Another brutally long weekend at work - madness, utter madness. This, until the end of summer, and I've got to start planning my move indoors - November, I hope, change of job - the same.
The jeep, the drivers front tire making that noise, "ffft ffft ffft", like a warped rotor - so this morning jack it up and pull it off. 4 of the 5 lug nuts are finger-loose. Get the tire off, look at the rotor, not warped, the brakes, crumbling but still good, the undercarriage, the structural rust, nuts, bolts hidden under centuries of rust, as if this were an ancient shipwreck. Any repairs on this are not going to be easy.
Maybe it's as simple as the lug nuts being loose? (and if this is the case, how did it happen???).
Remount the tire, tighten everything up - and - presto, rubbing/chafing noise has disappeared...
So, Tuesday, August 9th - it's going to be a hot one for sure - where to go, what to do...the jeep is ready to fly...