Twitch de la Brat Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 The Nightwagon decided to strand me at work tonight. I've been limping along on a slow leak in the front left, ya know air it up for the day and keep on truckin'. Well, it's not that tire that decided to die. On my last pizza delivery the right rear decided to let go and I could hear an audible hiss as I walked into the store. It's late (obviously moron) and so I finished cleaning, closed up and had to call my parents cuz this idiot forgot to put his jack and spare in his new car. And I'm only 500 or so feet from air, but I'm sitting on chrome Jackmans so I don't wat to thrash my wheels. Oh, and that 500 feet turns into 1500 and a nasty hump, two speed bumps, and some extreeeemely picky and irritable RatDrum cops. Sigh... Twitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 One of the first things I do is go down to Schwabs and get me a new set of tires, every rig, every time, unless I have a decent set of used ones layin around already. And I always carry a spare and some kind of jack and lugwrench Ive been there, thats why I do what i do -Bill P.S. thank you for not trashing those rims, I still want those if you ever decide to part with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Abides Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Huhhhhh you absolutely need to elaborate on that last paragraph. And not to make a bad night worse twitch. But as a pizza delivery guy youve got to make sure your ride is in tip top shape. Especially your tires. Just my 2cents and sorry you had so much trouble tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch de la Brat Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Huhhhhh you absolutely need to elaborate on that last paragraph. And not to make a bad night worse twitch. But as a pizza delivery guy youve got to make sure your ride is in tip top shape. Especially your tires. Just my 2cents and sorry you had so much trouble tonight. Ok. The air compressor that I could access was 500ft as the crow flies, but if I followed the roads, it streched out to 1500 feet. And the people who designed the parking lot made the parking lot edge taller than the street, so it goes up about a foot, then drops steeply onto the street side. Then I have to go onto the main road through town for 700 feet then pull into a parking lot that has two speed bumps before i get to the Air. Meanwhile the irritable cops are roving the streets. Any other questions? Oh, and a roofing nail was the culprit that killed my tire. Twitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Abides Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Ok Gotcha. Another Question. Sure you got the winning powerball numbers. Things will get better twitch. Keep your chin up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 i have a set of great shape 13's that i would be willing to part trade for the tranny.say like 50 cash, and the tranny?let me know. cheers, brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch de la Brat Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 (edited) i have a set of great shape 13's that i would be willing to part trade for the tranny.say like 50 cash, and the tranny?let me know. cheers, brian Thanks, but I have a decent set of tires on chrome rims, I forget what they're called, but they are riveted with round holes. Twitch Edited July 3, 2009 by Twitch de la Brat I actually looked at the rims! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86HatchShelby Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Just make sure Mr. Officer Ray Sherman doesnt pull you over... That guy is on a serious power trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch de la Brat Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 Round two with the night wagon. I changed all my wheels and tires over to my new/used tires on chromies, and on the test drive my left front left. Quite literally. And this is after checking and seating all lugnuts and double torqueing with the lug wrench. All four lugs worked themselves off in the distance of 3/4 of a mile. I got the wheel back on, I had my lo pro floor jack with me this time, using lugnuts from other wheels I limped it home. Thankfully legos and EA82's have the same threading as first gen legos, I was able to steal some lugnuts off of my parts lego. So, after all that the nightwagon has a tweaked fender, a chewed up stud, and a slightly scarred rotor. Yeah, this car wants to kill me. Oh, does anybody know if studs from a 94 lego will fit in an EA82 hub? Twitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86HatchShelby Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Round two with the night wagon. I changed all my wheels and tires over to my new/used tires on chromies, and on the test drive my left front left. Quite literally. And this is after checking and seating all lugnuts and double torqueing with the lug wrench. All four lugs worked themselves off in the distance of 3/4 of a mile. I got the wheel back on, I had my lo pro floor jack with me this time, using lugnuts from other wheels I limped it home. Thankfully legos and EA82's have the same threading as first gen legos, I was able to steal some lugnuts off of my parts lego. So, after all that the nightwagon has a tweaked fender, a chewed up stud, and a slightly scarred rotor. Yeah, this car wants to kill me. Oh, does anybody know if studs from a 94 lego will fit in an EA82 hub? Twitch Might be an EA82 hub in my backyard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch de la Brat Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 Might be an EA82 hub in my backyard... Well I'll be calling you if I need'em! Thanks for the offer I need a total of 8, 4 front, 4 rear. Twitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch de la Brat Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Well, round 3 and 4 commenced over saturday, sunday and monday. Round three with this POS was when a timing belt pulley seized WHILE I was on a delivery! Thankfully my parents were nearby with spare cars to help me get to the delivery and get the nightwagon home. My dad was abe to get new timing belts (THANK YOU!!!) and my69opelgt and few other friends helped me put them