Dont skimp on the grease , if you wanted to get real creative and put a grease fitting on it while you have it apart it would probably last the rest of your lifetime . The only truck i have with that garbage hub design has Timkin Bearings in it and as soon as i get a proper ford diesel truck built it will go away . Both my fords are over 300,000 miles on original wheel bearings
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What did you do in the garage today?
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I crammed as much grease in there as I could. In fact, now I'm out. No place to put a fitting, and the whole thing comes off the car and apart so easily, preferred hand packing is the thing to do.
Chapter 2 of "Knock some ugly off my house" or "A man's garage is his castle" started today.
About 2' high of landscape pavers covered the bottom of this eyesore for as long as I can remember.
That door hasn't opened in about 20 years, I just don't use it. And I can't see putting in a flimsy 400 dollar door just to get rid of the rotted mess.
I decided long ago to simply frame in the opening, then take the door apart from the inside and haul it to to dump.
Cut each one to size where it goes, as there's not a plumb wall anywhere in this lean-to.
On the ground and assemble.
Anticipating a little snugness, I got Dad's persuader hammer, which is my all time favorite.
Just a couple well placed whacks and we be snug as a bug.
Long screws into the frame of the garage, and she be tight. Time to cover.
Had to get the clamps off the display, and doing that will be often for those tools, and set up the trick Dad showed me long ago to cut like that.
And boom.
I was well into a beer and ready to stop, but just HAD to get some paint on it in case the sky leaks.
OY, that bucket of paint must have had some temp damage from Snowmageddon. I worked the dickens out of it with the drill auger thing.
But cover it I did. A huge time hurdle overcome! I rewarded myself with more beer and a tiny brisket sammich.
Now tomorrow I can finally rip that rotted old crap outta there!
About 2' high of landscape pavers covered the bottom of this eyesore for as long as I can remember.
That door hasn't opened in about 20 years, I just don't use it. And I can't see putting in a flimsy 400 dollar door just to get rid of the rotted mess.
I decided long ago to simply frame in the opening, then take the door apart from the inside and haul it to to dump.
Cut each one to size where it goes, as there's not a plumb wall anywhere in this lean-to.
On the ground and assemble.
Anticipating a little snugness, I got Dad's persuader hammer, which is my all time favorite.
Just a couple well placed whacks and we be snug as a bug.
Long screws into the frame of the garage, and she be tight. Time to cover.
Had to get the clamps off the display, and doing that will be often for those tools, and set up the trick Dad showed me long ago to cut like that.
And boom.
I was well into a beer and ready to stop, but just HAD to get some paint on it in case the sky leaks.
OY, that bucket of paint must have had some temp damage from Snowmageddon. I worked the dickens out of it with the drill auger thing.
But cover it I did. A huge time hurdle overcome! I rewarded myself with more beer and a tiny brisket sammich.
Now tomorrow I can finally rip that rotted old crap outta there!
Oh, that cost about 80 bucks as opposed to 400.
Yep! It's great to finally do something you've wanted to do for years, but life kept getting in the way, especially these last few years of weird.
"Pretty" isn't a big consideration back there, just a few houses have the driveway in the alley, and two fences and a ton of trees block the storage lot behind them. A couple neighbors and the garbage truck dudes are about all that see it, yet I'll trim it out some later.
But first..... more coffee, breakfast, and get that dang door outta there!!
And then more beer! 
hoo boy.....
And the obligatory out of focus picture for Brian.
And the obligatory out of focus picture for Brian.
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Looks like a nice Texas Taco.Chapter 2 of "Knock some ugly off my house" or "A man's garage is his castle" started today.
About 2' high of landscape pavers covered the bottom of this eyesore for as long as I can remember.
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That door hasn't opened in about 20 years, I just don't use it. And I can't see putting in a flimsy 400 dollar door just to get rid of the rotted mess.
I decided long ago to simply frame in the opening, then take the door apart from the inside and haul it to to dump.
Cut each one to size where it goes, as there's not a plumb wall anywhere in this lean-to.
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On the ground and assemble.
View attachment 377602
Anticipating a little snugness, I got Dad's persuader hammer, which is my all time favorite.
View attachment 377603
Just a couple well placed whacks and we be snug as a bug.
View attachment 377604
Long screws into the frame of the garage, and she be tight. Time to cover.
View attachment 377605
Had to get the clamps off the display, and doing that will be often for those tools, and set up the trick Dad showed me long ago to cut like that.
View attachment 377606
And boom.
View attachment 377607
I was well into a beer and ready to stop, but just HAD to get some paint on it in case the sky leaks.
