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Made it back home in one piece.... and I ordered some new Bosch rotors for it, and also decided to stock up on Escape wheel bearings again. I don't have any left... and I think the right side on the 2011 is possibly making some noise. Might be the brand new Goodyear's... can't decide yet.
EDIT: Amazon strikes again.... just noticed the different dates on both of these when they both said January 25th in the beginning.
Last edited by white89gt; Jan 23, 2022 at 12:32 AM.
That's possible. Goofy thing is, I've put the exact same setup on my 06 Escape twice, and they've never warped, and the first set of rotors lasted 90K miles. Using the Duralast Gold pads on both as well. Oddly enough, about 10 minutes from getting home today, my Dad called me and told me he was trying to replace the pads on his 2012 Escape and he couldn't remove the 18mm bracket bolts. I went over and helped him, and he bought Brakebest (O'Reilly, I believe?) and those pads looked pretty nice. Maybe' I'll switch up.
On a side note, my Dad's not what he once was mechanically. I really need to keep doing this stuff and keep it crisp on my mind, or I'll go nuts when I retire. Another guy I learned a lot from is my Buddy's Dad..... he has called me three times this past month asking advice on building his 302. He's the one that I first watched build a SBF.
EDIT: I need to clarify... my Buddy's Dad is asking fitment questions. Putting a T-Bird motor in a 65 Mustang. I helped him find the correct oil pump and oil pan.... and talked a lot about what accessory setup he's going to use. He wants serpentine for the longevity, but also wants the nostalgia look.
Last edited by white89gt; Jan 23, 2022 at 01:53 AM.
Well, it looks like FedEx is doing it's usual service
1 parcel still in Memphis TN
1 parcel has made it to the UK
And typically, it's the heavier one still in TN which I just know is going to be the lower arms that we need... Doh
Fingers crossed the 2nd parcel makes it's way to the UK soon
And then last night I realised I never ordered the driveshaft boots (pretty sure the inner one tore when it pulled the drive shaft out), so Amazon to the rescue and they should be with me in a couple of days too...
That's possible. Goofy thing is, I've put the exact same setup on my 06 Escape twice, and they've never warped, and the first set of rotors lasted 90K miles. Using the Duralast Gold pads on both as well. Oddly enough, about 10 minutes from getting home today, my Dad called me and told me he was trying to replace the pads on his 2012 Escape and he couldn't remove the 18mm bracket bolts. I went over and helped him, and he bought Brakebest (O'Reilly, I believe?) and those pads looked pretty nice. Maybe' I'll switch up.
On a side note, my Dad's not what he once was mechanically. I really need to keep doing this stuff and keep it crisp on my mind, or I'll go nuts when I retire. Another guy I learned a lot from is my Buddy's Dad..... he has called me three times this past month asking advice on building his 302. He's the one that I first watched build a SBF.
EDIT: I need to clarify... my Buddy's Dad is asking fitment questions. Putting a T-Bird motor in a 65 Mustang. I helped him find the correct oil pump and oil pan.... and talked a lot about what accessory setup he's going to use. He wants serpentine for the longevity, but also wants the nostalgia look.
Yea, sounds like a sketchy set up on that car.
Were those 18 mils seized in there a bit. In your Dads defense, vehicles aren't what they once were......damn computers!
I'll take the vintage beauty you have over there, you can have the rest lol.
Well, it looks like FedEx is doing it's usual service
1 parcel still in Memphis TN
1 parcel has made it to the UK
And typically, it's the heavier one still in TN which I just know is going to be the lower arms that we need... Doh
Fingers crossed the 2nd parcel makes it's way to the UK soon
And then last night I realised I never ordered the driveshaft boots (pretty sure the inner one tore when it pulled the drive shaft out), so Amazon to the rescue and they should be with me in a couple of days too...
Yea, your going to need that CVC boot if it ripped..a must.
FedEx is goofy here as well. A friend of my daughters ordered 4 new mattresses for the grand kids when they stay over. They claimed they had been delivered. Well, it didn't happen. Eventually they sent 4 more. Those made it. However, so did the first 4 she ordered.
She let them know about it and they didn't want them back. I think she said the mattresses were around 1200....they said keep them lol.
No clue how it happened. Doc thinks the semi-orthotic inserts I'd started using may have contributed by changing the way weight was distributed in my foot, and could've set up a stress that some impact, twist, etc. finished off. The timing is about right.
Dang, orthotics caused that ? The GF gets mine from the office, they're prescribed and very well made. Nothing like what's in the stores. No name on the inserts or the box. If these didn't help, I was going to have to do the mold thing, were they make a mold of your foot, then custom inserts or whatever they call them. I think they're called something else, I can't remember...probably just orthotics lol. They work very well so far.
So what fractured, your foot itself, ankle? I guess I better be careful with them.
My BIL is a podiatrist, so He did the molds on my feet about 10 years ago. It helped, for sure. My feet have changed now - probably ought to have him do it again someday.
