I had recently decided to replace all the shocks on my 1997 ford explorer that i bought 2 years ago.
it still had the originals so it was time.
wasn't the worst but the nuts on the top were rusted i had a hard time getting a socket to bite onto them. the fronts i just but the tops off with a saw zall.
anyways while i was changing the rear shocks, I saw that the right rear caliper was damp so I figured I had a leaking caliper, upon further inspection it was the axle seal.....great....
Now i have to drain the axle and pull the shafts to replace 10 dollar seals.
So I figured why not....I'm on my off days and won't have to work till next tuesday (i work in commercial transportation) so why not.
went to the local oreillys to get what I needed, gear oil and such as I didn't want to go anywhere else, just there and home, well they screwed up and looked up the wrong seal and had to order them, so i went back the next day and picked up the seals, the wrong ones, I should have looked at them out of the box because once I got home I realized they were too big, So i had to go back because I had it all ripped apart in my garage.
well then they only had one of them. so I went to Advance auto parts instead and got the national brand in the right size and got it all put back together that night.