The Lair

In prep for my wife’s upcoming med school road trips, I thought it’d be wise to teach her how to change her own tire. She did great!

 

Smart move. And use a flare nut wrench too when you do it. I think I’ve told you that before

 

Yea, otherwise I'm going to round them.

 

Your camber is off.

 

My daughter just bought a 2015 Impreza. She said she loves it. I think the 2015's were still being built in Japan.

 

That’s because I haven’t driven it since I had the front up in the air.

 

My wife’s got a 2016 Impreza and we really like it. It’s a great little car!

 

This is on my short list of things to do.

Idler pulley serpentine belt replacement

https://www.ebay.com/itm/322809297483?ul_noapp=true

 

Might as well replace all the idlers while you're in there.

 

Shit didn't see it came with all of them. As you were.

 

That's why I wanted to save the link here. Other kits I found include the tensioner, which I sure as shit don't want to replace. If that bearing is bad too, I'll just replace the bearing.

 

I had to replace the whole tensioner. It was a bitttttch.

 

Ew, gross. Why'd you have to replace the whole thing?

 

The arm wore out for some reason. Happened right after my warranty expired.

 

Man, that's a bitch. I've heard it's such a pain in the ass to replace it. You have to move so much stuff out of the way.

 

Two u-joint adapters in through the wheel well. No leverage. It's a nightmare, took me 8 hours.

 

No thank you.

 

The line here is awful. Might not be able to do it today.

 

The hobby shop? Also I looked into the hobby shop here. $6 bay fee and $8 compressor fee plus a 30 minute safety brief. Fuck that noise. I'm just going to update my will and rent a spring compressor from autozone.