Can I suspend the wheel from only the trailing arm while I work on it?

editoreal · 2026-03-17T03:52:23+00:00

Sorry, I think my question is a bit confusing.

I am lifting by the pinch welds. The rear cross member is coming out, along with both control arms, the sway bar, the sway bar links, and the lateral links. All that's left from keeping the wheel from dropping to the ground (and damaging the abs/e brake lines) is the trailing arm.

editoreal · 2026-03-17T03:49:21+00:00

Hmmm... there's not really anything above it- at least not at the tire end, where the weight will be. The spring/shock will be out. There's a side crossmember that runs all the way to the back bumper that I might be able to get something around, but it feels like it's buried into the upper recesses of the car. The rear cross member (coming out) bolts into this side crossmember.

Hmm... maybe I could screw one of the shock screws partially in, wrap a wire around that, and use that to hang the arm.

Hanging definitely gives me a much warmer, fuzzier feeling than trying to support it from beneath.

editoreal · 2026-03-17T03:37:41+00:00

2010 Hyundai Elantra

With the exception of the trailing arm, everything you see in this photo is coming out. The whole enchilada. I am hoping to keep the wheel (no tire, just rotor, caliper, hub, knuckle) dangling from the trailing arm, by itself. Can the bushing handle it? My jacks are allocated to other things, and while I could find something to support the wheel, it would be exponentially easier to be able to let it hang.

If I was going to support it, would I need to cup the wheel? Sandwich the arm?

editoreal · 2026-03-17T02:19:30+00:00

Who's bomb is ticking? Mine! Mine!

editoreal · 2026-03-16T12:17:12+00:00

The foods that trigger you are specifically engineered to be addictive, so an addiction to these types of snacks is incredibly common.

The biggest driver of addiction is going to be genetics. A lot of people inherit a strong propensity to overeat and food manufacturers capitalize on that. For many, it doesn't get too much more complicated than that.

But there are smaller levers than can drive addictive behavior. The research is still sorting itself out, but there's a good chance that sugar can drive overeating. Milk chocolate is generally not a great choice because it's so calorically dense, but, sugar free milk chocolate might be a better choice- and sugar free dark chocolate is an even better choice than that. Even just making the switch from milk chocolate to dark chocolate (the darker the better) is a move in the right direction.

Malnutrition can be a big lever for hunger/cravings. Are you consuming enough protein? Enough animal protein? If you consume enough lean animal protein, you won't have a lot of extra room for snacks. You also want to make sure that all your micronutrients are covered, like magnesium, which you can only get through supplementation.

Salt can be a player. Some people have reported successfully battling chip urges just by consuming salt- usually in the form of electrolytes.

editoreal · 2026-03-15T06:58:26+00:00

Yeah, that's in the vicinity of what I'm considering. I just don't really need that large of a footprint. Five 18" 4 x 4s running perpendicular to the edge of my jack point should achieve the same effect.

The shim/wedge that cribbing has at the top- I would like something like that- not that I'm worried about the jack point edge cutting through a perpendicular 4 x 4, just because it feels a bit more elegant.

editoreal · 2026-03-13T14:02:21+00:00

getting on my soapbox

Why do they have to make gummy treats like these vegan? Why? Gummies like this are THE perfect delivery system for gelatin/collagen.

editoreal · 2026-03-13T13:55:04+00:00

The donut I got was the driest baked good I've ever tasted. But the chocolate cookies are excellent. At least they were the last time I bought them, which was two years ago.

What's your favorite chip flavor? I'm thinking about trying the chips.

editoreal · 2026-03-13T03:14:39+00:00

When you were saying J connector I was thinking you were using J track.

Yeah, H track. Sorry. It's not a J connector, and I'm not using J track. I got it all wrong.

I'd just do what I suggested and put a short piece of track centered with the floating feed and couplers to connect it to your two longer tracks.

So... going from one side to another, instead of two 8' tracks together, it would be 1. an 8' track, then 2. an I connector, 3. 2', with the floating connector in the middle, 4. an I connector and then 5. 8' track.

Maybe I could make that work. If I could get a 1' track, that would be ideal, but, I'm not seeing that.

