pistolpete
Well-known member
I figured BS was the best place for this...
Had one of those days yesterday, where nothing went right. I won't even touch on the work issues as there are too many to list. But got home got the kid in bed and went to spend some time in the garage. Went to cut out a peice for patching my frame and halfway through the cut my grinder dies (only have one right now). Then cleaned up a bit and figured I would disassemble the Model T rear spring I plan to use in my Model A. Bolt comes out fine and I am slowly releasing the pressure on the c-clamps. Get the c-clamps off the spring, and go to grab the main leaf and it breaks in half, cracked about a 1/2" away from the centre bolt, so i figure crap I will need to buy a new main. Go to grab the second leaf and same freaking thing...
So now I need to either find a new T spring, or someone to make a new main and second. Or scrap the idea of a T spring (as they are pretty hard to find up here) and just go witha reversed eye Model A....
One of those days I wish I could have a do-over.
Had one of those days yesterday, where nothing went right. I won't even touch on the work issues as there are too many to list. But got home got the kid in bed and went to spend some time in the garage. Went to cut out a peice for patching my frame and halfway through the cut my grinder dies (only have one right now). Then cleaned up a bit and figured I would disassemble the Model T rear spring I plan to use in my Model A. Bolt comes out fine and I am slowly releasing the pressure on the c-clamps. Get the c-clamps off the spring, and go to grab the main leaf and it breaks in half, cracked about a 1/2" away from the centre bolt, so i figure crap I will need to buy a new main. Go to grab the second leaf and same freaking thing...
So now I need to either find a new T spring, or someone to make a new main and second. Or scrap the idea of a T spring (as they are pretty hard to find up here) and just go witha reversed eye Model A....
One of those days I wish I could have a do-over.