the dreading wheel bearings.

after driving with a strange noise for four months coming from the driver section of my car i finally figured that my rear wheel bearing was bad. i had two opportunities to remove them but we didn't have enough time to complete them. brad, one of the technicians at the shop diagnosed the problem. we made sure it wasn't the brakes causing the noise. we removed the calipers and the rotors and spun the hub. the noise was definitely coming from the wheel bearing. so i gathered all the parts from kearny mesa toyota. after the two failed attempts i tried to find another person to help me out. i asked tire world of chula vista for a quote and they told me it would be $275 for the labor. i wasn't about to spend $275. so i asked a good friend of mine, Patrick. Patrick is the administrator of the Viper Truck Club of America forums. he was willing to assist me with the wheel bearing. so he planned out a day. he has never worked on a supra so this is new for him. so when i arrived to his house i rolled into his lift. we lifted the car and started the work. we ran into several issues here and there. the biggest issue was actually removing the wheel bearing out of the hub itself. we had to go to a local shop to assist us with the removal and installation of the the bearing. although it took us the entire day it was a learning experience. i think $275 at tire world is definitely a good deal. in return i promised patrick i would assist him with the painting of his house next week. :)

motor work

yesterday, david, jon (anthercite), and i decided to work on my jdm motor. we we removed the turbos, manifold and the throttle body. we started work at around 9:30 or so and finished in 2 hours. it was a great learning experience. now that i have the the intake manifold out its time to polish and clean.