Recent content by rick3478

Don't know what vehicle you have, so I'll just launch into a couple things from personal experience, may or may not be relevant. 1) Might have picked up a hitchhiker, cat rat bird or piece of debris rubbed against tire then got spit out. 2) Any missing wheelwell parts that might have been...

You'd have to explain it to me, too. The chain is a pretty basic part. There might be an adjustment for the tensioner. Or adjustable indexing on the cam sprocket(s). Or a longer shot - there are offset keys, straight or half-moon, available for cam sprockets. But I don't really know what...

I've been using 5W30 since the warranty ran out. Seems to crank a little slower on cold Winter mornings, and sounds a little less like a sewing machine, but no problems and no plans to switch back.

Depending on size and shape of hole, a couple things come to mind. Wad of inside-out duct tape, by itself or on the end of a pencil. Cloth over the end of a vacuum nozzle.

I bought from RockAuto because they had everything in stock and similar price to others who didn't. Came in two boxes in a couple days. I don't know how you got to $170 shipping, even six large USPS boxes wouldn't approach that. And yeah, resetting the auto-adjusting pistons was a...

Replaced battery this afternoon. It's been cranking weak for a couple weeks and this morning refused to go. OEM battery lasted about 9 years, :) but first replacement only about 15 months. 😡 Diehard ain't what it used to be, apparently now low grade junk. So kicked that to the curb and put in...

You get less braking surface and they tear up pads a lot faster. Unless you are actually racing, drilled and/or slotted rotors are a mistake for street use.

Maybe, but like they said ^ and location, pictures, etc.

Just to be clear ... they broke while going on? That's crazy. If they had been on a couple years and had a chance to grow fast, I might expect trouble getting them off. But can't even handle the torque of normal installation is just ridiculous.

Applicable, maybe, if an oncoming vehicle is silhouetted against a light background like concrete, or a reflective glass building. Not the dominant scenario, certainly, but the point is that DRL's are a mandated one-size-fits-all solution that doesn't fit all. I doubt if anyone has statistics...

To add another facet to the discussion, DRL's can, under some lighting conditions actually make a vehicle harder to see. Ref: Yehudi Lights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehudi_lights A real world military camouflage technique, no less.

Just put new pads and rotors on my 2012 M3iT, does anyone want the original rotors before I turn them in for scrap iron? They went 51K miles on original pads and have never been cut, should be good for a refurb. Heavy, so I don't want to mess with shipping, pick up at my place in NW Ohio...

So, I did not get to it the next day, or the one after, or the one after that. Did eventually get the rear pads and rotors replaced this afternoon. Had a bit of trouble with the combination mechanical hydraulic parking brake adjusters. One might think these things would be mirror assemblies...

New pads and rotors on the front this afternoon/evening. 51K miles they were getting thin, starting to make little squeeky warning sounds. OMG those original rotors grow fast with only a little rust. No bloody knuckles, don't know how I got away with that.;) Rear is targeted next, maybe...

And there it is. Silly me, I was searching for "reset", but they called it "initialization". Or a search for "2 seconds" would have found it. Thanks a bunch!