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| | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 3,811 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 3,811 | congrats DrBob | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,294 member | member Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,294 | We need to see!
** Southeast Van Council ** " The person who says it can not be done, must not interrupt the person who is doing it." ~ Chinese Proverb. - '03 Chevy Astro AWD - '84 Dodge Prospector NEEDS: Side gullwing... | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 addict | addict Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 | Went to the Wal-Mart to have my wheels balanced and rotated. I bought wrangler radials from them less than 1 year ago installed, balanced, and everything. Well lately I have been getting some low speed vibrations and knew from experience that the wheels went out of balance and well sure enough they were, all 4 completely out of balance. So they balanced and rotated them for free because I got lifetime balance and rotation when I purchased the tires. The head tech said he had trouble getting the wheel nuts off because they were on very tight (manufacture specs calls or 135 ft-lbs), and so I knew from that there would be more problems such as a stripped wheel stud and sure enough when I went home to fix one of the center caps I found a stud to be completely stripped so I just came back from autozone after purchasing a new stud and nut but it's raining and won't be able to replace until tomorrow. Now I'm worried that I have other studs that need to be replaced and I just don't have the damn money. | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 3,772 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 3,772 | If they stripped them they should replace them. One hell of a lawsuit if you loose a wheel and hurt somebody.
The only Stephentown on earth. I don't mind Coming to work, but that 8hr wait to go home is a bitch. No matter how little I do, I always feel I could do less. "The only thing wrong with a perfect drive to work is that you end up at work." NOVA VANS 1990 Dodge B150
| | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 addict | addict Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 | Well they make you sign a wavier that doesn't hold them liable for any damages. Normally when I remove and install wheels I do everything with hand tools not air guns or anything like that. But hey it was one lug nut one stud and I do have a habit myself of over tightening the nuts but I have never stripped one doing it...
For the sake of it I'm going to go and remove and install one nut at a time to check to see if any others are stripped so I can get the headache over with now instead of on the road when I drive up north in a couple weeks. Hate to have a wheel come off doing 70!
I'm still at awe how all 4 wheels went out of balance, and they were way out of balance. | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 298 enthusiast | enthusiast Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 298 | I had the bearings packed earlier this week. Today a bath and quickie-wax. Then I decided to try to get the radio out. Now I'm headed to the radio forum to ask questions about how to do that!
If your gonna do it, do it in a Big Green Van! | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 addict | addict Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 | I'm jealous, your top is more aerodynamic then mine | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 298 enthusiast | enthusiast Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 298 | It was pretty standard issue in the early nineties. I need to do some work on it. My van suffers from 18 years of love from my father, the original Jim-wacker. Still undoing a lot of "repairs". What kind of top do you have? Mines a Mark III conversion. I've seen almost the exact same top on Dodges and Fords.
I think the newer ones look more "tacked-on" than the classics.
If your gonna do it, do it in a Big Green Van! | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 addict | addict Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 645 | Sherry Designs from 1995. I have a photo, I have plenty of photos before I started to really work on Walter. I have to wax Walter and upload some new photos. But my top is so un-aerodynamic in terms of efficiency and speed but it does create a good downforce. My last van was a Sherry Discovery from 2003 ish era and that thing was so aerodynamic, but that 5.9L killed. | | |
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