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California98Civic · 10-28-2014, 12:11 PM

This is just a success story "off-topic tech" post:

A student of mine has a 2005 Subaru. He texts me asking for a mechanic recommendation, and I have none because I don't go to any anymore. I do all my repairs, relying on EM, honda-tech, d-series, youtube, my shop manual, and my willingness to make mistakes and learn.

So since he is an especially good student that I have worked a lot with, and since he asked, I dropped by to diagnose. I drove around with him. A loud scraping noise from wheels while rolling, joined by a low rumbling noise seemingly from the transmission when braking. I looked at CV joints and axles, considered the hub units, tested to see if the noise changed or emerged during any gearing combinations.

Concluded it was warped front brake rotors wiggling the inner and outer CV joints when the brakes were applied. We changed them. Problem fixed.

I owe that capacity mainly to this site. Thanks.

So, in return, I like to "pay it forward" with others who need help when I greet them, sometimes randomly on the road, sometimes people I already know.

Do you do things like this too? I'd love to hear stories of the aid you have given strangers and friends...

james

10-28-2014, 12:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 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) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	Repair success (for a student) This is just a success story "off-topic tech" post: A student of mine has a 2005 Subaru. He texts me asking for a mechanic recommendation, and I have none because I don't go to any anymore. I do all my repairs, relying on EM, honda-tech, d-series, youtube, my shop manual, and my willingness to make mistakes and learn. So since he is an especially good student that I have worked a lot with, and since he asked, I dropped by to diagnose. I drove around with him. A loud scraping noise from wheels while rolling, joined by a low rumbling noise seemingly from the transmission when braking. I looked at CV joints and axles, considered the hub units, tested to see if the noise changed or emerged during any gearing combinations. Concluded it was warped front brake rotors wiggling the inner and outer CV joints when the brakes were applied. We changed them. Problem fixed. I owe that capacity mainly to this site. Thanks. So, in return, I like to "pay it forward" with others who need help when I greet them, sometimes randomly on the road, sometimes people I already know. Do you do things like this too? I'd love to hear stories of the aid you have given strangers and friends... james __________________ 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.