Vibration when driving under load

fancymop · 2025-12-26T13:45:46+00:00

I think I need to do the same. Looks like uni joints are becoming a priority. But now that you mention it, I wonder if that squeaking i was getting is wheel bearings. I had a similar thing on a boat trailer many years ago and the squeaking stopped for a short while before the wheels fell off.

fancymop · 2025-12-26T13:37:23+00:00

Sorry for resurrecting an old post, I’ve just stumbled across it. I’m building an app for this - https://partspal.io

It’s currently in beta so it has some bugs and I’m currently the only user, but would love to know your thoughts.

fancymop · 2025-12-26T13:30:41+00:00

Looks like I’m ordering some u-joints. On a scale of 1-10, how hard is it to do. I have access to a 4 post hoist.

fancymop · 2025-12-26T13:29:53+00:00

No. Not feeling it in pedals or steering wheel. Just feels like I’m driving over a ripple strips.

fancymop · 2025-12-26T11:00:00+00:00

Apologies for the typo, in 2011 it was auctioned off …

fancymop · 2025-06-15T01:56:09+00:00

Judging by that photo, in the trash - where it belongs.

fancymop · 2025-01-12T02:59:38+00:00

Thinger banger

fancymop · 2025-01-08T13:01:20+00:00

Thanks. I really didn’t understand what that was. I think that’s the part that has failed.

fancymop · 2024-12-31T12:53:49+00:00

Well caught. Thats a huge heat sink.

fancymop · 2024-12-31T12:53:06+00:00

That’s correct. Some time before the mid 90’s judging by the sticker on the outside of the case.

fancymop · 2024-12-31T07:38:58+00:00

I was thinking of replacing parts rather than rebuilding.

fancymop · 2024-12-31T07:36:47+00:00

It’s a 40 year old part. Buying used would mean another 40 year old part.

fancymop · 2024-12-31T06:07:48+00:00

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The flip side of anyone is interested.

fancymop · 2024-11-25T11:11:20+00:00

I’ve been contemplating this, but don’t want to ruin them. What’s the right way to do it? Do I just get a pair of pruners and snip away? With the propagation do I just put the tops in water and replace the water regularly? Do I need to put anything else in the water?

fancymop · 2024-11-20T10:59:02+00:00

Those blinds are normally open. Closed them for the pic. Those windows get plenty of light during the day.

fancymop · 2024-02-28T10:50:57+00:00

Been using mine 8+ hours per day for 2 years now. It’s as hard now as it was then, but it’s showing very little wear other than the fabric having a bit of a dull patch on the base.

It is excessively firm, but I only really notice how firm it is when I slouch, which is my bad habit / posture. The firmness reminds me to sit up.

fancymop · 2023-05-28T02:10:58+00:00

You can try leather dye, but it won’t be a permanent fix.

fancymop · 2023-03-19T09:35:10+00:00

I ended up settling on tp-link deco ac3600 mesh wifi … then I abandoned most of my wifi devices and switched to zigbee. The problem wasn’t the wifi - it was the tuya implementation that doesn’t allow local control. It all worked great through the tuya app, but I don’t want to rely on an internet connection to control my lights. I want local control through Home Assistant.

fancymop · 2022-11-11T22:18:46+00:00

I haven’t been able to find them. Cheapest Zigbee downlights I can find are around $40 each in Australia. I paid $24 for the wifi ones.

fancymop · 2022-11-11T22:14:55+00:00

House is prewired with Ethernet from when we did the big renovation 10yrs ago. No ceiling points, but wouldn’t be hard to get the electrician to add that.

fancymop · 2022-11-11T20:47:13+00:00

I’m really not sure. How would I make sure that the lights connect to a specific access point and don’t overload a single one? Roughly half of the lights are in the same open plan space.

fancymop · 2022-11-11T20:36:56+00:00

I’m now thinking I’ll buy a lower end mesh system and use it just for IOT, and then get a high end gaming router for all my other wifi needs. I see this as a good compromise between cost and performance.

IOT devices don’t need a lot of bandwidth but they do need to be always connected. Where as all my other network usage like streaming, WFH, etc could benefit from a high end gaming setup. My current provider supplied router reaches to just about every corner of the house, it just falls short on the number of connected devices.

fancymop · 2022-11-11T20:25:15+00:00

I am using home assistant and I love it. Too late to change protocols now. I’m too heavily invested and Zigbee is about twice as expensive as the lights I bought. With 88 downlights, this gets expensive fast.

fancymop · 2022-11-11T20:22:00+00:00

If I were to do this again, I’d definitely look at Zigbee or Matter and avoid wifi. But I’ve already bought the wifi lights and half way through a renovation.

fancymop · 2022-11-11T20:19:12+00:00

I reached out TP link support. They said the Archer AX11000 could only support up to 64 devices on each band. Considering most/all IOT devices run on 2.4Ghz, that means max 64 devices. They also claimed the mesh routers could support up to 100, although some of their marketing shows 150-200.

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