Loyales fools gold

[bgd73]

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/4192/loyalesgold15nz.jpg

 

 

I caught a glimpse of my old bearing in the sun and it really caught my eye..... Each roller in that picture has spun 7,427,531,847 times before its end of life (thats 7 billion). I am respecting its 13 years of winters to -25F and summers to 95F, and rolling along to 149,000 miles on the little 13 inch wheels .They have spun more than a tractor trailers 24.5 inch rim with over a million miles for comparison. This post has no meaning, except maybe to promote thorough checks on everything that moves on your old subaru

[subiemech85]

should have NOT happened if properly maintained

[GeneralDisorder]

That's what the guys at Nasa said about the o-ring...

 

Parts ARE meant to wear out eventually, and 150k is a good run for a bearing. Grease contamination is almost inevitable at some point, and replacing the seals is often more work than just letting the fool bearing die and doing everything at once.

 

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[scrap487]

dude you have a friggin bad rump roast camera

[bgd73]

You are quite right about grease. I took it apart a year ago and found *none* (when I first got car), but a sense of viscosity that won over the moving parts.Things can fall apart after new grease, my little car proved it to me (shrunk the bearings--no heat-> pounded thier sloppy selves right out of function). I am second guessing every pulley behind timing cover right now.... those spun even more than the numbers I came up with (and there is something whining noise and spinning fast...). I have been having fun with that camera since I found "macro mode"

never had tensioners , oil pump. I oiled them last year with 3-in-1 oil....I wonder what those do at 4000rpm when they've had enough:eek:

[[HTi]Johnson]

Man, you must be one of those paranoid compulsive people. Figuring all the times your car has done what. Oh yeah...

[bgd73]

I sure am. Even about other's cars. Like that time my friends in thier ford thundebird went off the road doing 80+ with a broken tie rod and one friend died, right before my very eyes. All while knowing that car wasn't correct and being silenced by a comment just like yours."chill out, have a another beer" a "cool" friend said.( come to think of it. I dont drink anymore either). Leave my "paranoia" alone:)

[jeffast]

there is a differance4 you drive drunk and fast your taking a considerable risk. you blow a timing belt tensoner the car loses all power you slow down gradfually and steer for the side of the road buy new t belts instal them and drive it home

and their is nothing wrong with being parinoid the govrenment's echalon system is recording evrey thing we say and a little black van just pulled up out front their here nnnnooo

i apologise to evrey one who reads this i'm going to bed now night