Re: more repairs than i can handle - Saab 9000 Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
The banner above is an advertisment - if it asks you to download software, please ignore.
Site News -
7/1: Members: Log In to See Fewer Ads! |
5/28: SAAB Evolutions/TSN T-Shirts $14
[General |
Members |
C900 |
9000 |
NG900 & OG93 |
93 |
95 |
NG95 |
99 |
Sonett |
Vintage Models |
Clubs |
Other Cars |
FAQs |
Gifts |
Member Photo Galleries |
Member Directory |
Classifieds |
Manuals |
*Buddy Registry |
*Mileage Registry |
Polls |
What's New |
Raffle |
Photo of the Month |
Sponsors]
[Main 9000 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ |
Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ]
Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
Re: more repairs than i can handle
Posted by Diamond Dave (more from Diamond Dave) on Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:51:54
In Reply to: more repairs than i can handle, Leslie, Tue, 7 Oct 2003 14:15:53
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
You could start with an inexpensive repair manual from Haynes or Chilton (I can't reccomend either due to quality). Better results can be obtained with a quality repair manual from the Robert Bentley company.
CV Boots; Not for the faint of heart. You need to remove the axle from the transaxle and the wheel hub.
Rotors; if you can change a tire, you can replace your rotors/brake pads.
Motor Mount; Besides an engine hoist, you'll probably need air tools.
Muffler; You always end up needing a torch and fresh parts.
Add 50% difficulty to all the above jobs if your car has any rust. You will need to replace even more parts and it will be usually 30% more difficult to remove a part that is, most of the time, merely a pain in the butt to remove.
Here's my 2 cents. it's great that you want to learn how to do these projects. The time to learn these types of repairs is not when these things are broken on your daily driver. Without the right knowledge, you could waste most of the day removing your rotors and changing the brake pads only to discover you have parts for the wrong car from one of the mail order companies (this happened to my brake job last month).
posted by 216.152.109...
Posts in this Thread:
- more repairs than i can handle, Leslie, Tue, 7 Oct 2003 14:15:53
- Re: more repairs than i can handle, georgev, Wed, 8 Oct 2003 06:12:14
- Re: more repairs than i can handle, Diamond Dave, Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:51:54 <-- Viewing This Message
- Hi Leslie! I'm glad you finally made it to the board., Winder, Tue, 7 Oct 2003 14:59:15
- Re: more repairs than i can handle, LesH, Tue, 7 Oct 2003 14:20:10
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
Post a Followup
No Site Registration is Required to Post - Site Membership is optional (Member Features List), but helps to keep the site online
for all Saabers. If the site helps you, please consider helping the site by becoming a member.
StateOfNine.com
![](/tsn/xyz/stateofninebutton.gif) |
SaabClub.com
![](/tsn/xyz/scnabutton.gif) |
Jak Stoll Performance
![](/tsn/xyz/jakstollbutton.gif) |
M Car Covers
![](/tsn/xyz/mcarcoversbutton.gif) |
Ad Available
![](/tsn/xyz/buttonavailable.gif) |
![](/tsn/images/tsnmap.gif)
Random Saabnet.com Member Gallery Photos (Click Image)
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right.
Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY.
Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages.
This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see
problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes
type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the
Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are
not anonymous. Site Contact | Site Donations | Other Sites by SP -
Poverty2Prosperity.org | Run Club Menlo Park | ScreenBot
Site Members do not see red text instructions, bottom of the page anchor ads, or box ads.
Click here to see all
the Site Membership Benefits!