1320stang
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I started Saturday working on my house addition
https://goo.io/nJwYmJ
when I was reminded that I needed to put new power steering hoses on my daughter's '90 Shadow that I've had laying around a couple weeks. I REALLY didn't want to work on that on my 42nd birthday, which was probably the nicest Feb. 7th I can remember, mid 60's and low wind. So I jacked the car up.
First thing I notice is the outer CV boots are GONE
. I had know they had some splits in them, and needed to swap them out, but since the last oil change they disintegrated. Well, if I'm swapping axles, I might as well install the new struts and shocks while I have the control arm disconnected. Grabbed the outer tie rod end and noticed a lot of play in the inner tie rod... yup, needs a new R&P, might as well go with new outers while I'm at it, this is getting expensive. Plus it required dropping the K-member 
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So anyways, I'm wearing some Mechanix gloves, soaked with grease and the fingertips worn out, the damn things only last about a job and a half, and for $20?!?
So while at O'Reillys, I'm telling the counter guy how much I dislike the Mechanix gloves and he says just a sec. He walks back to some shelves and brings out what looks to be a box of latex gloves and I'm like, dude, I've done the latex and nitrile deal before and they just tear too easy. But these are different, they're 14 mil powdered latex with a texture to them. Carb cleaner made 'em a little spongy, but they didn't tear. After I got done, I put some orange handcleaner on 'em and washed 'em and dried and set them aside for Sunday. I put some cornstarch on my hands and sprinkled a bit inside and they went on no problem. The didn't last the second day, I caught one on the end of a cotter pin and smashed my finger between something sharp and something heavy on the other. They were $15 for a box of 50. My hands didn't seem to sweat inside of them like medical latex gloves.
Anyway, my recommendation is
https://goo.io/nJwYmJ
when I was reminded that I needed to put new power steering hoses on my daughter's '90 Shadow that I've had laying around a couple weeks. I REALLY didn't want to work on that on my 42nd birthday, which was probably the nicest Feb. 7th I can remember, mid 60's and low wind. So I jacked the car up.
First thing I notice is the outer CV boots are GONE
. I had know they had some splits in them, and needed to swap them out, but since the last oil change they disintegrated. Well, if I'm swapping axles, I might as well install the new struts and shocks while I have the control arm disconnected. Grabbed the outer tie rod end and noticed a lot of play in the inner tie rod... yup, needs a new R&P, might as well go with new outers while I'm at it, this is getting expensive. Plus it required dropping the K-member .So anyways, I'm wearing some Mechanix gloves, soaked with grease and the fingertips worn out, the damn things only last about a job and a half, and for $20?!?
So while at O'Reillys, I'm telling the counter guy how much I dislike the Mechanix gloves and he says just a sec. He walks back to some shelves and brings out what looks to be a box of latex gloves and I'm like, dude, I've done the latex and nitrile deal before and they just tear too easy. But these are different, they're 14 mil powdered latex with a texture to them. Carb cleaner made 'em a little spongy, but they didn't tear. After I got done, I put some orange handcleaner on 'em and washed 'em and dried and set them aside for Sunday. I put some cornstarch on my hands and sprinkled a bit inside and they went on no problem. The didn't last the second day, I caught one on the end of a cotter pin and smashed my finger between something sharp and something heavy on the other. They were $15 for a box of 50. My hands didn't seem to sweat inside of them like medical latex gloves.
Anyway, my recommendation is
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