Nailed It

I’m going to have an enforced hiatus in the tin bashing now.  Other stuff has caught up with me and I can’t ignore it any more.

I woke up to a flat tyre on the 500 this morning, so tonight has been about fixing that.

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While I was fixing it I noticed that it’s taken the inside edge off the front tyres.  They were getting close to the wear bars when I serviced it, so I’ve got a pair to go on but there’s no point fitting them without tracking it first.

I made a set of laser tracking gauges a few years ago but I really need some radius plates to go with them.  I need to get something sorted this week and get the job done at the weekend.  So no pressure!

Back to Work For a Rest

Thank god for my sedentary office job. I can’t wait to get back to work for a rest.

I’ve had a busy weekend servicing my Grande Punto and fitting a couple of new tyres.  I had the bumper off and plastic welded the bird strike damage. It’s 100% better than it was.

Those 205/45-17’s are a bitch to fit with a manual tyre fitting machine. Without Jules’s help I could never have fitted them without marking the rims.  I still managed to smack myself on the head with a 4 foot tyre iron though…. And another thing, I managed to smack myself on the head with a 4 foot tyre iron… I don’t think it did any permanent damage though?