ziggy
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From: Easton Louisiana
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Well i had a lil problem yesterday, well it was the wifes problem. She was coming pick me up from work (3hr trip) gets almost to the office and had to stop. the front passenger side tire was grinding. got a ride to where she was, immediately notice that the tire was aneled out, the top toward the motor and the bottom away from the truck. Well this is great my first day off of a 14day hitch and i'm stranded in houma,la with 3 kids, in the heat. We pulled the tire off and shook the rotor, and found that the brakes were the only thing that was holding it on. upon closer evaluation we found out that the wheel bearings were GONE! noone in the houma/morgan city area had the parts in stock to fix it so we had to call my inlaws to bring a trailer, so i could fix it at the house. had to wait for about4 hours for them to get the trailer and get to us. when they get there with trailer things just got worse. being how the fornt wheel was at an angle. it didn't want to go in the trailer, at all. had to keep jacking up the front end and straightening the tire so it would move. once we got the front two wheels on the ramps we realized that the trailer/truck weren't angled right. we tried correct it, and thought we did. get right past the front fender, when some one watching the other side noticed the pipe walls on the trailer were rubbing on the truck , and its way too late to start over. cant get the truck to back up b/c of the wheel. ended up rubbing deep into the metal on both sides. then we had to jack up the rear end to keep it from getting hung on the rar fender well. then had the, supposed to be 3hr) 4.5hr ride back. the trailer was home made to carry tractors short distances, and would just sway really bad over 55 mph. we finally get it home and i was truely shocked when it just backed right out into my shop. now it's about 830 and my 3 kids that just slept for 2.5 hrs are wide awake, and don't wanna go back to sleep. i done some shopping online and found a orielly's that had the part for $133, not bad considering that everyone else was like 4168-$350, plus they had the part in stock. so i get up this morning to start taking this thing apart, and low and behold i don't have the right size anything. had to go get my father in laws tools. then things started looking up. i'm no mechanic by no means, but this thing was coming apart like i knew what i was doin. my wife left to get the replacement part, so i started cutting the grass for the hurricane lol, i was almost finished the back yard when she got back. i took the part and once again it just went right into place in like 20 mins. i was getting excited, was gonna have the truck fixed, grass cut, and be able to go ride my bike. got the brakes bleed somewhat. then i try to get the jack off when i started catching cramps in my forearm and legs. so i came back in the house took some pottasium, started drinking water. well after 20 mins or so, im feeling better so i go try to get finished with the truck. finished tightening the nuts go to jack out and start catching cramps in both my legs, then everywhere else. i finally made it into the house, and have been cramping off nd on for the past hr. my wife just went to the store and tells me when she gets back that the dollar store almost became a drive thru. i don't know much about brakes so can some one try to explain to me how to get all the air out of the lines. i bled the front two before the cramps came do i have to bleed all 4 or what any help would be nice. sorry bout the long post. i'll post the picts later
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