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Old 07-22-2014, 12:59 PM   #74 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Location: Coastal Southern California
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
Team Honda
90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike
90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by darcane View Post
... I got one of these:
3/4" Forged Ball Joint Separator
and it worked surprisingly well. ...
I think I rented that from O'Reilly's last year. With the right tools, it was not so hard. The hardest part was the fact that I was doing it for the first time so every step was a new thing, just about. I don't like my ungreased joints though because I can hear them twist as I make turns. I didn't replace the OEM ones on the other side because it was not necessary to... I don't hear those. But it's okay. My car works beautifully, after 220,000 miles. I have driven it for more than 190,000 of those miles. Still reliable. Still fun. Still simple.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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