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MEMBERS DISCUSSION AREA => General Discussion => Topic started by: Jimmy on April 08, 2008, 11:48:33 PM
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So Will came over tonight to swap a spare stub shaft I have onto his driver's side inner shaft to replace the one he busted at Tellico. It started off as pretty routine stuff, we first had to take the u-joint out of my spare shaft. Will took the c-clips out while I got out the needed tools and we went to town, beat out one side of the u-joint easy enough and moved onto the other side. This side would not budge, we attacked it for atleast 30-45 minutes and it didn't move a millimeter. We then went to Advanced Auto to rent a pulley puller or something along those lines to try to force the u-joint loose. Advanced was closed, so we drove down to the Autozone in the 'hood. They are going to close in 45 minutes, so we stayed in the parking lot to to work on the axle shaft so Will could return the rented puller in time. This cracked out hobo came up and kept telling us how to do it, we kept blowing him off, but he wouldn't leave so we finally let him have a whack at it. He looked at it for about 5 second before he realized Will forgot to take 2 of the c-clips out (whoops). Will and I started laughing about it, and the hobo (oddly enough, named old Greg) thought we were laughing at him and threatened to cut our ankles if we didn't stop laughing at him. We apologized, so he kept working on the shaft, but never managed to get the damn u-joint out. So we took it back to my house and tried to whack at it a little more. While doing this, ANOTHER homeless guy comes up to us and begs for money, INSIDE OF MY OWN DAMN GARAGE! We told him we didn't have anything and he wandered back to the bridge he lives under (he actually told us he lives under a bridge). By this time, I was pissed off at the u-joint and I think Will was afraid to be in Macon any longer, so I pulled out the cutoff wheel. I cut the ears off the inner axle shaft (all the splines were crushed by this point anyway from old Greg pounding on the axle in the Autozone parking lot) and cut the u-joint in half. Now, we FINALLY had a free outer shaft to put on Will's inner shaft and u-joint. We got everything back together, except for a little bindage in one direction, but he decided it was good enough for now and was going to redo the u-joint this weekend at River Rock. I tried to get a shot of Will drive up the side of my shed to make sure his locker still worked fine, but I missed the photo, lol.
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LMAO!!! I'm still laughing at your post. hahaha Tonight was so ridiculous. Old Greg really did threaten to cut our ankles. Everything Jimmy has said about Macon being sketchy is true. That place creeps me out.
Everything rides fine. Thanks again for all the help!
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Why would he want to cut your ankles? :-\
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so thats a no go on Jimmy helping me with any mods at his house.....
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You want get your ankles sliced up here next to the lake :D
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so thats a no go on Jimmy helping me with any mods at his house.....
LMAO! Can you tell I can't wait to move this weekend? lol
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I told you when I first met you that I thought Macon was the armpit of Georgia.
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I told you when I first met you that I thought Macon was the armpit of Georgia.
And I'm pretty sure I agreed with you :P
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Seriously, this was the dialog:
Hobo: "HEY! Ya'll quit laughin' or I'll cut ya'lls ankles!" (Threatens us with the rather large knife he was using to get a C-clip out)
Will: ...........
Jimmy: "Um.... he was just laughin at himself because he's dumb... he forgot to take all the C-clips out." (Hand on his pocket knife)
Hobo: "I was bout to cut ya'lls ankes. Laughin at me...."
Will: ...........
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I love Will's stunned/shocked/frightened silence.
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I love Will's stunned/shocked/frightened silence.
Haha. I had my knife open, in hand, in my pocket the whole time we were standing in that parking lot.
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Haha. I had my knife open, in hand, in my pocket the whole time we were standing in that parking lot.
Don't think I can blame ya there Jimmy.
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Man, what a story. Glad you came out unscathed, cause if somebody slices your ankles they'll cut lots of tendons and ligaments and you'll never walk the same again. Glad it's fixed.
Will, glad you got it fixed on the cheap. I just got to the cabin for a few days of Spring Break. Probably venture down to BoJo's 1 night.
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Haha. I had my knife open, in hand, in my pocket the whole time we were standing in that parking lot.
why do I feel the need to quote
"You call that a knife? That’s not a knife; this is a knife (pulls out giant machete)"
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Man Call a brother I have every tool you need.
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Man Call a brother I have every tool you need.
I actually thought about that when I was leaving. Thanks man! Might have to call you out on that one day.
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Man, what a story. Glad you came out unscathed, cause if somebody slices your ankles they'll cut lots of tendons and ligaments and you'll never walk the same again. Glad it's fixed.
Will, glad you got it fixed on the cheap. I just got to the cabin for a few days of Spring Break. Probably venture down to BoJo's 1 night.
Thank you...
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I'm just messin with you! Yes, we would have been very upset to have our ankles cut. :o
I don't think I've ever made it to BoJo's before. College kids can't afford to eat out AND build a Jeep. Which one do I like more? ::) How is that place? They have good seafood right? I know a few folks who work at Chobby's which is on the lake and is supposed to be pretty good too. Ever been there?
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Why would he want to cut your ankles? :-\
Man, I hope Matt's not offended, cause he asked! :P
Choby's a 5, BoJo's a 9. We haven't been to Choby's in years and we can get there by boat.
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Why would he want to cut your ankles? :-\
Man, I hope Matt's not offended, cause he asked! :P
Choby's a 5, BoJo's a 9. We haven't been to Choby's in years and we can get there by boat.
Gotcha. I didn't think about the docking thing. I'll have to give BoJo's a shot then. Are they expensive?
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Why would he want to cut your ankles? :-\
Man, I hope Matt's not offended, cause he asked! :P
Choby's a 5, BoJo's a 9. We haven't been to Choby's in years and we can get there by boat.
Gotcha. I didn't think about the docking thing. I'll have to give BoJo's a shot then. Are they expensive?
I say average prices for steak,shrimp, etc. and better quality, but Choby's does have the best catfish. BoJo's has a skewer with filet mignon and shrimp, peppers, etc, that's terrific for about $15.