Check your new tires + Tonights view.
Tonight's view. I developed a slow leak in my right rear tire. I had planned on getting new tires when I got back to Seatroit. I decided to have the two rear tires replaced for now. I always ...
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Pretty easy to tell the age of shocks, all one has to do is look. If the paint is intact on them, they are pretty new and if there is no fluid leakage they are dampening fine.
I'm 68 and I still do 100% of my own maintenance on all my rolling stock, including farm tractors. None of it is hard so long as you have the right tools. Don't think I've had a tire mounted by a tire shop in a decade except farm tractor tires because they are huge and require special air powered tools to mount and dismount. Even at 68, I can manually break a tire off a rim and lever the carcass off though I prefer using the tire machine in the shop and I own a spin balancer as well.
I really don't trust any independent shop to do the work right. I know when I do it myself, it's always right. The exception to that would be warranty issues on out new cars. I let the dealer deal with that stuff. Not an electronics whiz but mechanical stuff, I do it all. Besides, it a lot cheaper and it gives me an excuse to get dirty fingernails.
I'm 68 and I still do 100% of my own maintenance on all my rolling stock, including farm tractors. None of it is hard so long as you have the right tools. Don't think I've had a tire mounted by a tire shop in a decade except farm tractor tires because they are huge and require special air powered tools to mount and dismount. Even at 68, I can manually break a tire off a rim and lever the carcass off though I prefer using the tire machine in the shop and I own a spin balancer as well.
I really don't trust any independent shop to do the work right. I know when I do it myself, it's always right. The exception to that would be warranty issues on out new cars. I let the dealer deal with that stuff. Not an electronics whiz but mechanical stuff, I do it all. Besides, it a lot cheaper and it gives me an excuse to get dirty fingernails.
