Thought I would mention a FUNNY thing that happened to me on the way home Saturday night. About a mile from my house, pulling into a gas station and all of a sudden my right front wheel locks up!! So I slide to a halt, throw it in Park and get out.
Now I am thinking the worst...I just did a front end rebuild the week before Christmas, something got screwed up / just welded the whole hub/axle together, life is bad...
SO I start by spitting on the hub / tire, etc expecting it to be super hot...nothing, don't see anything wrong.
Jump in the truck, put it in D...it moves...another 4 feet and RRRRRT stop again. Put in Park / D...works maybe 10 feet this time. Neutral / Drive "frees up" the issue...weird but suspecting something is catching. Move around to where I can be out of the way and crawl up underneath.
There is a neat groove around the inside of my rim...the caliper is catching on it somehow? I jump back in and verify...I CAN move backwards without it catching...
So...if you happened to be one of the folks I passed, hazard lights on, BACKING up the mile or so to my house on Saturday in Kernersville...NOW you know the REST of the story!! I pulled over a couple times / let folks go by, etc.
I got to the house, lifted the front end, and sure enough I must have put the lower bolt in for alignment (on the caliper) and tightened the top one and did not go back and get the bottom. I know I was DEAD on my feet at that point, prob 10ish hours into the job so blaming only myself!
So..put a new bolt in it and away we go..but thought you might get a kick out of it. Make sure you get those bolts all tight, they are kinda important!!
Sam
Now I am thinking the worst...I just did a front end rebuild the week before Christmas, something got screwed up / just welded the whole hub/axle together, life is bad...
SO I start by spitting on the hub / tire, etc expecting it to be super hot...nothing, don't see anything wrong.
Jump in the truck, put it in D...it moves...another 4 feet and RRRRRT stop again. Put in Park / D...works maybe 10 feet this time. Neutral / Drive "frees up" the issue...weird but suspecting something is catching. Move around to where I can be out of the way and crawl up underneath.
There is a neat groove around the inside of my rim...the caliper is catching on it somehow? I jump back in and verify...I CAN move backwards without it catching...
So...if you happened to be one of the folks I passed, hazard lights on, BACKING up the mile or so to my house on Saturday in Kernersville...NOW you know the REST of the story!! I pulled over a couple times / let folks go by, etc.
I got to the house, lifted the front end, and sure enough I must have put the lower bolt in for alignment (on the caliper) and tightened the top one and did not go back and get the bottom. I know I was DEAD on my feet at that point, prob 10ish hours into the job so blaming only myself!
So..put a new bolt in it and away we go..but thought you might get a kick out of it. Make sure you get those bolts all tight, they are kinda important!!
Sam