OY, that bucket of paint must have had some temp damage from Snowmageddon. I worked the dickens out of it with the drill auger thing.
View attachment 377608
But cover it I did. A huge time hurdle overcome! I rewarded myself with more beer and a tiny brisket sammich.
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Now tomorrow I can finally rip that rotted old crap outta there!
If you make your House pretty the tax man will like you a lot more .
Well, that's done! Some of the old hardware didn't want to give up it's old home. amd when Mr. Wreckingbar couldn't make them leave, Mr. Sidegrinder completed the evictions.
And a little Neosporin for my arm, where a flaming cut off nut landed. I wasn't surprised, it had to happen. It always happens.
And perfectly centered to make me look like a fresh junkie.
And then......... boom.
The other side of the frame built just yesterday, what a surprise! More??
Naaah. I tapped out and gave myself the rest of the day off. There's all sorts of little repairs to be done around that and a little concrete needs to be poured to match the garage floor level. Then some sort of brick or other barrier on the other side for the turd floater runoff we get.
Skipped on purpose until I get it all caulked up. Maybe tomorrow when I get home.
The first couple days of this week have some pretty sharp teeth.
And a little Neosporin for my arm, where a flaming cut off nut landed. I wasn't surprised, it had to happen. It always happens.
And perfectly centered to make me look like a fresh junkie.
And then......... boom.
The other side of the frame built just yesterday, what a surprise! More??
Naaah. I tapped out and gave myself the rest of the day off. There's all sorts of little repairs to be done around that and a little concrete needs to be poured to match the garage floor level. Then some sort of brick or other barrier on the other side for the turd floater runoff we get.
Skipped on purpose until I get it all caulked up. Maybe tomorrow when I get home.
The first couple days of this week have some pretty sharp teeth.
Opening beer in 3....... 2......... 1........... POP!
I still see door track there , the most offending part of a garage door . My doors have one track in the slab that i blow the dirt out of at least once a week , takes all of ten seconds and one overhead track that has been greased once in 39 years .
That’s a good hack. Got a scraped up fender on one of my bikes, guessing on of the PO had a spill. This afternoon I sanded it smooth all the way to 3k grit. Smooth but dull. Hit with a heat gun and got the luster to about 75%. Not perfect but not too noticeable either. Certainly more invisible than the nasty scrape and better than springing for a new fender
…also done today was install a Moose tail rack and and a tail
bag on my DR. While I was at it I added two steel mounting loops on each side. Thought they might be useful on the ride at the end of the month out of Montgomery.
bag on my DR. While I was at it I added two steel mounting loops on each side. Thought they might be useful on the ride at the end of the month out of Montgomery.
One of my bench lights hangs from the old one. It'll get moved eventually.
The other one right next to the one in use gets things hung on it now and then, so it's in temporary reprieve.
My pickup is W/T model, which stands for work truck. After 27 years it was time to do some upgrading.
Two weeks ago I found a nice split seat to replace the old worn out work truck bench seat.
Then last week I swapped the entire dash out for a nicer one from a junkyard truck in Kansas, land of mild sun and less sun damage.
This week I tore out the rubber floor covering and did a clean, sound deadener install, and put a new carpet in.
I cannot figure out why the forum software rotates some of my pictures but not others. They are properly oriented until they upload and it rotates them. But just some of them…
Two weeks ago I found a nice split seat to replace the old worn out work truck bench seat.
Then last week I swapped the entire dash out for a nicer one from a junkyard truck in Kansas, land of mild sun and less sun damage.
This week I tore out the rubber floor covering and did a clean, sound deadener install, and put a new carpet in.
I cannot figure out why the forum software rotates some of my pictures but not others. They are properly oriented until they upload and it rotates them. But just some of them…
Wow that is clean. Is that seat from a Tahoe or Suburban or maybe a mid grade Silverado?I had a ‘97 1500 SWB, 5.7L I bought new. Cheyenne, and it came with a bench seat. Went to a conversion shop back then just east of Dallas who had factory take offs and had them install factory buckets. Same color and pattern as yours. Apparently the wiring for power seats was already there even though I had a base truck. Your setup looks nice, and brings back the memories
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At the bottom of the post is a Rotate option. I rotated them for you.
Love me some Kilmat!
Well I'll be dipped. I had not noticed that before. Thank you sir fr fixing my buffoonery. I'll try to keep my business upright from here forth.
Took my wheels and new tires to an indie to be mounted during lunch today. Much meatier than the low profile OEM and as a bonus, it corrected my Speedometer as per the local speed radar. It was flipping 34/35 at an indicated 35mph so I call it good
