#i've done bearings on this car before (though never LF so that's probably an OG patina of rust right there) and it took 4 people and 3hrs

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JUST. RUSTBELT. THINGS.

I mentioned a few weeks ago that the LF had been a trial and a half getting off and on when I switched over to my snows. I didn’t feel great about it, so I was gonna see how it felt and retorque. This was in the middle of my Expensive Car Surgery Adventure while he was home for a week, so it ended up that most of my “keep an eye on this” miles were not driven by me, but by the shop doing test drives, LOL. They didn’t notice anything, because they don’t know him, but familiarity with how the road should feel + familiarity with how the car should feel = I was pretty sure after I got him back something wasn’t QUITE right.

So I took the wheel off and spent some quality time brushing the rust out of the studs and in the centers of the lug nuts. Rinse and repeat until all lugs twisted on to satisfaction, torque to 45, then to 89. And LO. AND BEHOLD. Mini vibration gone. I kind of felt like a NASCAR driver dreaming up a vibration with 5 to go while leading, but I honestly do not think I’m just placebo effecting myself here.

This feels especially gratifying because this past spring a lugnut fiasco shore three of my studs of at highway speed and that was. Not fun!!! So I feel like I’ve learned from past mistakes. 

Though to be honest I’ll also say that I just assumed that vibration was bad roads, which I think is an incredibly valid argument for why road maintenance is a safety issue. The roads where I live now are beautiful!

#more about Expensive Car Surgery in a future post lol #real cars #whipplemobile #that is a gnarly wheel hub #i've done bearings on this car before (though never LF so that's probably an OG patina of rust right there) and it took 4 people and 3hrs #and one of those people (not me) had to be brave enough to whale on things with a rubber mallet with an aggression i do not think i possess #woe to whoever has to get that thing off one day if ever it's needed #it shan't be me. no penetrant on earth would help me