Monday, September 08, 2008

Pennsylvania Bound?

I may be on the road for PA. Ariel is going to try and get a parking pass from her college. There are a limited number of passes available to freshman, and she's hoping to get one of them. Tom's not real excited about having a second Corvair so far from his garage (the first being Ariel's sister's '64 convertible), but he says he trusts God to make it all work out. In other words, he'd be praying daily there'd be no breakdowns.

Bad Bearing

Before Ariel left for college, she told her dad, Tom, that I was making a rumbling sound and vibration. The other day, Tom drove me to work and confirmed something was amiss. With a little diagnosis, he was confident it was a wheel bearing. He started at my front, and found that my right front wheel had some play. Cleaning off the grease and metal powder from the outer bearing exposed one of the bearing’s cylinder had pitted. All the other parts got thoroughly cleaned and the assembly was put back together with a spare bearing. All’s quiet and smooth now.