Hubcap's Garage

[hubcapsc]

AKA: the Honda Graveyard...



I'm going to change both tires on the Log Truck this weekend... here's the rear all sunk
down, about to knock the axle out... the turnbuckle was inspired by Jeff's idea, only it is
adjustable  ...



Wimp gave me an idea about how to make getting an old tire off easier than any of the
ways I've tried it before. The first bead is easy to get off, and, with Wimp's method, the
second one is too... lube up the rims and both beads, get the bead started off with a tire
tool, and beat it the rest of the way off with a rubber mallet... easiest tire change ever...

Got the rear done, including final drive maintenance and fluid too, today... that's light
speed for me...



The amount of grease I'm putting in the pinion cup must finally be OK... it wasn't
glistening with final drive fluid, just covered in manky grease, but it was fine... There's
a tiny bit of wear on the flange/splines, but there's been a little wear on them for several
tires...









With the rear done, I ought to be able to change out the front tomorrow  ...

The Log Truck didn't start easy this morning, I was almost afraid the battery was
going to let me down... it started. I hope it is OK... I guess I'll check it tomorrow...
I should put the leads of the multi-meter on the battery posts and see around
14.something to know it is charging, right? With the motor revved a little (not
dead idle)...?

-Mike

[BF]

Real man of genius.      

[Jess from VA]

Kind of stretching it to be a garage.... but it has everything, including two kitchen sinks.  LOL

Looks like raccoons and crows would make off with small shiny things.

That tire-off-the-rim technique sounds just like using a tire machine, without the machine.

Absolutely none of my bidness, but wouldn't a small steel building on a concrete pad fit out on that property at not too high a cost?  It could even be shared with horses if larger.

I've been living with a 10 by 12 shed for two bikes, tools, jacks, power tools, parts bins, yada for 22 years and I'd really love something that I could actually work indoors in (but Zoning Code stops me cold on my third acre).

[hubcapsc]

Absolutely none of my bidness, but wouldn't a small steel building on a concrete pad fit out on that property at not too high a cost?  It could even be shared with horses if larger.

Yeah, I could go with that, but I really want the garage to actually be a garage one day... it
already has an awesome foundation... Here's me working on it 20 years ago  ...



-Mike

[hal47]

Mike you might check on wooden storgage buildings,they have runners under them,so they can be moved and that sometimes get you few the zonning laws.I have a friend who has one in town and has a car in it. lol

[Jess from VA]

Wow, OK Mike, so it's a work in progress.  

It's just that current pics disguise it into looking more like the remains of an old farm outbuilding.  

Please understand this is not criticism at all, just humor.   I am not throwing stones from my old worn glass house (which seems to be a work forever in process... slowed to a near halt due to lack of motivation).

And Hal, both my 10 by 12 sheds are on 4 by 4 skids to be considered movable;  and thus be allowed placement right up on my property lines (36" offsets).  If they were concrete pad foundations (permanent), the County would I insist I tear them down (or begin to run a daily exorbitant fine) and rebuild them right in the middle of my yard (lovely).  I'm pretty sure the Fairfax County zoning people all went to the Adolf Hitler School of Charm and Zoning Enforcement.   My one and only run in with them cost me $2500, a formal hearing conducted on local Govt TV, and considerable grief.  Bless their mercenary little hearts.

[hubcapsc]

It's just that current pics disguise it into looking more like the remains of an old farm outbuilding.
Please understand this is not criticism at all

I see the same thing you see  ...

-Mike

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Check youtube for the zip tie tire removal method.

[Cracker Jack]

I cut the tire all around in the center of the tread. Practically comes off with your hands after that one bead at a time.

[hubcapsc]

Check youtube for the zip tie tire removal method.

I tried that several years ago. It worked well on the little tires in the video, but two Valkyrie
sized beads at once was way beyond my strength...

-Mike

[..]

Check youtube for the zip tie tire removal method.

I tried that several years ago. It worked well on the little tires in the video, but two Valkyrie
sized beads at once was way beyond my strength...

-Mike

Chain saw?

Reciprocating saw? 

[hubcapsc]

Check youtube for the zip tie tire removal method.

I tried that several years ago. It worked well on the little tires in the video, but two Valkyrie
sized beads at once was way beyond my strength...

-Mike

Chain saw?

Reciprocating saw? 

I once put this awful 5 inch steel belted knobby tire on my CR500... when the time came,
I couldn't get it off, and so I tried to cut it off... been there, done that, no thanks 

Wimp's rubber mallet idea is about as good as it gets I think, unless you get a tire machine.

My "garage" needs an update before I get a tire machine...

-Mike