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Cmark's random photo thread

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Theweldor

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Might be expensive..but in the ultimate end a whole lot less expensive that a replacement and atleast now you know what you have.
I am a firm believer in fixing what you have of possible!
 
John C.

John C.

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Seeing that axle on the blocks reminded me of a conversation I had with a service manager not too long ago. Seems they can't teardown or assemble a final drive without putting it on a rotation stand. They even made an adapter to be able to install loader axles on the stand. The conversation went something like this. How long does it take to put an axle or final on that. Him, usually one to two hours. Me, you aren't charging my client for something as unnececsary as that. Him, we don't do them any other way. Me on the phone to my client, they are trying to screw you over big adding time. My client, load it back up and do the job when you can and send me the bill.
 
Bls repair

Bls repair

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Yes and no ,I’ve worked with contractors that worked you to the last minute and wouldn’t give you time to clean tracks
 
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DB2

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They must be winning some nice jobs to not worry about stuff like that.

No disrespect but do they wear the cutting edges into the frog as well ?
 
DMiller

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You do very well and have a good clientele by appearances. I tried the first two, even worked dealerships a couple tries, ended up burnt out as tried too much too often too many hours and made too little. The late 70s/80s even the 90s were not user friendly for mechanics.
 
Mobiltech

Mobiltech

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Definitely needs to be resurfaced or shims cut in. As soon as you see that fretting in any spot and not clean machining marks you know that liners moving.
If you shim it, cut every hole.
 
DMiller

DMiller

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Minor depressions as that magically leak MASSIVE quantity coolant when at operating temp. Too easy to deck and shim.
 
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