What have you done to your car today?

Put a new hub and axle in the rear of my foz after my little mishap last week.... It is nice to not be driving around in front wheel drive only.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wu81J8RLgM"]Subaru axle snapped in two places caught on camera - YouTube[/ame]

Still not sure how it failed in two places...
 
Dedman said:
It is nice to not be driving around in front wheel drive only.
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Yeah, but thanks to your DCCD, it was possible...:icon wink:

But you could've lost your wheel because the bearing isn't held anymore.
 
Dedman said:
Put a new hub and axle in the rear of my foz after my little mishap last week.... It is nice to not be driving around in front wheel drive only.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wu81J8RLgM

Still not sure how it failed in two places...
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wow - that really ejected the hub nut and piece of axle out, didn't it.

I reckon the outer end failed first, then what was left of the stub rotated a bit then jammed in the hub, shock load breaking the inner end.
 
jf1sf5 said:
But you could've lost your wheel because the bearing isn't held anymore.
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I thought of that and was certain that the bearing would work loose. I had 100s of kms to drive home on rough tracks and windy mountain roads so I was not going to take that risk. I was also on my own in the middle of nowhere with no phone reception.
To prevent the bearing coming apart I took apart the CV, bashed the broken stub into the back of the hub. Took both my car batteries out of my car and then welded the stub into the bearing hub with some arc welding electrodes that I have in my car tool kit. That way the bearing could not come loose.

duncanm said:
I reckon the outer end failed first, then what was left of the stub rotated a bit then jammed in the hub, shock load breaking the inner end.
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You may be on to something with that. The broken end was shattered and some of the pieces may have been able to spin and then jamb suddenly. Its as good an explanation as any....
 
Dedman said:
To prevent the bearing coming apart I took apart the CV, bashed the broken stub into the back of the hub. Took both my car batteries out of my car and then welded the stub into the bearing hub with some arc welding electrodes that I have in my car tool kit. That way the bearing could not come loose.
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love it! Great bush solution.
 
Put in some spacers from nachaluva, got a wierd look from the postie as I cackled like mad when the press fit bushings on my swaybar links fell out.
 
The 2004 Forester is at the auto electrician having an unplanned alternator transplant :(
The battery was spewing acid everywhere last night and all sorts of warning lights were going on and off.
I hate this time of year haven't got time to shop around, just got to get it fixed.
 
^ bugger, HC :(.

I guess better to happen at home rather than up the scrub ... :poke:.
 
That's a **** of a thing, Don't know why cars don't have voltage gauges anymore to catch these sort of things before the damage is done
 
I`m waiting, but not hoping for, my alternator to erupt. 13 years and 335000 kms and never been off the car yet.
Does make a few strange noises from time to time though.
 
^ the one in Roo1 was still fine at nearly 18 years and about 240,000 kms.

The airconditioner compressor clapped out completely at about the 200K mark though.
 
I ran the pressure washer over mine to remove some of the baked on bugs and bee poop.

thought about re-sticking the flare that won;t stay on...
couldn't be bothered..
 
^ haha. In my youth, flaming lucky to get 110K miles out of any part of any car. FTM, the whole car was normally completely cactus by that mileage :poke: ...

Generally, almost all cars had odometers that only went to 99,999 miles :rotfl:.
 
New front drive shaft, new front wheel bearings on both sides, new front rotors, and new reae wheel bearings on both sides.

Car runs a lot quieter. Wallet is a lot lighter.

Beigewagon.
 
You all make expensive christmas presents to your cars...:biggrin:
 
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