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Another use for the splitter!

Discussion in 'Chainsaws and Power Equipment' started by Sam, Mar 9, 2015.

  1. Sam

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    Can anyone tell what I've got going here?
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    Pressing a bearing?!
    EVW
     
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    Good thinking.
     
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    Steering knuckle? for lack of a better term...
     
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    Pressing a wheel bearing (out and then back in of course) on the rear suspension of an old audi a4. Earlier this winter when I did the other side I was looking around the shop trying to figure how I was going to get the dumb thing r&r'd. I walked out the door on the way to the house for the night and there stood a giant hydraulic press disguised as a wood splitter. And the rest is history.
     
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    That's ingenuity, Sam! I love it!
    A4 needs a 4 wheel alignment I guess?
    Good German engineering, yes?

    Eric Van Wickler (which is Dutch, but who's counting?!)
     
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    This one has well over 300k miles on it so I'm going to try and get by with just putting the camber adjustment bolts back in the exact same spots. I marked the heads before I removed them. If it doesn't feel right or starts to wear the tires oddly I'll get it aligned.

    I do like the German engineering though. I've got an '04 A8 in the garage with almost 180k on it. Heck of a family car, that one is!
     
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    As an Audi driver myself, and being 50% German, I say you did the right thing.

    Outsmart those cranky Germans with American ingenuity. :)
     
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    My last name may be some 1/3 Dutch heritage, but the the next 1/3 is German, and Volks Wagen at that-
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    So when you see Eric VW, those 2 initials are for my last name AND my enjoyment of German engineering- even though I run Husqvarna saws:p!
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    The other 50% of me is Norwegian. I run stihl saws. ;)
     
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    :rofl: :lol:
    To each his own, yeah? I say what ever works!
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    If I was 50% Swedish, and 50% German, I'd be more conflicted. :thumbs:
     
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    So true, Horkn, so true!
    Nite-
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