The shadow
The shadow knows!
last week of finals and test. last day is next Friday! time flys!
Damn, I hate to sound like a wuss but I don't know if I could even stay awake that long let alone work that long.I'm exhausted after three days of 16+ hour work days, I get weeks like this sometimes, I'm glad it's few and far between them...Also glad I finished everything earlier tonight so I can get a good night of rest later when I get home...
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Lots of ranchers in Texas have donkeys in their fields where they keep other animals. They take care of any critter (including people) who try to bother their herds. They are particularly helpful for sheep and goats.They were out last night near the house, I didn't see them, I was asleep, but there was a big turd near the deck steps this morning, my dog doesn't crap that close to the house...So I think they are testing things and intentionally showing their presence...A trail cam is going outside tonight, I didn't have such a camera but my neighbor does, so I borrowed it from him...Maybe I can get an idea how many there are...
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Now I'm feeling sick as the evening progresses, with a sore throat and sinus congestion...
Yep been feeling worse and worse as the day went on, could not sleep much last night either, I think I'm running a fever...ugh
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I tore out the rear spring on the old Chevy on Wed and found the new one to be substantially thicker than the old one. We have a specialty fastener place nearby and ten bucks got me a box full of big honkin' bolts. Yesterday afternoon I got it all put together and - not unexpectedly - the rear end that was too droopy now is sitting at least 2" too high.
So back for more hardware. This place is really old school. It's in an ancient industrial park that's largely abandoned. Looks very 1945 Berlin. Have to go back and get some more goodies and then let them sit on my bench a while. Off to work.
Thanks, but Corvettes have a single transverse leaf spring in the rear. The differential is bolted to the frame, the leaf spring bolts to the bottom of the diff. Too much clearance and the half shafts are at too extreme an angle. Like thisI'd just replace the other spring.
A little more clearance isn't going to hurt anything.
Thanks, but Corvettes have a single transverse leaf spring in the rear. The differential is bolted to the frame, the leaf spring bolts to the bottom of the diff. Too much clearance and the half shafts are at too extreme an angle. Like this
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I sent the new spring back. Flat out wrong with extra wrong sauce. Put the old one back in. With new bushings where the spring attaches at the ends plus a new pair of gas shocks the ride height is now spot on. Over the winter I’ll probably pull it out and give it new scuff pads, paint, etc
Interesting that they use universal joints and not CV joints.
They are but they won't move. In front the tie rod ends are awfully close to the tire too. Just the way it is. Using longer bolts on the diff to accommodate a new spring is one thing, but where you get into the real stooopid is when you put in longer bushing bolts to correct the ride height. Classic two wrongs don't make a right. The longer bolts protrude below the rotor and in the event of a flat it's a coin toss as to what gets violently torn out of the car after that bolts digs into the asphalt like an anchor.Looks like the ends of the spring are dangerously close to the rims
Yep been feeling worse and worse as the day went on, could not sleep much last night either, I think I'm running a fever...ugh
Hey now! None of that subversive talk. If Zora Arkus-Duntov felt it needed CV joints it would have had them.**
I have no idea when GM adopted them but it wasn't 1969. They used a much heavier version of that u-joint for the big block equipped 'vettes.
** This applies to firearms too. If John Moses Browning didn't invent it you probably don't need it.
They are but they won't move. In front the tie rod ends are awfully close to the tire too. Just the way it is. Using longer bolts on the diff to accommodate a new spring is one thing, but where you get into the real stooopid is when you put in longer bushing bolts to correct the ride height. Classic two wrongs don't make a right. The longer bolts protrude below the rotor and in the event of a flat it's a coin toss as to what gets violently torn out of the car after that bolts digs into the asphalt like an anchor.
I know, this isn't a classic car forum but the ones I belong to are deadly boring
In my area of southern Kentucky, it's not uncommon for a patient to ask the doctor for a steroid shot, This usually boosts the immune system a great deal and helps one power through things like colds and cases of flu. I would see a doctor man.Whatever I have its a nasty one, I'm still really sick, worse than yesterday, so going to see a doctor this morning and get some antibiotics or whatever the doctor recommends to help get rid of this illness faster...I haven't taken any meds yet and I'm sure it will run its course naturally but screw it, I'm seeing a doctor...
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Was riding with a friend and had a front lower arm problem. The wheel folded up into the wheel well and she brought it to a stop with the car riding on the bottom of the McPherson shock tower.