchet, it would take about 1:30 per stud.

 

no time to play with that ****

 

That's after you spend 30 minutes to go to the store and buy washers.

 

plus there are 4 snapped ones

 

and while the studs are getting pressed in I can go across town to the place that carries the lug nuts i need to replace since mine are somewhere scattered along the highway ... 14x2 locking are not easy to find

 

so i am off to get replacement lug nuts ... wish I knew if i needed a new rim lol