What are you working on today?
- Thread starter Amkeer
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Was replacing the mount so was being lazy -- no need to back it off.
Also these Sienna mounts sit at a considerable angle. When I tried on the mount it would tweak enough that I couldn't get the nut out, even if I attempted to adjust the arms to account for the angle. The clearance around the flange of the nut is oddly small and it basically has to stay in the "neutral" position for the nut to come out.
This was one time I wished I'd just ordered quick struts. The threaded shaft has a machined flat that keys into the mount and that creates a lot more friction to drive it out. Anyway, it was all a giant time suck but that could still be my incompetence.
Have you tried the upper spring seat? Grapping the spring on the upper is generally not recommended with a Branick.
I wasn't able to find enough clearance (Z space) between the rotating mount and the spring seat to fit all three arms. I actually tried two on the seat and one on the spring, but that was clearly a bad idea.
Again, I'm sure experienced Toy techs have a better method and I was overlooking something.
“Good times for all” can be had with a powerful leaf blower. Err, ask my wife.
Yep. Hook up the Mexican bagpipes and let her rip. It’s what we do at the apartments my wife manages.
I would like to do that but my blower is gas and the dryer is in a living area hallway closet.
I have a central vac. I run a 20’ vac hose up it and works well
Well, in the past two weeks on my 98 Legacy, I have replaced both front CV axles, which actually wasn't a bad job other than getting the right spot to remove and install the roll pin. Of course on Friday, I start to get a weird wheel speed vibration from the passenger rear. Jacked up the passenger rear and thankfully, its not the wheel bearing, but the tire is out of round. When I did the 2 inch lift on this back in March, I found a set of four 16 inch wheels with 215/65/R16 tires on them that had probably 35% tread life on them, so I kind of knew I was on borrowed time with them, but I expected a flat tire first, not out of round due to steel belt seperation. So, tommorrow, I'll go see if I can find a cheap set of tires to throw on till the fall when I can find some winter tires...
First OCI on the neighbors '25 Kicks, with the prehistoric 2.0 MR20 engine with ~7,000 miles
It's from when Nissan was offering two years free maintenance, but they couldn't be bothered to bring it in
More business for me
13 bolts and 5 clips to remove the splash shield
An electric ratchet and my just found clip remover tool will speed this up next time around
It reminds me of an '07 Sentra I used to service
Logical oil filter and drain plug placement
It got a Pronto NS-1 filter and Edge EP 0w20
Oh, and for those who weren't sure, factory Nissan crush washer placement is notch towards drain plug
This is the second Nissan product on the trot that I've seen that are new/low ish mileage that has a suspicious looking rear main leak?
Cabin filter is typical Nissan stupidity, side loading where you have to scrunch it half height to fit the HVAC case aperture
But it's placement is improved
Top off the washer fluid, vacuum/wash the cowl out, send it down the road
It's from when Nissan was offering two years free maintenance, but they couldn't be bothered to bring it in
More business for me
13 bolts and 5 clips to remove the splash shield
An electric ratchet and my just found clip remover tool will speed this up next time around
It reminds me of an '07 Sentra I used to service
Logical oil filter and drain plug placement
It got a Pronto NS-1 filter and Edge EP 0w20
Oh, and for those who weren't sure, factory Nissan crush washer placement is notch towards drain plug
This is the second Nissan product on the trot that I've seen that are new/low ish mileage that has a suspicious looking rear main leak?
Cabin filter is typical Nissan stupidity, side loading where you have to scrunch it half height to fit the HVAC case aperture
But it's placement is improved
Top off the washer fluid, vacuum/wash the cowl out, send it down the road
