Pulled in the Broce sweeper this week to get an annual done on it. What happened from there turned out to be so much more. As I was greasing it up, the zercs in the front right and left lower kingpin bushings wouldn't take any grease. I took the zercs out and cleaned up inside as much as I could until I noticed the grease hole in both bushings weren't lined up at all. Took the caps off the bottom of the kingpin and the bottom was just brick hard and dry. The boss man let me loose the next day to get new kingpins, bushings, L and R tie rod ends. That was pretty cool to let him have me take time and try and figure out best pricing and availability. Was a great exercise for me.
Since everything is still pretty new to me in this field, I have to ask a ton of questions. Even the simple ones. Last week was extra challenging for me in that regard. I've never taken brakes off, let alone apart before. I've never come close to taking any part of any suspension apart. On the other hand, I feel like my brain is stretching so far my skull's gonna burst with how much I get to learn from this time as an intern.
Waiting on parts for the Broce, they should be in Tuesday for me to start throwing it back together. This will be the first job they've put me on solo. Pretty exciting times for me.
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