I was definitely cussin' when I installed the vacuum seal wrong. I did it the same way as I did on my truck (2005+ axles on a 1997 f350) I couldn't figure out why my thrust washers and snap ring wouldn't go on. 2005+ you put the axle in the tube then drive on the vacuum washer. 2005 and below you put the vacuum seal on the axle then put it in the axle tube then drive it into the knuckle. Hopefully not your own. I’ve don’t this whole process before so I kind of know how to avoid busting my knuckles. Kind of…
For some odd reason I enjoy doing this sort of stuff on the side. I could never do this day in and day out to make a living. Though I could do it as a side job maybe, once I get a shop. But who knows when that will be… one day I will have a nice place to have some fun instead of the driveway. Lol
Kind of is about as good as it gets when working on vehicles I suspect. I enjoy doing that sort of thing too but the complications that seem to invariably arise offset that somewhat. Context makes all the difference I suppose, fiddling with an old Firebird is almost relaxing, swapping out a fuel pump with no lift is anything but.
We always called it shade tree mechanic-ing, is #drivewaymechanic just a tag or how yall refer to it out thataway?
I don’t have a shade tree so I just call it the driveway mechanic. Lol. I guess I could put up some kind of pop up shade or something🤔