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Burken Boys’ and Girl’s Journey
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One could say that.Wonder if Joseph was happy about fixing it.
It was one of those dad moments that had me cheering with him when he sent that.
One could say that.
It was one of those dad moments that had me cheering with him when he sent that.
Yeah, I would have used the Cheering Out Loud emoji but I couldn't find it!
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Today we decided to go ahead and swap out the bed on Joseph’s truck, even though the replacement bed hasn’t had the wheel arches replaced or been painted. It came down to a safety thing due to the amount of of rust on it making the tailgate in secure. This also had the added benefit of getting the truck bed out of the garage and freeing up some space in there. Joseph and Javier both helped with the project. Getting the old bed off was a little bit of a challenge due to rusty bolts so that resulted in cutting the side skirts off between the wheel well and the front to get to the 2nd row of bolts. The third row of bolts ended up just pulling out of the rusty cross brace of the bed. Getting the new bed lifted into place was a little bit of a challenge for the three of us but the boys powered through and we got it done. I was very impressed with Javier’s knowledge of how to do things after a month of working at the local body shop. Joseph had come a long ways as well. Once we got the bed in place. I had to go visit my dad who’s in the hospital and the boys got right to it with buttoning everything up, getting the tailgate hardware installed, fuel neck secured, taillights put in and the wire harness re-ran and secured. I checked things out when I got home from visiting my dad in the hospital and they got it right. I’m an very proud of my sons and what they have learned and how they are learning their way around vehicles and tools.
Before (Tailgate had been removed)
Old bed discarded to the side. It was pretty porous from all the rust.
Frame - we took the needle scaler to the frame and sprayed it with some black enamel rust-oleum. Not frame-off restoration quality, but should help a little.
The pile of rust we swept up.
The truck with the new bed. The toolbox got installed while I was visiting my dad.
Before (Tailgate had been removed)
Old bed discarded to the side. It was pretty porous from all the rust.
Frame - we took the needle scaler to the frame and sprayed it with some black enamel rust-oleum. Not frame-off restoration quality, but should help a little.
The pile of rust we swept up.
The truck with the new bed. The toolbox got installed while I was visiting my dad.
Tonyrodz
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Maybe spray bomb the bed?
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Might do that just to blend it better until we can do a proper fix. Joseph has to have foot surgery this Tuesday so he’ll be out of commission for awhile.
Tonyrodz
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What happened to Joe's foot?
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He got his mom’s feet. He needs to have a bunion removed and his big toe bone cut , straightened back out and screwed back together. Julie had this done on both her feet about 16 years ago. They were waiting for Joseph’s growth plates to close up, which they did early due to chemo he had 9 years ago.
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Thank you Chris.
Molly has been busy with softball and dance. She wrapped up dance this weekend and her last softball game is this Tuesday. She did put together a piece of bike art, as did Javier, for when RAGBRAI (big week long bike ride across Iowa from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River) comes through town. Finished them up yesterday and turned them in so they can be displayed around town.
Javier’s Bike
Molly’s bike
iamdub
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Cool design ideas!
Tonyrodz
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Damn, I've seen shows about that operation. Poor guy.
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Quick question:
Sounds like I need to replace the rear axle bearings on Joseph’s 1997 K1500 and see that Rock Auto has two AC Delco Gold options 513067 & RP513067. What would cause me to chose one or the other? I have not torn into the rear end to look at stuff for final determination, but was curious if anyone could shed some light on the different options.
Sounds like I need to replace the rear axle bearings on Joseph’s 1997 K1500 and see that Rock Auto has two AC Delco Gold options 513067 & RP513067. What would cause me to chose one or the other? I have not torn into the rear end to look at stuff for final determination, but was curious if anyone could shed some light on the different options.
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Been a while since I posted anything here. Kids have been busy with school. Joseph was the manager for both the Fresh/Soph and Varsity football teams. Javier is still working after school at the body shop he started working at last summer. Molly is busy with dance after school also.
This last weekend, Joseph and I took on the task of taking care of a squeak/growl from his rear axle. Thought it might be a axle bearing or brakes needing some work. Plan was to replace both since we were going to be at it.
Getting the cover off the differential was fun as the bottom three bolts broke off and I had to use a bolt extractor on the rest of them to get the cover off.
Joseph got to learn about using left hand drill bits and taps.
While spinning the drive shaft to position the rear diff to pull the c-clips, I discovered the true cause of the noise. His rear u-joint was pretty well toast so I decided to leave the axle bearings alone and button up the rear diff, put new lube in it, and move on to the brakes.
Joseph now has been able to work on both drum and disc brakes. He has a better appreciation of the simplicity of disc brakes after helping replace all the springs, pins, brake cylinder and shoes on drum brakes.
After the brakes were done, we went and got a new u-joint, popped it in and called it a weekend.
Was a great time to hang out with Joseph, turn some wrenches and teach him a few more things.
Here is a picture my wife took during the process of dealing with the rusty bolts on the differential. You can see my tap set is already open there.
This last weekend, Joseph and I took on the task of taking care of a squeak/growl from his rear axle. Thought it might be a axle bearing or brakes needing some work. Plan was to replace both since we were going to be at it.
Getting the cover off the differential was fun as the bottom three bolts broke off and I had to use a bolt extractor on the rest of them to get the cover off.
Joseph got to learn about using left hand drill bits and taps.
While spinning the drive shaft to position the rear diff to pull the c-clips, I discovered the true cause of the noise. His rear u-joint was pretty well toast so I decided to leave the axle bearings alone and button up the rear diff, put new lube in it, and move on to the brakes.
Joseph now has been able to work on both drum and disc brakes. He has a better appreciation of the simplicity of disc brakes after helping replace all the springs, pins, brake cylinder and shoes on drum brakes.
After the brakes were done, we went and got a new u-joint, popped it in and called it a weekend.
Was a great time to hang out with Joseph, turn some wrenches and teach him a few more things.
Here is a picture my wife took during the process of dealing with the rusty bolts on the differential. You can see my tap set is already open there.
Always love hearing about you teaching your kiddos the basics about auto repair. Thanks for sharing and good frigging work from you and all your younguns..!
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Tonyrodz
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X2. Enjoy those father and son moments. I miss mine.
iamdub
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This. I was wondering about you/y'all as I was browsing last night. Glad to see an update, and a positive one at that.
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This pretty much sums up my thoughts with this build thread.
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If only they cared to know. Not here in this house.
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