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I keep seeing that white paper pop up, i don't know if I buy it. I've had new out of the box rotors cause a shake, pull them and turn about .010" of warp out, and no more shake. Plus the rotors in my Explorer are obviously warped, there's a crescent shaped area that the pads aren't touching.

As long as it's an open knuckle 44 the outers should bolt on.

I've had good results with Century cobalt bits for a good durability/ cost ratio. How you use it makes a big difference too, though. If you're in hardened steel, once you have some swarf coming off the hole don't stop. If you stop, it'll cool back down and be even harder. Make sure you're...

Probably whatever incantation book it takes to be able to make something like that. Damn.

Have you load tested the battery?

And my wife thinks my Courier has too many "might as wells" tacked on.

That Puddle's Pity Party clown is kinda creepy to look at, but that guy can sign.

There are some great spark plug thread repair kits on the market now for under $100. The helicoil style is easier to use, can be done as a first step, and if it fails later can be replaced with the shell style. Just make sure you very carefully follow the directions, or you can trash the head.

I'd love to get a nice production quality machine, but I don't have the funds to justify it right now, at least against the upcoming volume of work. Grizzly or Jet sold a unit of these specs new for under $1k in the early 2000s, they still have a 48" version under $800 new. It's not great...

I think Jimmi Hendrix's version of All Along The Watchtower was a pretty good improvement on the original. I do generally trend towards harder rock, and the last few years have given some pretty good ones, but I think the best to come out of late is Disturbed's Sound of Silence. They took a...

I'd start with the no crank issue. If it's truly nothing, no clunk at all, start with the battery. Is it dead? Most modern vehicles will not engage the starter if the battery is too low. After that, check the fuses. Make sure anything that says ignition, injector, or transmission control is...

I've been drinking the green stuff, it's been ok. I'll have to try that though. I know I can taste a bit of berry flavor with things like raspberry fig bars. Thanks.

I wish Idaho would understand the medical benefits of marijuana. I spent years with severe back pain, got a medical card in WA, and within a year I was at 100%. There is such a negative "stoner" stigma around the stuff though. The ironic part is that I was using strains that didn't even get me...

I imagine it was a bit sparkly while welding as well? How do they look wire brushed?

Pipe has a lot of impurities, if you want to get good and save on tungstens you really need to use a good grade of steel tube. You can cheat at cheap pipe -strictly in non structural practice type uses- by using stainless filler. This'll bond to the impurities, and while the resulting weld...

Ok, chemo officially sucks. Had my first round on Thursday, I couldn't get out of bed Sunday, and only was able to work three hours yesterday. No flavors, my hearing is weird, lights have color shifted a bit, and keeping hydrated is a huge challenge. It's really hard to eat when all you get...

That's pretty much how you have to do aluminum hubs, they like to seize on the race otherwise.

I rented a 5.0 with the 10 speed a couple weeks ago, and found the eco mode to give way more linear operation with regards to easing onto the throttle and transmission shift points. It would shift softer, and skip a lot.

Whenever doing anything, even if you drained all the fluids, have your drain pans ready. Keep coolant and oil ones separate. Not much sucks worse than running around trying to find an empty pan while something is dumping out on the floor.

With practice comes the skill to make it look easy.