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[ptindall]

Originally Posted by ptindall

Just because some idiot making a youtube video using a scissor jack and an adjustable wrench takes the spindle off doesn't mean it has to be done that way. Lower ball joint has to come loose to access the lower torx bolt, which will come out easily with a breaker bar.

Originally Posted by UniqueDoug

OK I’m gonna have to call bullshit on your premise and anybody’s premise who says you can get to this bottom T 55 screw without removing the bottom ball joint, which requires removing the axle.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by ptindall

Damn Ptindall, that is definitely one of the nicest C5Zs I have ever seen.
Hope you kept her??

[ptindall]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

Damn Ptindall, that is definitely one of the nicest C5Zs I have ever seen.
Hope you kept her??

I bought it in 2006 as a daily driver but began tracking it shortly after. Only daily drove it for a few years but kept it as a track toy since its soo good at that job. I stopped going to the track a couple years ago as I just wasn't enjoying it enough to be worth while anymore. The car is 100% healthy but just sits in my garage. I probably drive it once every five or six minths. The track seats make it a bit of a pain to get in and out of and the cam combined with the light flywheel and dual clutch require care to drive smoothly. But I still have it.

[GTOguy]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

Ingersoll Rand for the win.

Got my IR 1/2" impact 40 years ago and used it daily for over 13 years. Just used it a couple of weeks ago out in the shop. It was a hairy-chested brute in the '80's, and still is. That's how USA made stuff used to be. You'd buy it once and use it until someone gets it at your estate sale. I miss those days, but most of my stuff is antique and USA made and old as hell.

[UniqueDoug]

Originally Posted by ptindall

Oh OK I get it now lol yeah and I usually don’t give people thumbs down on videos but there’s a few things he ****ed me up on, but I still contend you need to take the assembly off in my case because there is no braking those T55s on the vehicle, at least not with jackstands and no leverage.

It would’ve been nice to know I needed a piston compressor too.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by UniqueDoug

Oh OK I get it now lol yeah and I usually don’t give people thumbs down on videos but there’s a few things he ****ed me up on, but I still contend you need to take the assembly off in my case because there is no braking those T55s on the vehicle, at least not with jackstands and no leverage.

It would’ve been nice to know I needed a piston compressor too.

What for? C-clamp or woodworking clamp, with the MC cap off works.

[Big bob]

Or a stick.

[ptindall]

Originally Posted by aerovette

What for? C-clamp or woodworking clamp, with the MC cap off works.

Even easier, crack the bleed valve open and you can force the piston back easily with channel locks. I prefer to bleed dirty piston fluid anyway rather than push it back into the system.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by UniqueDoug

Oh OK I get it now lol yeah and I usually don’t give people thumbs down on videos but there’s a few things he ****ed me up on, but I still contend you need to take the assembly off in my case because there is no braking those T55s on the vehicle, at least not with jackstands and no leverage.

It would’ve been nice to know I needed a piston compressor too.

FWIW, I have utilized YouTube dozens of times for projects and so far there has NEVER been a match for what I have or what I am doing, and what is in the video. It usually takes a couple or three combined videos to ultimately learn how to do it yourself with what you have.

FYI...I DESPISE videos that start with "Hey I'm Bill and I'm going to be showing you how to swap the headlight fixtures on a 2015 GMC Sierra. What we have here is my work truck. It's got some fogging on the lenses and blah bla blah". STFU and do the work !!

All videos should start with STEP 1.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by ptindall

Even easier, crack the bleed valve open and you can force the piston back easily with channel locks. I prefer to bleed dirty piston fluid anyway rather than push it back into the system.

I push it back only because I don't like bleeding brakes so I avoid any risk of opening the system, but you are right, that is much easier.

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

Originally Posted by aerovette

Pimpin' wheels.

HRE makes some killer wheels. Killer prices too.

[ptindall]

Originally Posted by aerovette

I push it back only because I don't like bleeding brakes so I avoid any risk of opening the system, but you are right, that is much easier.

Plus, imagine the comedy that would happen if UD tried this. Brake fluid sprayed everywhere, then air in the system, then a call to AAA for free towing to his mechanic to bleed the air out of it. 500 posts worth at least.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by Giraffe (He/Him)

HRE makes some killer wheels. Killer prices too.

Yeah, HRE are a kidney-selling mod, many good options at much less.

I still think, although not a weight reduction, the C6Z split five-spoke is a great look that will continue to endure.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by ptindall

Plus, imagine the comedy that would happen if UD tried this. Brake fluid sprayed everywhere, then air in the system, then a call to AAA for free towing to his mechanic to bleed the air out of it. 500 posts worth at least.

Based on that, and he does like a challenge, he should go for it.

[UniqueDoug]

Originally Posted by aerovette

What for? C-clamp or woodworking clamp, with the MC cap off works.

Or I spend $10 for the tool designed for it, thankfully harbor freight is four minutes up the road lol I’m on a first name basis now.

[ptindall]

Directly on the pad surface.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by ptindall

Directly on the pad surface.

It'll wear off.

[Aerovette]

Doug's wrench turning is beginning to make my electrical work look good.

[UniqueDoug]

WTF, was spinning the wheel when I put it on and I heard something rubbing every rotation or so, it’s the brake cable, didn’t think I ****ed anything up so I looked at the other side, what the **** is this all about?

The one wire looks like it’s been rubbing for a while.

[UniqueDoug]

Originally Posted by ptindall

Directly on the pad surface.

Once again, that’s how the guy in another YouTube video ****ing did it LOL