A big thank you to Rick

[AlexD333]

So I had a drive down to see Rick yesterday for what was hopefully a quick turn around emergency cv change.

 

[AlexD333]

It was all going well :augie

 

[AlexD333]

It was at this point we noticed that the drive shaft boot was also split :doh

We cut it off as I had a second cv kit with a spare boot ect :thumb2

After hastily cutting off we very quickly realised the boots were different shapes :doh

 

[AlexD333]

Luckily as Rick is a driveshaft killer :sly

He had a whole box of em lying around in his workshop :lol

After pinching one of those we returned to the cv.

Unfortunately the stupid clips we had for the kit also didn't really fit the wider boot :doh

After much alteration we finally got it together and looking good :clap

As we had lost the sun we also stopped for a bite to eat too

 

[AlexD333]

The old cv looking rather gritty indeed!!!

 

[AlexD333]

Terrano in pieces before reassembly

 

[AlexD333]

It was round about this moment that I realised I had no bump stops

 

[AlexD333]

Rick my dear, as usual you are a legend!

I'm so happy I didn't let joe blogs do my truck as it would still be in pieces in his drive :lol

You made what was really daunting work for me into a breeze, even with the boot hiccup :thumb2

All hail Rick :bow:bow:bow :lol

 

[solarman216]

Got you sorted Alex even if a bit late, that is all that matters, Rick

 

[jims-terrano]

Rick you are a real gent helping members out. I hope one day we can all do something to help you.

 

[exosteve]

Good job.
I would love to be able to do these jobs myself.
I am learning a lot though.
Today I learnt welding.
After fitting the 33s I had to chop lots of body work off.and left holes!.
today for the first time I picked a mig up and had a go
Wow its hard.it looks shit.but I did it.I found a bit of heavy rust that would of gone unnoticed if it wasn't for doing the mods.
I'm off for a week now which means I'm working on truck in between walking and swimming.

 

[solarman216]

Good job.
I would love to be able to do these jobs myself.
I am learning a lot though.
Today I learnt welding.
After fitting the 33s I had to chop lots of body work off.and left holes!.
today for the first time I picked a mig up and had a go
Wow its hard.it looks shit.but I did it.I found a bit of heavy rust that would of gone unnoticed if it wasn't for doing the mods.
I'm off for a week now which means I'm working on truck in between walking and swimming.

nowt without pics!!!!!!! Rick

 

[AlexD333]

nowt without pics!!!!!!! Rick

+1 on this, c'mon, show us the weld skills :doh

And yes Rick is a true gent!

If you never need help Rick just shout :thumb2

 

[exosteve]

Pics on new thread tomoz.