plus there is pride in knowing that you fixed what wore out on your vehicle. Most of the cars on the road today are so electronic that I am afraid to look at them, let alone attemt to wrench on them.

 

Yep, but the Jeep is just a DD, so I don't expect to be working on it much. But I'm always all for the experience thing. I at least try to fix everything first.

 

Did you put the mods on your quad?

 

always. Except the springs, I was looking forward to that, but the dealer put them in free because the quad was there overnight anyway.

lol they musta been bored.

 

Then you should be able to handle this too. Just be safe. Use Jack Stands and work on level ground.

 

Wow! We can be useful!

 

Lol sacreligious?

I think that I need to take off a wheel to allow the driveshaft to rotate, because I dont have an impact wrench. Although I may not have to, I dont know?

How much are jack stands? Can I get by WalMarting them?

 

I started in the mid '70's when at least they knew how to put a engine in. sideways engines?? I still do 95% of the work on all my vehicles. I only pay to get tires mounted/fornt end alignments and to have my cars smog checked every 2 years. and I do 100% of the work on my toys. ive split the cases on everything I own except the minitrail and the YZ80, its never even had the head off. The 50 has had the clutch cover off because the boys would crash it and rip the shift fork off the end of the shift shaft. I have re bent it and re welded it 3 times now.

 

i like to use blocks of wood, 4X10's cut about a foot long and stacked up. Ive seen cheap jack stands bend. never seen a 4X10 bend. That and always block the wheels that you dont remove. both sides of the wheels.

 

I do everything I can except mess inside the engine (no experience, too much risk) and work on the family cars (vital parts). Also too much risk. But I fix everything around the house and have the TV set up so complicated-ly that only I can turn it on [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img].

I figure every time I fix something I save a crap of money, so I feel better about buying new toys.