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Found a little snake.
Grass snake (Natrix natrix). Luckily I didn't harm it:
"In Baltic mythology, the grass snake is seen as a sacred animal. It was frequently kept as a pet, living under a married couple's bed or in a special place near the hearth. Supposedly, snakes ate food given to them by hand.
Even after the Christianization of Lithuania and Latvia, the grass snake still retained some mythological significance. Despite the serpent's symbolic meaning as a symbol of evil in Christianity, various folk beliefs in Latvia and Lithuania dating even to the late 19th century held that killing grass snakes might bring grave misfortune, or that an injured snake would take revenge on the offender."
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Found a little snake.
Grass snake (Natrix natrix). Luckily I didn't harm it:
"In Baltic mythology, the grass snake is seen as a sacred animal. It was frequently kept as a pet, living under a married couple's bed or in a special place near the hearth. Supposedly, snakes ate food given to them by hand.
Even after the Christianization of Lithuania and Latvia, the grass snake still retained some mythological significance. Despite the serpent's symbolic meaning as a symbol of evil in Christianity, various folk beliefs in Latvia and Lithuania dating even to the late 19th century held that killing grass snakes might bring grave misfortune, or that an injured snake would take revenge on the offender."
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Found a little snake.
Grass snake (Natrix natrix). Luckily I didn't harm it:
"In Baltic mythology, the grass snake is seen as a sacred animal. It was frequently kept as a pet, living under a married couple's bed or in a special place near the hearth. Supposedly, snakes ate food given to them by hand.
Even after the Christianization of Lithuania and Latvia, the grass snake still retained some mythological significance. Despite the serpent's symbolic meaning as a symbol of evil in Christianity, various folk beliefs in Latvia and Lithuania dating even to the late 19th century held that killing grass snakes might bring grave misfortune, or that an injured snake would take revenge on the offender."
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Found a little snake.
Grass snake (Natrix natrix). Luckily I didn't harm it:
"In Baltic mythology, the grass snake is seen as a sacred animal. It was frequently kept as a pet, living under a married couple's bed or in a special place near the hearth. Supposedly, snakes ate food given to them by hand.
Even after the Christianization of Lithuania and Latvia, the grass snake still retained some mythological significance. Despite the serpent's symbolic meaning as a symbol of evil in Christianity, various folk beliefs in Latvia and Lithuania dating even to the late 19th century held that killing grass snakes might bring grave misfortune, or that an injured snake would take revenge on the offender."
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Ok, new seal installed, new bearings, all put together with some grey goo, wonderful.
Fill in some diesel to flush out the mud and expectedly, the side I fixed is fine but its gushing out the other wheel now. The filler happens to be on this side, so for oil (or the diesel I'm flushing with) to reach the other side, it needed to be fixed this end first.
Should've ordered both sides, in hindsight. And the bearings need replacing anyways, the play on the outer end of the rim has gone from 5 mm to under 1mm.
Also getting the steering seals and bearings, just in case. The differential is hopefully ok.
Another €45 in bearings and €93 for the other cassette seals. 😭
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Ok, new seal installed, new bearings, all put together with some grey goo, wonderful.
Fill in some diesel to flush out the mud and expectedly, the side I fixed is fine but its gushing out the other wheel now. The filler happens to be on this side, so for oil (or the diesel I'm flushing with) to reach the other side, it needed to be fixed this end first.
Should've ordered both sides, in hindsight. And the bearings need replacing anyways, the play on the outer end of the rim has gone from 5 mm to under 1mm.
Also getting the steering seals and bearings, just in case. The differential is hopefully ok.
Another €45 in bearings and €93 for the other cassette seals. 😭
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Ok, new seal installed, new bearings, all put together with some grey goo, wonderful.
Fill in some diesel to flush out the mud and expectedly, the side I fixed is fine but its gushing out the other wheel now. The filler happens to be on this side, so for oil (or the diesel I'm flushing with) to reach the other side, it needed to be fixed this end first.
Should've ordered both sides, in hindsight. And the bearings need replacing anyways, the play on the outer end of the rim has gone from 5 mm to under 1mm.