in and time the thing so that I was able to go visit my bro and sis in law! Well, after getting about 300 miles, I staerted feeling a funky vibration in the front end. I pulled off and my passenger side cv boot self destructed So I made it to missoula, got the boot, but had to press on to my in-laws house because I didn't have the time nor the place to fix it and it was raining fairly heavily. I made it here, but now, the whole front end vibrates when accelerating,starting at 25 mph. So I'm debating pulling the axle and leaving it in rwd until I can get back home, or pulling the axle, installing the new boot and reinstalling the axle so as to drive it normally for as long as the axle holds out(its life is very much shortened) Any suggestions? Twitch PS: I only have a day and a half to get this done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txakura Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 damn dude, forget the mechanic, go see a priest or witch doctor and get your curse lifted! hang in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaruguru Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 maby thats why the chrome jacks arnt seen anywhere they are cursed thats got to be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Pull the bad front axle, break the CV cup off the end and stick it back into the hub and drive it in RWD to get home. You'll destroy stuff if you dont... I drove the Beast like that for 3 months... its fun to drive a RWD Subaru... -Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Good chance the joint is just dry - remove the axle, grease the piss out of it (clean the old grease out), and reboot it. It will likely last a while yet - till it actually blow apart anyway . At least with the axle in place, once the outer joint lets go for good, you can drive it still with it in 4WD high. The most likely failure is for the joint's inner race to split and allow the splined shaft to just spin inside it. But definately *try* to keep running the axle. When/If it breaks you will be no worse off than if you had broken it yourself and reinstalled just the outer stub. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txakura Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Pull the bad front axle, break the CV cup off the end and stick it back into the hub and drive it in RWD to get home. You'll destroy stuff if you dont... I drove the Beast like that for 3 months... its fun to drive a RWD Subaru...-Bill I really really like that idea but wouldn't know how to pull it off... I'd be sideways more than straight on my gravel roads every morning! -btw- reading this thread passes on the curse, much like 'The Ring' this morning I overslept by about 15 minutes, so while I was busy spilling coffee on my lap I hit a &^%$*&^ slow a$$ bird - chinga! right off the windshield (no cracks) scared the bejeezuz out of me that was fine and all, but about 45 minutes later out in BFE I heard one of my tires go -pop- psss...psss...psss...psss fortunately I had cleverly left my spare at home to save weight - I was able to haul butt back home and switch vehicles, I'll deal with the tire later that's like the third flat on that damn stretch of road since November of last year, don't know what it is, suspect the farmer out there loses sharp crap all the time (maybe he's trying to get me to slow down) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txakura Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 oh, I have two ea82 hubs in my shed if you can't find anything close to home, I'm sure we can work something out - PM me if you need to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one eye Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Well, round 3 and 4 commenced over saturday, sunday and monday.Round three with this POS was when a timing belt pulley seized WHILE I was on a delivery! Thankfully my parents were nearby with spare cars to help me get to the delivery and get the nightwagon home. My dad was abe to get new timing belts (THANK YOU!!!) and my69opelgt and few other friends helped me put them in and time the thing so that I was able to go visit my bro and sis in law! Well, after getting about 300 miles, I staerted feeling a funky vibration in the front end. I pulled off and my passenger side cv boot self destructed So I made it to missoula, got the boot, but had to press on to my in-laws house because I didn't have the time nor the place to fix it and it was raining fairly heavily. I made it here, but now, the whole front end vibrates when accelerating,starting at 25 mph. So I'm debating pulling the axle and leaving it in rwd until I can get back home, or pulling the axle, installing the new boot and reinstalling the axle so as to drive it normally for as long as the axle holds out(its life is very much shortened) Any suggestions? Twitch PS: I only have a day and a half to get this done Keep working the bugs out, or go buy a 2010 legacy wagon, they shouldn't have much trouble. This is all part of the beauty of buying a car with 190,000 + miles on it for cheap!!!! Hang in there once everthing is replace you should have a new car............I've been in the same boat plenty of times......... Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaruguru Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 [quote=I've been in the same boat plenty of times......... Jeff so you two like to go fishing? hahaha wow i need sleep but i agree with Jeff Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I really really like that idea but wouldn't know how to pull it off... I'd be sideways more than straight on my gravel roads every morning! I was pretty conservative with the Beast in rwd, but when I blew up both front axles in my black Brat, I cut the CV off with the torch at work, pulled the DOJs out and proceeded to drive sideways everywhere I went for a week It was too much fun to be able to swing the rear out with just the slightest blip of the throttle, especially around the curve to my parking spot On a side note, wheeling out of the bottom of a rock-filled canyon in rwd in the dark at 2 am is a challenge... Especially with an open diff... -Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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