Is it dangerous to drive with a bad wheel bearing?
A wheel bearing goes through several stages as it fails. First, you may hear a clicking while making turns. After that you may hear and feel a pulsing in the car, or a clicking while driving at low speeds. At this point, you MUST replace the bearing. It is extremely dangerous and you are putting your life at risk.A wheel bearing failure at high speed is one of the most fatal ways for a car to fail, so do not drive at high speeds until you can get the bearing repaired. On most cars, it will require a press or other specialty tools, so I would suggest taking your vehicle to a shop so that it is installed correctly. If you are familiar with the construction, function, and assembly of the bearing and axle it can be done at home.
My parents think i'm obsessed with music?
Well have you tried showing your parents the songs that have helped you? Or even explain it to them? I mean I wouldn't exactly tell your parents you wanted to cut or they'd worry, but I wouldn't lie to them either. Only bring it up if need be or asked upon. Other than that I would tell them why your obsessed with them.
Anyone who has been to a previous Warped Tour at Darien Lake in Buffalo?
1) warped is in the big stage where all shows are, then the back of the field is opened. it's huge trust me 2) you need to buy a park pass to go into Darian lake, when you buy your warped ticket there's an option to add on a park pass for 10 dollars. 3) the gates open at 10 but i suggest getting there 2 hours early. 4) the layout is nice, and there are real bathrooms. no port o potties. Food is expensive as usual, and its mostly grass but it's still really hot. THERE ARE TREES FOR SHADE :D haha. it's always fuun walking around looking at the tents and murch when there arent any bands you wanna see. :) anything else?
How long does it take to repair a head gasket?
You don’t repair a head gasket, you replace it.Once I had a rally car - a bit of a ratty old junker if the truth be told - that had a 2.3 litre overhead cam engine. It was a bit like this, only this one is way nicer:Anyway I was heading off to do a rally on some Friday night. On the Thursday, the day before, I took it out for a blast around the lanes to shake down any last-minute faults, and blew the head gasket. It was too late to do anything about it that night, so next morning, I got up at the crack of dawn, stripped the engine down to the point of having the head off (it was OHC, so that involved also removing the cambox, timing belts, etc. plus the exhaust manifold, inlet manifold and carburettors) By then it was almost 9am, so I drove to the nearest big town - 25 miles away - to get a replacement head gasket set. 25 miles back, and by 10am had the head all cleaned and ready to be reassembled. Engine back together and running by 12pm, I then had to drive it 250 miles to where the rally started. It all went smoothly and I made it with plenty of time to spare.So the answer to your question, for me, on that occasion, for this car, was about 6 hours, including an hour to fetch the parts. Sometimes what you need, apart from the basic skills, which in my case don’t amount to all that much, is a great big incentive!As I recall, the rally ended in disaster, but that’s another story.
What is the most you have ever spent on a single concert ticket?
Hey KP, I feel exactly the same as you do! Earlier this year Foreigner was playing in my town so I thought I'd get tickets because they would probably be only about $25 max. No, they were charging around $100, WTF! To top it off the only member of the original band was the lead guitarist, not even Lou Gramm singing! I could have also went to the Testament, Slayer, Megadeth tour in my town a couple of months ago but those ticket prices were too high for me too but I would have loved seeing them! They did have a few $39 tickets but I couldn't find them anywhere. Now that would have been worth every penny! Every other concert I've been interested in seeing this year has astronomical ticket prices and I refuse to be ripped-off. I have a concert streak going where I've gone to at least one concert every year for over 30 years but this will probably be the year it is broken. MA2; The most I ever spent was $75 for Paul McCartney about 4 years ago and it was for good seats! MA3 - Definitely! MA4 - $40 sounds good to me too. MA5 - $100 but it would have to be to see someone at Paul McCartney's level. MA - I guess I'm cheap too but I agree with you 100%. Edit: Howling Glory, That price was when they first started touring and I noticed that later in their tour the prices were way down (probably because nobody was paying $100 and they weren't in cowtown).
How much does it cost you every time you go to the gun range?
Difficult question to answer because there are so many variables.I am well equipped and for 10 years I had my own private range so I had no fees or cost of equipment.Having been an instructor during that time I taught 4 days a week and was on the range five or more days a week, which means I shot a lot. My annual ammunition cost for 10,000 to 15,000 rounds was approximately $2,100 to $3,150.The majority of those rounds were shot in class development and testing my personal skill set.I also dry practiced daily, about five minutes, simply accessing, drawing, extending and dry firing my gun 10 times perfectly. That one thing alone had a better impact on my skills than anything else I ever did.With the gun extend close to the wall, press the trigger 10 times perfectly in a row, one fumble, start the count over again.Access your gun from concealment 10 times perfectly in a row, one fumble, start the count over again.Draw to retention, 10 times perfectly in a row, one fumble, start the count over again.Extend and dry press the trigger 10 times perfectly in a row, one fumble, start the count over again.Do the complete draw and fire 10 times perfectly in a row, one fumble, start the count over again.Your first practice session could easily go over half an hour because 10 perfect movements in a row is a much higher standard than most imagine.I could always tell when a student would come back for their CCW renewal if they dry practiced, most did not so the class was like starting over from scratch. For those that did dry practice we always had a great training session, stretching their skill set to the limit.Bottom line, the range should be used to test your skill set.Profession training is how you see how to do it correctly.Your dry practice is how you ingrain those perfect skills into long term procedural memory.Want to get really good, take professional training at least annually, dry practice daily, live fire measure and test your skills monthly, repeat the following year.