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Pellet heads!! What's up today?

Discussion in 'Pellet Stoves, Pellet Fireplaces, Pellet Furnaces' started by DexterDay, Jan 16, 2014.

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  1. gbreda

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    Holy chit man, you taking another day off? What did you do, buy the joint and become owner or something?

    J/K....have a great day. I tried to take today off too but couldnt
     
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    Had a similar issue on the Ridgeline last winter. Caliper pistons moved nicely but one of the pads was stuck as all hellz in the bracket. I remember having to file the ears when I installed the pads-should have red flagged at that point but was all apart and couldnt do anything else but try and make it work-NAPA pads and that was the last straw with NAPA brake parts for me. Back to Ackebono all around now.
     
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    I am with Pete. I will take disk over drum any day on non commercial truck related vehicles.
     
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    Hyundai wanted to "clean my rear drums" for lime $130 at about 20k miles.....I laughed. He got the hint
     
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    Well, TrailBlazer brake job done. I'm pretty sure the slider pins were the problem, so I cleaned them up like new, put a very thin coating of anti-seize on them, pushed the caliper piston out (as far as I dared) and back in 4-5 times, added rust buster, cleaned & installed new rotor and the caliper brackets w/ new pads, then the caliper. Also adjusted the parking brake shoe while I was in there, and lubed the mechanism for that too.

    Parking brake is much tighter now, and have to run to the post office & parts store (return the un-used new caliper....get my $90 back), so I'll check out things as I go.

    Sorry for no pics, but didn't want to get the phone all crudded-up with grease, dirt, and anti-seize.....LOL.
     
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    Tonight's well balanced dinner

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    Good, I wasn't feeling well, but failed miserably at calling out sick. How do you call out sick when you are retired????
     
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    Old people ice cream (butter pecan), ironically I had the same thing this past weekend but just made with coconut milk.... :rofl: :lol:
     
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    We did the rear brakes on the Blaze once. Once.
     
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    Made 20 years this year so I got 5 extra vacation days. 5 weeks and 3 personal for a total of 28! :)

    Just get a tease for now. But man I could get used to this!! :D

    I'll let ya know in 9 1/2 years. Until then I can only pretend with the 28 vac days........
     
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    Stay in bed and not worry about anything and FALL back to sleep:smoke:
     
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    Rear drums, right?
     
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    Ha ha, Da ugly guy got his pic posted by the lure company............

     
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    I like my ice cream with crunchy stuff in it , maple walnut was my fav as a kid
     
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    Me too!
     
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    Did they call you a subtle jerk????:eek::eek::eek::startled:
     
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    Forecast for this winter is lots of the white chit:picard:
    Mind you we have ample time to get ready for it with this gorgeous weather we're getting:thumbs:
     
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    :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
     
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    :rofl: :lol:
     
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    :p
     
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