What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[ZRX61]

What is your brake rotor made of?

Steel I assume. It was fine when I went out on it Saturday, noticed it after I got back... but there's something not quite kosher going on. Brake isn't dragging at all, but jeeze, it sure smells like it is.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Somehow got a spec of metal embedded in my NEW rear brake rotor. Sorted with a whetstone. New EBC pads are suspected. Gonna drop the pads for IRAN tomorrow.

EBC and Galfer pads chew up rotors. I always liked OEM pads, and they usually lasted twice as long as aftermarket pads.

Granted, being a stunt rider, I was harder on brakes than most riders.

When I was first learning, it wasn’t uncommon to get a rear rotor glowing red. I’ve lost rear brakes from overheating the brake fluid.

 

[welder4956]

EBC and Galfer pads chew up rotors. I always liked OEM pads, and they usually lasted twice as long as aftermarket pads.

Granted, being a stunt rider, I was harder on brakes than most riders.

When I was first learning, it wasn’t uncommon to get a rear rotor glowing red. I’ve lost rear brakes from overheating the brake fluid.

I've learned that the hard way on my vehicles. Aftermarket pads do not last as long as the OEM pads, at least on the vehicles I drive. Same with rotors.

 

[niget2002]

Installed a rear-facing camera on the back of the TT and tested it out. Picture looks good.

 

[ZRX61]

I have the EBC HH's up front, rear is just regular EBC. Front rotors are also EBC's. I'm going to mess with it today.

 

[2baditsnotachev]

Playing with ride height, 60lb springs were too soft and the 80s sit like a monster truck now . Rear needs to come down about 1.5"

 

[ZRX61]

Pulled the pads, buzzed them on the belt sander & chamfered the edges a smidge. Polished the pins & reassembled all the gubbins. Brake works, doesn't drag at all & wheel spins like there's no pads in the caliper until I press the lever... so Ops Check OK at this point.

The pads with less than 90 miles on them:









One before, one after...

 

[Old Man Roger]

Pulled the pads, buzzed them on the belt sander & chamfered the edges a smidge. Polished the pins & reassembled all the gubbins. Brake works, doesn't drag at all & wheel spins like there's no pads in the caliper until I press the lever... so Ops Check OK at this point.

The pads with less than 90 miles on them:









One before, one after...

I dont remember if yours has it or not, but some have a little anti rattle clip. It goes between the pads on the pins, it slightly pushes the pads away from the rotor when the brake is not applied.

 

[ZRX61]

I dont remember if yours has it or not, but some have a little anti rattle clip. It goes between the pads on the pins, it slightly pushes the pads away from the rotor when the brake is not applied.

Yup, people have a habit of installing them backwards so it wears the pads out faster.. mine are installed the correct way

 

[Old Man Roger]

Yup, people have a habit of installing them backwards so it wears the pads out faster.. mine are installed the correct way

A lot of people throw them away too.

 

[ZRX61]

A lot of people throw them away too.

I've thought about it...

 

[kbeefy]

Been doing a kitchen remodel, finally got back at it after ignoring it far a month. Went to paint the last batch of doors and drawers and after priming my airless painter wouldn't prime. Thats weird, it was working fine this morning. Finally realized that I had cleaned/flushed the primer out with water, but it was an oil based primer. Doh! restarting a month old project can bite you sometimes.
Took it apart and it was all gunked up with dried paint.



Put it back together and it works great.



Should get the final coat tomorrow.

 

[kbeefy]

Built a drill/driver rack for the french cleat wall. 3 tools off the bench!

 

[welder4956]

Cut seven pieces of 1/4" plate to 3-1/2"x3-1/2" with the abrasive saw and drilled a 1/4" mounting hole in each corner. Each piece is the base plate for a 1" square post to mount string lights on a friends back porch. Deburred all the holes and got everything ready to weld after work tomorrow. I need to cut a link of steel chain to weld near the top of each post to hang the lights from. I have some weld-on finials to cap the top.


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[nadogail]

Worked on my 12 Volt Generator Project, re-drilled the 11/32 holes to 23/64 and now the Hona engine mounting bolts line up nicely. The engine is now bolted in place.

I also cut a hole in the mounting plate to accommodate engine oil changes. I discovered that my Drill Press does not have the capacity to drill to the center of the mounting plate; I bought this Drill Press in 1978 from an AD on the back page of a magazine.

I also wished my youngest brother a Happy 78th Birthday and made a major grocery shopping trip.

 

[Hal]

Sat around with my hand on my *** all day waiting for a drum of universal tractor hydraulic/transmission fluid. It was supposed to be here Monday. When it got here about 4:00PM, it was straight AW32 Hydraulic. I didn't catch it until the truck had left. At least I didn't pull the drain plugs before I looked at it.

 

[Arne73]

Got rained out in the yard so I started reassembly of the tractor engine. Next step is bolt it in place, install the flywheel & belts.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Cleaned, fixed, flung, put away. Half of what I touched was needy. Makes for slow going. I've got a useful deer track through the **** piles now.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Worked on my wife’s soon to be daughters 2012 SRX.

