What did you do with whatever else you've got?

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Changed a CV joint on the car.
Bastard youtube videos give the impression it’s a 10 minute job… well, I knew that wasn’t going to be the case ‘cos it takes me that long to get the car jacked up to my satisfaction, but it was a 4 hour of fight with corroded bolts, immovable nuts, retaining clips that wouldn’t budge, a buggered thread on the new stub axle and a couple of hundred ml of moly grease, half of which ended up over my hands, tools and the brake disc.
Finished just as daylight faded, haven’t had time to test drive it yet.. hopefully the weird clunking noises have now gone, but next time I’ll just pay someone else to do the job. The novelty of DIY on cars is wearing off now.

Sorted the rear , sticking/dragging calipers on mrs reds vw golf , helpful you tuber said its a 30 min job for one side including 2 cups of tea and a plate of biscuits ..........did it in 45 mins , no mess and no seized bolts and had time for 3 cuppas and a test drive    :pokefun












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