Good morning!!!!

[LouNY]

The rear brakes on my RAM 1500 were getting thin this past summer, I replaced the pads and rotors with this setup.
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I have not had the best of luck just changing pads unless I also cleaned up the rotors, most shops will not turn rotors these days as they will not make the minimum recommended thickness when turned. I have removed the ridge with a grinder several times. Often times the wear/rust ridge on the outer edge of the rotor will create brake issues when replacing the pads, noise vibration and pedal pulsing, remove the ridge and the issue is gone.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .84 inches rain. Looks like our storm is finally here but we aren’t seeing the effects like on Maui.

Guys lost H&F. My soup came out delicious (as expected)

Definitely a hunker down kind of day.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[m7040]

replaced the front brakes on the van with ceramic Brembo pads and rotors. Low noise, low dust and slightly better bite than Akebono. Also replaced the vacuum pump that made the brake performance more powerful with less effort

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Drew,
I have done what Lou mentioned, cleaning up the rotors and knocking that bead of rust off of the periphery of the rotor ! If I was going to do the front brakes tomorrow I would probably buy the top of the line rotor replacements ! Less chance of warping if they get hot !

Also on my oil changes, I do the faithfully at 5000 miles , but I also do reset the oil life indicator for what it’s worth !

Just my 2 cents !

 

[riptides]

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Also on my oil changes, I do the faithfully at 5000 miles , but I also do reset the oil life indicator for what it’s worth !
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And even with the fancy electronics, I still date label the windshield on the trucks, and date label the filters on the equipment. LOL. Just old fashioned...or old.. I guess.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Mike,
I have a clip board in the garage that I write down the mileage and the date of everything that I do to the truck ! It comes in quite handy with my senior moment lapses !

 

[Engineer42]

I put date/mileage on the filter, and use a wide piece of blue painters tape on the fan shroud to remind me of capacities, filter numbers, and last date/mileage.

 

[sodamo]

Phil, that sounds exasperating, sorry.

took some time to write note to my friend's wife about his wheelchair use for these doc visits.
He can't drive so he always has a driver.
He has been insisting on taking his very heavy motorized wheel chair and it's a real beast for me to pick up and put
in back of suv. Particularly when I saw the tall lift over on the Expedition.

So i suggested they consider using his lighter weight non motorized chair for these doc visits.
everyone is headed for the same door, and his wife just got a new knee. She shouldn't be picking that thing up either.
plus using the manual chair would give him some needed arm exercise.
I think he has become addicted to his joy stick. I can pick the chair up, have done it many times, but looking to future, this
makes no sense. Wife has to put chair in back of new Cadillac Lyriq. Wait til she scratches that...

People need to be flexible
Back when Sophie was confined to her wheelchair,she actually had 3, motorized, a high back, and a lightweight. So much easier to maneuver the light weight for car trips. Often I’d let the trip determine which I'd load. Sometimes just easier to push than load. She couldn’t push self for quite a spell.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I wrote down the different vehicle oil capacities, plug wrench sizes on the box where I keep the funnels. I also take picture of the mileage at each change, and a picture of me putting oil in. THat reminds me, I need to do the mazda already, but don't have a filter.
Just ordered 2 for mazda and 1 for the pilot.

I set it for 5K miles, but don't sweat going up to 8K. Used to do 10K when driving all the time for work.

Good breakfast this morning.
44 deg and overcast, dreary rainy day (.08")

did 14 miles on the exercise bike today, usually do 10.

 

[txdon]

I received this update on the DC crash from a retired pilot. There were several factors involved.