[tcb] Re: Learning to be less helpless

I didn't mean to sound snotty about wanting to be independent, I
really need all of the advice I can get from you guys.  I'm going to
take what Will said, look in my books and stare at what I have so that
I understand what he said and then bring it to the mechanic and ask
more questions so that hopefully I'll see clearly how it all works.  I
would like to someday be able to make judgement calls like - my king
and link pin assemblies are too worn... right now I don't know enough.

I want to be independent in the sense that I know the name of each
part, and why it's there and how it works and if it needs fixing, I
would like to have some clue about how it should be done.  My desire
to be independent does not mean to be free from help from friends and
books.

Julie

On 5/22/07, Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

i found it best to just get in there and constantly refer to all the help
books and friends. sure i have hit some rough spots on the road to success
but for the most part it has gone well...slow but well.


>From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Learning to be less helpless
>Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 09:11:06 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Some of us have been working on VW's for more than 25 years and we can
>still learn things all the time. It's always nice to have help from others.
>
>Julie Maroney <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:  Will, thanks for the
>advice. I am only less helpless - not ready to
>totally go it alone, so I'm bringing it to a mechanic, he'll do this
>disassembling, I'll watch and learn and clean and paint and order
>parts and then he'll reassemble and I'll watch and learn so more.
>Someday I'll be independent, just not yet.
>
>Julie
>
>On 5/21/07, Will Wood wrote:
> > Powder coating will require a complete disassembly and cleaning of
> > everything. POR-15 works but also Eastwood Chassis Black for these
> > parts. A steel wire brush, some soap/water and you're prepped. There's
> > also some metal prep products that POR-15 recommends but you'll be money
> > ahead than powder coating.
> >
> > While you have it out, change all of the seals and check the king and
> > link pin assemblies for wear. Have the spindles rebuilt if necessary.
> >
> > Those bearings that the link pins ride in are also subject to a lot of
> > wear. Some busses I've torn into have had no needle bearings in the
> > cage that surrounds a link pin.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 14:38 -0500, Julie Maroney wrote:
> > > It's nice to hear about the fun at shows. It motivates me to get my
> > > '66 done. This weekend I removed my complete front axle assembly. I
> > > did most things right and a couple of things wrong and it took way
> > > more time than it should have but I did it almost completely by myself
> > > and it felt great.
> > >
> > > One has suggested I get some of these under parts powder coated but
> > > another has warned me to stay away from powder coating axle bits and
> > > just use POR. (Powder coating will get into places where you don't
> > > need it to go.)
> > >
> > > What's a girl to do?
> > >
> > > Julie
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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