Thread: What did you do to your Car today?

My experience with hubs is that MasterPro is OK if you can walk out of the store with one that isn't defective new in box. I have found the "Precision" brand at O'Reilly's to be a good bearing at a decent price and have not been handed a bad new one yet so thats what I buy. No idea who makes them. I always try any sealed, ball, or roller bearing by hand before purchase. Thats just common sense like wiping the lunchroom fork with your shirt-tail first.

I scored a new Pilkington windshield this morning... MUCH better! They used an aftermarket molding. On to other repairs now.

Originally Posted by stealthee

I got my Moogs for $100 because I bought online and used a discount code, then picked up in store.

Factor in that the CDN dollar is 26% lower than the US dollar, we are at the same price. I used to work for a major parts store, so I get the best possible prices in town.

I'm gonna suck it up and install the Delco one as Timken isn't readily available. At least with the 5 year warranty I won't be paying for a new bearing every two years. My honest feeling right now is that all these hub units suck donkey calk! I miss the good old days of tapered roller bearings that you could service. I had my Bronco for 13 years, beat the crap out of it and NEVER had to replace a single wheel bearing. Go figure.

Originally Posted by Bronco Boy

I miss the good old days of tapered roller bearings that you could service.

Amen to that! Many is the time I have wished that a serviceable bearing conversion were available. Somebody needs to manufacture one, or somebody (like a GPF-er) ought to devise a mod that would use a popular older 4WD bearing #. Maybe it sounds crackpipe, but makes sense to me given the failure rate and delicate nature of the existing design. I bet somebody has upgraded to K1500 hubs or something, but I don't know how far back in time you have to go before you get away from sealed 4WD front wheel bearings. I may just be in the dark...

Got fog, park, and marker bulbs for the GTP so it doesn't look so patched up. hacked out the rest of the airbag junk and went back to no passenger seat which I like better anyway. Man, that new windshield is nice. Brightened the appearance of the HUD a little, bonus!

Originally Posted by HighOctaneRacing

lol I just don't understand what you guys are doing to kill quality bearings so fast

Twistys, gravel, burnouts, freeway blastin, potholes, broken ice, you name it... but people keep running into my wheels and stuff. OE bearings can usually take a beating, all others= meh, IMO.

Originally Posted by HighOctaneRacing

lol I just don't understand what you guys are doing to kill quality bearings so fast

That's what erks me. My daily drive to work is around 70 km (30ish miles), and that is 90% straight line driving on the freeway. Other than that I don't put on that many miles.

With that being said, Murphy has been hovering his black cloud over me for the past few years. LOL

About to shoot my car. Alternator problems...still. and seems to be running a bit rough. I was testing the alternator and with it up to temperature if I goose the throttle the engine will choke then rev up like normal. I investigated and found a ripped plug boot, so I replaced them. No change. Then I saw the pink snow underneath the car. Looks like I have a transmission leak from the cooler lines now. else?

i got no stickers, but must have gained 50 hp so far.

Trans cooler lines suck, they never want to line up right.

Drove mine to Radio Shack to pick up the components for the TCS auto off module. Noticed some RPM oscillation under light acceleration. Uh-Oh...

Cleaned my throttle body today and changed an idler pulley.

Hey don't hate, I'm still a noob. haha

She let me down today for the first time. She couldn't handle the 7 inches of wet thick snow on the all seasons lol I had to back her out of her off road adventure

With the 2 bottles of techron fuel system cleaner I put in, I wanted to do some hard pulls at wot at some point in this tank of gas. Did a lot of wot yesterday on the freeway. It was pretty cold at the time, and as usual it's got way more power at the 15° it was than when it's above freezing. Very noticeable, I don't know why that is. Wish it was always like that. Trans shifts better too, very instant and firm. It will spin the wheels on dry pavement for like 15 feet going straight lol

Dense air makes more power.

Colder/harder tires and cold ground make wheel spin a breeze, it's like making hockey pucks spin.

Right but this seems much more significant it should. Most cars aren't like a night/day difference. Any yeah cold tires don't grip as well. It will do that on hot summer days too but not for as long