Before (AKA after semi tried to occupy her space)

After sourcing “new” doors & fender.

Now to pull out the rear fender and touch up the paint.

 

[buzzworth]

More cement board siding. Work on that when the sun shines and the ceiling when it rains. Will move the door when the metal ceiling is done.

 

[smackey05]

I found a RH Speedo gear in my transmission. It requires a LH one…. No wonder why it wasn’t accurate.

 

[ZRX61]

Messed about with the ZRX a bit...

 

[niget2002]

Ran out after dinner and spent some time sanding and buffing another motorcycle part. Only two more to go.

 

[409425hp]

Hung up some banners and a sign.More 409 art.

 

[rmalkow2]

Worked on the hot rod today. A bunch of little things, adjusted engine timing, put on new spark plug heat shields, fixed a small coolant leak, cleaned and checked power to the starter and engine ground. Unfortunately the starter is a bigger problem than connections. Gonna need a new starter motor before any serious cruising can happen.

 

[kbeefy]

New router and router lift came in today. Put it on my woodworking bench.




Ordered a table insert for it as the 3/4 tabletop shaves quite a bit off the cut.

 

[ZRX61]

Spent 10 minutes looking all over for the black spray bottle of detergent.... twice.


as I walked back in the house a while later I remembered it was actually in a clear bottle...

FFS....

 

[555]

Put the new master cylinder on the bitsa Honda CB750. I planned to flip this bike but it is growing on me. Worked on a couple of other rusty projects. Listened to a 70s rock music mix for a while, drank a diet coke and sat on my Triumph desert sled making vroom noises while thinking about New Mexico.

 

[Old Man Roger]

New router and router lift came in today. Put it on my woodworking bench.




Ordered a table insert for it as the 3/4 tabletop shaves quite a bit off the cut.

What are you going to store on those tiny little pallets?

 

[ZRX61]

#2000 wet/dry to knock down the pitting on the bend & then Solvol on a folded blue shop towel... It's looking ****, it's been on the bike for 22 years.

 

[niget2002]

New arm came in for the bulletproof mount so I can mount the rear view camera for the travel trailer.

 

[ZRX61]

Well ****. Exhaust won't be going back on today. Opened the bags the gaskets came in & found this:



Called the dealer, they're gonna have Kawasaki overnight air 3 new ones from Kentucky. Their parts guy says they looked fine to him, but ya couldn't see the damage until they came out of the individual bags as all four were stapled together & one side of the bags is opaque.

Won't be riding this weekend.

& It's gonna cost me damn near $30 in gas to go get them.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Well ****. Exhaust won't be going back on today. Opened the bags the gaskets came in & found this:



Called the dealer, they're gonna have Kawasaki overnight air 3 new ones from Kentucky. Their parts guy says they looked fine to him, but ya couldn't see the damage until they came out of the individual bags as all four were stapled together & one side of the bags is opaque.

Won't be riding this weekend.

& It's gonna cost me damn near $30 in gas to go get them.

I’ve re used them before.

 

[niget2002]

Installed a lock on the hitch of the TT.

 

[ZRX61]

I’ve re used them before.

It had Lycoming gaskets in it before, not reusable.

 

[HPRifleman]

Started troubleshooting the reason the windshield wipers aren't working on the Corvette.

This is a two-part system. The vacuum portion opens and closes a door over the wipers in front of the windshield. The electrical portion moves the actual wipers. Nothing happens when actuating the dash switch but the wipers will work if I manually open the wiper door. This tells me that the problem is on the vacuum side. I just need to find which vacuum component isn't doing its job.

 

[Mikeske]

Hit on a common issue of the 3rd generation Dodge Ram Quad Cabs. The back doors electric windows randomly quit working. I known of this issue and repair these in the past as the wires are to short from the factory. The fix is to solder in a additional 2-3" inches of wire and covered with tape and heat shrink. It actually took longer to put back the flexible rubber then it did to do the repair.

 

[PassnThru]

Just killed mole number 3 for the week. Well - behind the garage - not in it actually. But I was in the garage before I went hunting.
They are unrelenting and stealthy creatures - but I'm a creature of patience and perseverance.

 

[welder4956]

Started troubleshooting the reason the windshield wipers aren't working on the Corvette.

This is a two-part system. The vacuum portion opens and closes a door over the wipers in front of the windshield. The electrical portion moves the actual wipers. Nothing happens when actuating the dash switch but the wipers will work if I manually open the wiper door. This tells me that the problem is on the vacuum side. I just need to find which vacuum component isn't doing its job.

Check the vacuum cannister in the driver's fenderwell. I have welded a couple of these up that had fatigue cracks along the ribs. I used ERCuSi-A on alternating current.

 

[DGersic]

Finally got Some time to get a coat of wax on.



Buffed it off, too.