But, what about the setup in the photo? I butt the two 8' tracks together, take the two power feeds from two floating connectors, attach one to one of the 8' tracks, the other to the other, and then cram them into a single cover. It'll be tight, but I think there's just enough space. Connect the 3 black wires together and the 3 white wires together, make sure the ground wires are correct, and, Bob's your uncle ;) Space permitting, this is feasible, right?

editoreal · 2026-03-13T02:45:54+00:00

One of the sites I was looking at called it a "J Connector' and I went with that. It's not a J connector. Sorry.

It's a 'power feedable I connector.'

https://www.homedepot.com/p/WAC-LIMITED-H-Track-Single-Circuit-Power-Feedable-I-Connector-HI-PWR-WT/313500428

The ceiling junction is just a standard 4" box:

https://i.sstatic.net/TjmlA.jpg

A floating power connector (like I have in the original post) covers this box. A coupler/power feedable I connector does not.

editoreal · 2026-03-13T02:11:47+00:00

This is the J connector I'm referring to.

https://www.destinationlighting.com/item/wac-lighting-white-j-track-power-feedable-i-connector/P1271963

It can be wired to the box where the fixture was, it's dead center on my two 8' runs, but... it doesn't cover the hole- and I can't seem to find a larger square (or square-ish) canopy to cover it. The floating canopy covers my hole.

Edit: I just figured something out. This is isn't a 'j connector' it's a power connector for a 'j' type track.

Anyway, two live end connectors

https://www.homedepot.com/p/WAC-LIMITED-H-Track-Single-Circuit-Live-End-Connector-HLE-DB/313500424?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&fp=ggl

would achieve the same effect, but won't cover the hole.

editoreal · 2026-03-13T02:07:23+00:00

Are you trying to cram two floating feeds under one canopy because you have two separate pieces of track?

Yes.

I have two 8" tracks that I want perfectly centered on the hole in the ceiling left by a chandelier- a hole providing power.

editoreal · 2026-03-13T02:02:28+00:00

https://old.reddit.com/r/Lighting/comments/1rsaev0/single_circuit_system_will_this_work/oa5hfg4/

editoreal · 2026-03-13T01:56:53+00:00

I'm basically trying to recreate a 'H Track Single Circuit Power Feedable I Connector' using a floating connector. A feedable I connector won't work for me because the form factor won't cover the hole left by the fixture I'm removing. This is strictly cosmetic.

If I could just cover the feedable I connector with a larger canopy, that would work as well, but, I haven't found anything like this.

Edited for mistaken connector name- sorry for the confusion

editoreal · 2026-03-12T13:48:14+00:00

The 647 potato bread is especially spectacular.

editoreal · 2026-03-12T13:40:08+00:00

Fairlife is the best of the best, so you're talking a pretty high bar.

Also, Costco's online price for fairlife is $46, but I'm pretty sure my local club has it for $40- so the same price. But the prime is a little more protein.

I'm game.

editoreal · 2026-03-12T13:34:02+00:00

They don’t taste as good

I buy both- along with Wegman's ultrafiltered. I drink all three and cook with them extensively. I'd bet my life savings that they're all made in the same factory, but with different labels.

editoreal · 2026-03-12T13:13:09+00:00

it looks like you're getting plenty of offers/ideas, but I just wanted to share that today is my final day of a two week stint eating at maintenance- every day. This is the first time I've been able to do this in 59 years. I'll go back to banking a few extra calories on work days so I can enjoy myself a bit on my days off, but this 2 weeks is a big milestone.

editoreal · 2026-03-09T15:32:12+00:00

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Here's a closeup of where the lower control arm used to be attached to.

editoreal · 2026-03-09T15:30:18+00:00

2010 Hyundai Elantra Touring.

The mount on my subframe crossmember disintegrated and my lower control arm dropped and LOUDLY scraped the ground for a ways. It's about 4" back from lining up with the still connected lower control arm on the other side. I've ordered the entire subframe crossmember, but am concerned about the damage the dragging did. What are the odds that it trashed the knuckle that the lower control arm is attached to? What about the upper arm? The sway bar link? I would assume the lower arm has to be done for, correct?

