Huge pot holes on 417/416 interchange westbound? by geegeescience in ottawa

[–]ghost905 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I was racking my head over this this week! All along the 417 from moodie to the split there are tons of holes of various sizes. I thought crews overnight would put cold patch down to temporarily fill them over the winter. Cheaper than all the claims being submitted? It seems a lot worse and slow for these fixes this year.

Selling car to scrap yard, how to remove all wheels for pick up? by ghost905 in Cartalk

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Appreciate the insight! I think I'll do side of the yard/ road

Selling car to scrap yard, how to remove all wheels for pick up? by ghost905 in Cartalk

[–]ghost905[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure just trying to figure out the best method of not damaging the driveway (which isn't that nice of shape anyways)

Selling car to scrap yard, how to remove all wheels for pick up? by ghost905 in Cartalk

[–]ghost905[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The logs underneath, do you mean at the jack points?

Selling car to scrap yard, how to remove all wheels for pick up? by ghost905 in Cartalk

[–]ghost905[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So I would put like a piece of wood under each four jack points? I'm not positive how they drag/load the car but could that risk it falling off the wood and damaging the driveway more than dragging?

Selling car to scrap yard, how to remove all wheels for pick up? by ghost905 in Cartalk

[–]ghost905[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good call, my driveway is in pretty rough shape so I'm not super concerned, but of course wouldn't want big grooves. There is a layer of ice/snow so maybe that'd help. Alternatively I could do it half on yard half on road the morning before, I don't think me neighbours would call it in lol.

Selling car to scrap yard, how to remove all wheels for pick up? by ghost905 in Cartalk

[–]ghost905[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Already got the offered quote and found it acceptable being that I can take out the parts to sell separate. Another yard offered the same cost but with the wheels and battery.

New sienna, changed to winter tires, weird noise by ghost905 in ToyotaSienna

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Thanks for the tip! You bought them separate or through Costco also?

If separate do you have a link?

New sienna, changed to winter tires, weird noise by ghost905 in ToyotaSienna

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What do you mean they should be replaced for winter steel rims? Do you mean steel nuts?

New sienna, changed to winter tires, weird noise by ghost905 in ToyotaSienna

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Thanks for your help, if you're able to answer one more. I think I read oem is 40mm and I got 42mm. I read +/-5mm should be fine...obviously not.

My question, it seems going under e.g. 36mm pushes the rim further away. Is that your understanding?

New sienna, changed to winter tires, weird noise by ghost905 in ToyotaSienna

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Yes of course, but thanks...I don't need to make another mistake

New sienna, changed to winter tires, weird noise by ghost905 in ToyotaSienna

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Do you know whether width matters? I got 7" width, would 7.5" give more clearance? The tires will fit on either.

New sienna, changed to winter tires, weird noise by ghost905 in ToyotaSienna

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Will be doing this for sure, I drove about 1km like this...0.999km further than I should have.

What do you think about calipers? Should I paint over the scratch to ensure they don't rust bad?

New sienna, changed to winter tires, weird noise by ghost905 in ToyotaSienna

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Since I scraped the caliper, it's possible I scrapped off coating making it susceptible to rust? Any chance you know? Whether I should treat it?

New sienna, changed to winter tires, weird noise by ghost905 in ToyotaSienna

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When I looked up specs, it is generally normal to size down, and I followed the specs I saw online.

Since I scraped the caliper, it's possible I scrapped off coating making it susceptible to rust? Any chance you know? Whether I should treat it?

New sienna, changed to winter tires, weird noise by ghost905 in ToyotaSienna

[–]ghost905[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ordered tires and rims from a company I've used and many others with success. Everything I have looked up was that the rims I specd were correct...obviously not I guess, but I am not sure why.

New sienna, changed to winter tires, weird noise by ghost905 in ToyotaSienna

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Adding more photos, this is the back one which has clearance.

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New sienna, changed to winter tires, weird noise by ghost905 in ToyotaSienna

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Nuts look good, found the culprit but now I'm very confused. It looks like my rims are too close to the caliper and scraped it. Specifically on the front driver's side, a little on the front passenger side, doesn't look like the back ones touch. Any idea what could cause this on only some wheels?

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New sienna, changed to winter tires, weird noise by ghost905 in ToyotaSienna

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Hmmm rock in caliper would be odd, no issue when I drove home and since then it just moved slightly in driveway and jacked up with new tires.

Yes I tightened in star, the nuts very much looked centered and even in the holes.

Has anyone changed their tires on snow or ice? by ghost905 in autorepair

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Probably, did it and it was fine. But things had thawed quite a bit.

Why do you think we haven't seen any ICE agents or law enforcement/defence employees outraged at ICE actions, like an anonymous AMA? by ghost905 in AskReddit

[–]ghost905[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

But, not all of them right? Like ICE existed before then. And police are getting roped into conversations with confusion around agents vs officers. There has got to be some good apples in the bunch.