Also getting the steering seals and bearings, just in case. The differential is hopefully ok.
Another €45 in bearings and €93 for the other cassette seals. 😭
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Ok, new seal installed, new bearings, all put together with some grey goo, wonderful.
Fill in some diesel to flush out the mud and expectedly, the side I fixed is fine but its gushing out the other wheel now. The filler happens to be on this side, so for oil (or the diesel I'm flushing with) to reach the other side, it needed to be fixed this end first.
Should've ordered both sides, in hindsight. And the bearings need replacing anyways, the play on the outer end of the rim has gone from 5 mm to under 1mm.
Also getting the steering seals and bearings, just in case. The differential is hopefully ok.
Another €45 in bearings and €93 for the other cassette seals. 😭
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Ok, new seal installed, new bearings, all put together with some grey goo, wonderful.
Fill in some diesel to flush out the mud and expectedly, the side I fixed is fine but its gushing out the other wheel now. The filler happens to be on this side, so for oil (or the diesel I'm flushing with) to reach the other side, it needed to be fixed this end first.
Should've ordered both sides, in hindsight. And the bearings need replacing anyways, the play on the outer end of the rim has gone from 5 mm to under 1mm.
Also getting the steering seals and bearings, just in case. The differential is hopefully ok.
Another €45 in bearings and €93 for the other cassette seals. 😭
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Pakidge!
Bearing puller finally came. Bit late in the day, but we're in a hurry, so it got put to work and while it did not fit inside the concave gear (har!) it worked anyways with some sandal squat mechanic inspiration.
The gushing seal is busted of course but it looks like eons of normal wear rather than anything special like grass damage. Certainly hasn't been replaced in a long time, if ever. Of course now I worry about the others.
The outer bearing is also worn out, but that's normal, the inner bearing is still ok but will get replaced too.
I'll put it back together tomorrow and we'll see if there's any more leaks on the front axle.
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Pakidge!
Bearing puller finally came. Bit late in the day, but we're in a hurry, so it got put to work and while it did not fit inside the concave gear (har!) it worked anyways with some sandal squat mechanic inspiration.
The gushing seal is busted of course but it looks like eons of normal wear rather than anything special like grass damage. Certainly hasn't been replaced in a long time, if ever. Of course now I worry about the others.
The outer bearing is also worn out, but that's normal, the inner bearing is still ok but will get replaced too.
I'll put it back together tomorrow and we'll see if there's any more leaks on the front axle.
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Pakidge!
Bearing puller finally came. Bit late in the day, but we're in a hurry, so it got put to work and while it did not fit inside the concave gear (har!) it worked anyways with some sandal squat mechanic inspiration.
The gushing seal is busted of course but it looks like eons of normal wear rather than anything special like grass damage. Certainly hasn't been replaced in a long time, if ever. Of course now I worry about the others.
The outer bearing is also worn out, but that's normal, the inner bearing is still ok but will get replaced too.
I'll put it back together tomorrow and we'll see if there's any more leaks on the front axle.
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Pakidge!
Bearing puller finally came. Bit late in the day, but we're in a hurry, so it got put to work and while it did not fit inside the concave gear (har!) it worked anyways with some sandal squat mechanic inspiration.
The gushing seal is busted of course but it looks like eons of normal wear rather than anything special like grass damage. Certainly hasn't been replaced in a long time, if ever. Of course now I worry about the others.
The outer bearing is also worn out, but that's normal, the inner bearing is still ok but will get replaced too.
I'll put it back together tomorrow and we'll see if there's any more leaks on the front axle.
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Pakidge!
Bearing puller finally came. Bit late in the day, but we're in a hurry, so it got put to work and while it did not fit inside the concave gear (har!) it worked anyways with some sandal squat mechanic inspiration.
The gushing seal is busted of course but it looks like eons of normal wear rather than anything special like grass damage. Certainly hasn't been replaced in a long time, if ever. Of course now I worry about the others.
The outer bearing is also worn out, but that's normal, the inner bearing is still ok but will get replaced too.
I'll put it back together tomorrow and we'll see if there's any more leaks on the front axle.