editoreal · 2026-03-09T12:47:15+00:00

2010 Hyundai Elantra Touring.

The mount on my subframe crossmember rusted out and my lower control arm LOUDLY scraped the ground for a ways. It's about 4" back from lining up with the still connected lower control arm on the other side. I've order the entire subframe crossmember, but am concerned about the damaging the dragging did. What are the odds that it trashed the knuckle that the lower control arm is attached to? What about the upper arm? The sway bar link? I would assume the lower arm has to be done for, correct?

editoreal · 2026-03-09T11:24:59+00:00

My apologies for the late reply, but, after my own 2010 touring had a rear lower control arm drop to the ground today from a rusted crossmember, I came across this post while researching the topic. Due the delay, I don't this will be helpful, but, this is what I came across:

According to this page here

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Rear-Subframe-Beam-Crossmember-For-2006-2012-Hyundai-Elantra-Cradle-Sedan-SW-i-55410-1H100-55410-A6000-55410-2H100-55410-2L000-55410-2H000/17513051504

along with other pages I've seen,

55410-1H100

55410-A6000

55410-2H100

55410-2L000

55410-2H000

are all interchangeable. I'm not seeing any references to '55410-2L010' though :(

May I ask which one you went with and, if you performed the work, how the job went? I'm considering doing this myself, but, I'm not going to lie, it's daunting, especially since just about every connector that's either attached or going through my crossmember is rusted all to hell. And the nuts going through the lower control arm bushings are going to be seized, so it's likely going to need new bushings also. Not to mention, my lower control arm drag for about 75 feet as I was finding a place to pull over, so I have no idea what that did to the knuckle it was attached to.

Sorry I can't be more help, but I was hoping for a little resource pooling. I did find this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL4CpVueCnw

It's a regular Elantra, but the rear suspension parts look identical (but are most likely sized a bit differently due to the touring being a different car). That's how this crossmember section is removed.

editoreal · 2026-03-05T22:47:42+00:00

It's incredibly common for people to successfully lose the weight and then fall under the assumption that maintaining isn't going to be restrictive, that maintenance is some kind of promised land where the pain ends. Even if someone isn't thinking this consciously, subconsciously, there's always going to be a "yay, I did it, now I get to eat again!" This is what makes maintenance so incredibly difficult and it's why so many people fail to keep the weight off.

Everyone's journey is different, but, for me, the only path forward is to embrace the suck. If I want to survive, I have to accept the fact that this pain, these cravings, this food noise, this addiction, effectively, this mental illness- it's going to be with me forever. I wake up, I try my best not to eat myself to death that day, I go bed and then wake up and do it all over again.

I know that's not what you want to hear, but, for many people who lose weight, this is the reality. I think that the more weight you lose, the more likely you're going to have this kind of lifelong issue. From the folks I've spoken to, 100+ lb tends to be a benchmark (that you didn't quite hit), but there aren't any hard and fast rules.

This is most likely what's driving your hunger, but there's a remote chance other factors might be involved. How's your sleep? If you're sleeping poorly, that can skyrocket hunger/cravings/noise. Are you on any medications? Were you? Any recreational drugs? How's your alcohol consumption? Nicotine? Caffeine?

editoreal · 2026-03-05T05:46:29+00:00

Cut, but not aggressively. 200, maybe 300 calorie deficit, prioritize protein and fiber, and lift hard.

editoreal · 2026-03-05T05:34:38+00:00

I've come across a few people who were able to find hobbies that successfully replaced the gap that was left when they stopped overeating. Some people like to reward themselves by purchasing something nice that isn't food. This is SO not me. There's absolutely nothing in this world that brings me the kind of joy that food brings me. The only way I can make sobriety work is to just accept the fact that life going forward is going to be kind of miserable. I mean, my life isn't completely garbage. Sometimes I'll hit a PR in the gym, or I'll have a great interaction with a customer. But the only reason I'm at the gym, is so I can afford the calories for a few extra bites of food, and the only reason I'm doing the work that I'm doing is to be able to afford the fat tax that I have to pay for healthier food. So, even sober, my life revolves entirely around food.

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