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Make sure one of the shackles between the front-rear springs isn't flipped on the pivot link on the inner ends of the leaf springs, which happened on mine. Struggled trying to get it back into position with no luck and ended up just pulling the trailer up a couple car ramps, heard a loud bang...

I tried a set of H-rated tires on one of my Camry's rated for V-rated tires, and I couldn't wait until those wore out! Car did not track nearly as well and was always having to correct.

Steel wheels are worse than aluminum to try and clean up the beads than aluminum. Recoating the bead seats with epoxy paint would be the best way to keep the tires sealed to the rim, if you want to take the time to make them last. Never use a chrome wheel in the winter!!!

They won't be cheap tires after you lose traction and crash. Like buying the cheapst shoes you can find, then slip and break something.

I just replaced my 1957 vintage stainless dual sink. I don't know how thick it was, but you couldn't dent it if you tried. I had a new deeper one installed and ran into the drain line problem of being too high. They used to use double sinks before dishwashers to wash in one and rinse in the...

I just use a strip of Gorrila tape with the end folded back to make it easy to release. If it loses its stick after a while I just put on a new piece.

Most people probably have a drawer full of them anymore and many just get thrown away.

Only thing I don't like on the new Conti 02's I just bought is there isn't much for curb protection, since they are going on my wife's Camry. It also makes the tire look narrower.

Some small pinhole leaks from 22 years' experience fixing hundreds of leaky tires only showed up at low pressure like 5psi. At high pressure the air can shoot through a small hole at a higher velocity and not make a bubble at all. It's like blowing kids bubbles, if you blow too hard you get nothing.

I even bought a set of the 235/45-18 Continental sport 2's for my 2019 Camry just for fun to see what they would do compared to what most people would run on a normal car. I love sticky tires and run 275/40-19 Nitto NT-05's with 200 TW front/rear on my 1955 Chevy.

I completely agree. It used to be you could get in any car and figure everything out in seconds instead of spending minutes trying to figure anything out like even trying to open the door from inside with a dead battery that has killed people. And make the owner's manual only available on the...

Tirerack includes a 2-year road hazard in their price.

Here are my Blizzak WS90 directional snow tires dated 2319. The date code is outside on the pass side, and inside on the driver's side. So, whatever you are trying to prove makes no common sense to me. So now what???

I don't know, but from the tire track it sure looks like it's on backwards. That would help with braking maybe but would hydroplane easy I would think.

What about directional tires? You would need to run 2 of them backwards to have the date code outside. I've been a tire installer for 22 years and both sides should be labeled if it was required to be visible. Most people don't have a clue on how to check it anyway.

No matter how you slice it, the fuel mileage on an idling engine is less than zero.

I found out the hard way not to put a cover over my 1950 1.5-ton Chevy fire truck with 2600 original miles in a crowded warehouse that is kept above freezing. The one time I did, in the spring every unpainted surface had rust on it, and the clutch disc had rusted stuck to the flywheel. It's been...

A dehumidifier can easily take a gallon of water out of the air everyday which I don't think damp rid could do day after day without adding up to a lot of money.

The 7mil blue gloves are about the only thing I buy from HF and they hold up well to several uses.

I always keep my doors closed when the humidity is high, use a dehumidifier and don't have any problems especially in spring type weather. I also run it during the hot humid days in the summer with a couple of fans running and people think my shop is air conditioned which it's not.