imported_Torrey

Ripped the axles appart, front suspension on the floor... compare old axles with new ones... the drivers axles arent the same. Wonderful, considering I drove to TO (lawrence ave.) to do this at my buddy's place. The old axle's boots were both torn, and i could literally pop the bearings out. I zip tied it together and thank god it got me home.

Gonna bitch tomorrow after work at the parts guy that didnt give me 94+ teg non-abs axles.

AWRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGG


Soo frustrating... makes me wanna sell this POS and buy a godamn K-car.

(I'll upload the pix of the axles and the mess tomorrow)

imported_gatherer

would a K car be any easier to replace axles on?

it sucks having this frustration...

imported_Torrey

Oh i know... stupid parts!
I might have to drop it off at Boost and just let them deal with it and suck up the 1.5-2 hours labor.... I've got no time now to work on it anymore.


(Im gonna murder the parts guy when I see him at lunch..... )

bbarbulo

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I got the wrong shock mounts for my Saturn from god damn PartSource. So I had the front susp out and the springs off and everything, cuz they ASSURED me this was the correct part, despite my protest on first inspection. FAAAAACK!! So I threw it back together and bought NAPA parts instead. I used to buy only dealer parts on this car, but since my brother will be driving it from now on, and I know he'll kill it in a couple of years, there is no sense in me putting in more money than I have to. Sux putting money into other ppls cars Luckily I don't use a spring compressor, I can just squeeze the spring enough to get the nut off, so I save hella time.

imported_Torrey

That's not bad... I hate spring compressors, if I can i'll just push down on the springs then tighten the top nut. With the springs on my civic I was able to do that without any issues. And shooting the oem springs off the shocks is too much fun!

What pissed me off the most was that I could have been stuck on lawrence ave when I live over an hour away. The parts manager is my friend's dad, and I bought this axle last month, they better ****ing accept it as a return or else!

bbarbulo

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yeah, I never leave my house to do work... in 9 years of working on cars, nothing good ever came out of working outside the home, not even air tools. if I NEED air tools, like for axle nuts, I'll have them loosened at a shop, then carefully drive back and finish the job at home.

imported_Torrey

See the difference with the stupid axle hubs... and the one i got didnt have that bushing on the shaft. We thought of swapping the hubs then decided against it. It was way too greesy and too late to be doing that.

Ohh the joys of hybrid POS cars.

imported_chillinit

hey bar...what the helll are u doing drivin a saturn anyway?

GinoLicious

Just lovely... I would for sure freak out at the guy that sold you those. Stupid people like that **** me off as well. Give him all you got.

imported_Torrey

The mother****ers at the parts place don't know their *** from the back of their hand. Stupid ****s made me pay 20% to restock the part, then go it cant be returned,,, all i did was ****in pick it up for christ sake.

DO NOT GOTO PARKDALE AUTO FOR THOSE OF YOU IN HAMILTON.

Stupid ****ing AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.... im still pissed!
I met the guys at Boost, and they've got a b16a2 axle all ready for me.

zeeman

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hey torrey....how come you separate the tie rod when replacing the axel. I just did mine yesterday and never touched the tie rod. I've heard good and bad things about Boost. My buddies black CRX has been there for like 2-3 months now gettin some upgrades. Another buddy of mine got a b16 in his eg coupe and it took them like 3 weeks. Thanks for the heads up about parkdale auto.
If you ever need help with your car i am in hamilton too....i'd be glad to help you out.

imported_complex

Yea i heard good and bad things too about boost my buddy had his rx7 there for like 5 months and they only wired up a few things im not sure why it wasnt done other than tokyo auto giving him bad rotarys so now its outta there and hes gonna just rebuild and wire up his stand alone himself. They also "borrowed" his boost controller from him.


Also I was with my buddy one time in his teg and some guys from boost were laughing at his car cuz it wasnt as good as theres....****** I tell ya.

imported_Torrey

Yeah I didnt go down there in my car... just passed by and I think I talked to the guy in charge. Seemed kinda micky mouse to me, but I felt reassured when he noticed my tranny is from a B16a2... an axle takes an hour aside, so I cant see them doing that bad a job.

Monkey work... ya know?

GinoLicious

It sucks how you gotta learn what shops are good and which ones are ****.

punkindrublic

fun times torrey as a positive i doubt you'll ever have this problem again

imported_complex

haha yea iv done an engine in my car with min. knowledge im sure thye can install new drive axles lol

Chigga1

dang, does boost do good work or not????

he seems pretty cool, dont know if i wanted to boost my car next year or buy a mint hatch and and slapp a H22 in it!

oh man.... do it yourselfer.. save u tons of cash but lots of time.
but for 4grand installed thats not bad,

my buddy in the states, bought a 95 H22a Jdm motor for %$4000.00 thats USD, and just to say those who thought USD prices were cheap.... those ****'s are rich.

Gunmetalef

hehe seems like theyll hire n e one there Cynikal.mindset

bbarbulo

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well I bought this one 1993 SL2



as a winter beater, and I liked it so much I sold it and bought another one (93 SW2) with a 5 spd tranny pictured in the background here:

imported_complex

hha that doesnt look half bad with rims...is it lowered too?


And I wouldnt recomend anyone to boost.