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Category: General | Posted by: ltooz | 1 Comment | Viewed: 10616 times |
It was a sunny day a few weeks ago, I took out the old bicycle for a ride and the pedal is pressed but the wheel is slipping and not catching at all. After searching the cause and the cure on the internet, someone said it might just need to be cleaned. I took the wheel to a bike shop and they said I needed a new wheel which cost about $80 including labor to transfer the 10 speed gear over. Well, I don't think my bike even worth $50.00.At the shop, they have a tool to remove the wheel sprocket for $7.95 and I bought it to fix it myself by cleaning the freewheel. I don't know much about fixing bicycle, but there's always a first time of everything.
So, freewheel gear and cassette gear are different and I have cassette free hub
Use crescent wrench to take the spline out. Removed all the balls bearing inside the hub and make sure none was missing. Using the cassette sprocket remove tool to remove the sprocket.
Instead of buying the sprocket holder wrench for $22, I used a rubber strap wrench (to open jar lids) to hold the sprocket while turning the removal...
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Category: General | Posted by: ltooz | Add comment | Viewed: 11182 times |
Ask my wife, she's used to be a Honda Accord owner likes most people who want reliable cars for safety reasons, now she will not drive anything but Audis, after we got married and I got her first 7 year old A6 Avant. She loved the car for the comfort, the safety (which she can feel by driving) of quattro handling and all the luxurious features that Japanese gadgets don't even come close. She will not drive any other makes as long as we still can afford these cars. As for me, I've been owning Audi since Audi 5000s. I loved the comfort, the stability of driving the car and all the detail features of Audi cars. I normally leased a new body model of the A6 (about every 6-7 years) since 1990 until we tried a used 96 A6 Wagon and it's been so reliable and we got a used 98 A8 and they've both been great. I think A8s are the best kept secret of cars. It's inexpensive to buy used, reliable and extremely cheap to maintain. The comfort, safety, luxury and quattro features are second to NONE.
Here's my take on owning Audi.
If you can afford the payments,...
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Category: General | Posted by: ltooz | Add comment | Viewed: 1841 times |
Links for AUDIS articles: Please do everything with your own risks and safety in mind, these are the ways I did mine.
1998 A8 D2 4.2L Quattro:
- Tune up.
- Front Brakes.
- AC Charging.
- Upper Control Arms replacement.
- Lower Straight Control Arm replacement.
1996 A6 AVANT 2.8L QUATTRO 4SPD
- NO HEAT FIXED.
1997 HONDA ODYSSEY & 2000 ACCORD:
- FRONT ENGINE MOUNT REPLACEMENT.
- FRONT BRAKES REPLACEMENT.
- REAR BRAKES REPLACEMENT.
- OVERHEATING-RADIATOR REPLACEMENT.
I create this web page to document things I'd done or discovered. I always believe in taking control of everything. It's OK to have money to let other people to do it for you, but if you can do it yourself, you will do it right because you would care about the things you do. I'm sure there are professionals out there that are true professional and have great integrity which we can depend on. Regardless, I know I would do it right the first time.
There are a few mottoes that I always believe:
If it works, don't touch it.
The less you touch your cars, the longer they will last (except your significant other.... 
).
All cars are made to serve people, I don't buy cars to serve them. The less times I take them to the dealers or shops, the longer they will last. The original...
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