What a Joint
Closer inspection reveals that our 1994 Ford Aerostar AWD van was suffering from a Constant Velocity joint failure. It is our second vehicle and has taken the place of our Toyota pick up while we save some money to get it fixed. So spent yesterday with brother Tom and a friend replacing the joint assembly. We were outside in 5c weather and I was glad for my heavy insulated work coat, gloves,vest and thermal pants. And very grateful for friends that are better mechanics than me. And had the right assortment of tork, allen, impact drivers, jack stands and sundry other general hand tools it took to make the repairs. It was quite a job and provided plenty of opportunity to wonder about the designers of vehicles. Why they would use so many different fasteners in such ridiculously difficult places to get to. I am starting to believe the reason for that was indeed the automotive designers revenge on mechanics after coming ho...