After sharpening my knives with low quality sharpeners and having them be somewhat sharp but not sharp enough, I looked to a professional. A professional usually has a polishing wheel or some other type of device that is used to sharpen knives. These devices work extremely well but each time you need your knives sharpened they must be brought to the shop. I wanted to be able to sharpen my own knives, so I looked to the internet and found that there are multiple websites devoted to knife making and knife sharpening. After researching different types of sharpeners that can be bought and different levels of sharpness that can be achieved, I decided to build my own knife sharpener.
I decided to build this sharpener instead of buying one to get the level of sharpness that I wanted to achieve. It can achieve a high level of sharpness with a small amount of skill needed, unlike a wheel which requires skill and practice before proper results can be achieved.
The construction required a lot of metal working, wood working, grinding, drilling, threading, and creative design, but turned out to be a great knife sharpener.
The lower control arms on Chevy HHR's can have some problems.
Mainly they are to do with the rear bushing or ball joint.(other cars have this same problem, check to see if yours is listed on this sheet)
Luckily MOOG makes a problem solver line of products that takes care of poor designs on car suspension. MOOG makes a special replacement bushing that will last and perform 10 times better.
It's called the problem solver vertical control arm bushing k200792.
Check out this cool video explaining it, or read on.
Because the standard bushing that comes from the dealer is made of rubber with spaces between it, it flexes constantly and the rubber will separate itself causing knocking or other driving problems. This new bushing is almost like a ball bearing making it able to have free motion.
passenger side stock control arm
In the video you can see that the arm has three pivot points. The front bushing witch has an easy job of moving up and down, the rear bushing which has to flex and is the problem bushing, and the ball joints.
Because I am using the existing control arm, the bushing will need to be pressed out and the ball joint rivets will need to be removed.
After that is done you can press in the new bushing, and bolt on the new ball joint.
The ball joint will be the MOOG K80567 replacement with bolts for easy replacement in the future and it is grease-able. You must be able to remove the rivets that hold the old ball joint in order to add the bolts for the new ball joint.
The front bushing rarely has to be changed, but you can if it is needed, remember that one has the easy job of moving up and down.
----------------------------Removal process below!----------------------------
Tools needed:
sockets: 15 mm, 16 mm, & 13/16"
15 mm box wrench
socket extensions
rubber mallet
2x floor jack and blocks
Removal Steps:
Loosen the wheel lugs and jack up the side of the vehicle you will be doing first.
Support it
securely with blocks under the frame and remove the wheel
Position a second jackunder the knuckle to keep the suspension up.
With a 15 mm socket and long extension loosen, but do not remove the two front frame bolts
With a 13/16" socket loosen, but do not remove the rear vertical bushing frame mounting bolt
With a 16 mm socket and 15 mm wrench, completely remove the nut and bolt that holds the lower ball joint, make sure to tap out or cleanly remove the bolt don't unscrew if its stuck! (you will ruin the threads and get the ball joint pin stuck)
With the ball joint bolt removed, lightly tap the lower
control arm with the rubber mallet until the ball joint falls out of the suspension knuckle. (try moving the supporting jack up and down to ease the ball joint out)
Now that the ball joint is removed, remove the previously loosened frame and vertical bushing bolts on the rest of the lower control arm.
With every thing free you can now remove the lower control arm from the vehicle.
--------------------------Upgrade process below!--------------------------
Tools needed:
Electric Grinder (if possible)
Drill Press (if possible)
Hydrolic Press with 2 1/4" OD pipe (if possible)
If not...
Electric drill
Bushing press kit
Upgrading Bushing Steps:
Place the control arm in the hydrolic press and use the 2 1/4" pipe to press out the old bushing by the aluminum ring. (make sure everything is level and pressing out evenly)
With the old bushing removed, use the same pipe to press in the new upgraded bushing.
If using the bushing kit follow the instructions in the kit.
Upgrading Ball Joint Steps:
With a grinder remove the rivets holding on the old ball joint. (grind the side with the ball joint to not ruin the aluminum control arm)
With the rivets removed place the lower control arm in a drill press and drill out the remaining portion of the rivet, or try pressing them out. (you can use a regular drill, but have to be perfect to not drill into the aluminum control arm)
With the ball joint removed you can install the new ball joint with the included bolts. (Torque to 50 ft/lbs)
----------------------------Installation process below!----------------------------
Tools needed:
sockets: 15 mm, 16 mm, & 13/16"
15 mm box wrench
socket extensions
torque wrench
rubber mallet
2x floor jack and blocks
Installation steps:
Reverse the removal process
Once the ball joint is in place, put in the ball joint bolt and nut and tighten to 37 ft/lb, then loosen it 3/4 of a turn and re-tighten to 37 ft/lb and an additional 30 deg.
Tighten the two 15 mm forward frame mounting bolts to 41 ft/lb
Tighten the vertical bushing bolt to 74 ft/lb and an additional 180 deg.
----------------------- Here are the old cracked and separating bushings. -----------------------
-----------------------The new Problem Solver Parts-----------------------
This information is provided to be informative and I do not take any responsibility for anything that you do to your own car.
After visiting many Vietnamese restaurants I have found a great dish known as "bun". It is like a salad with noodles and meat. I liked it so much I tried making it for myself.
Restaurant
Ingredients:
1 package of rice vermicelli noodles
1 cucumber
1 carrot
Handful of crushed peanuts
Lettuce
Hoisin sauce
Fish sauce Some sort of meat
Steps:
1. Boil a pot of water to cook the noodles, and follow the directions on the bag.
2. Cut up the lettuce to make a salad and place in a serving bowl with the finished noodles.
3. Add on julienned carrot and cucumber with the peanuts. 4. Place your choice of cooked meat on top and serve with a side of fish sauce and hoison.
If your looking to buy a new flash light, whether it is for hunting, fishing, emergency use, or just to use around the house then you should check out these suggestions.
L.E.D.
I personally like L.E.D. lights. They can be extremely bright, last a lifetime, and they do not brake when dropped like a glass bulb. As a matter of fact I am going to suggest L.E.D. is the only kind of flashlight you should buy.
Lumen I have purchased all kinds of different flashlights and there can be some very dim L.E.D. flashlights that last a long time, but they are very hard to use for long distance sight. So make sure you get one with a high lumen rating. 100 lumen is bright enough to use around the house and as a emergency light, its bright enough to get the job done. 200 lumen is bright enough to use as a hunting light or even a front bicycle light. The higher the lumen rating the brighter the light output.
Features
Some flashlights have different features such as strobe for signaling an SOS, a low and high mode to save battery life when you do not need it to be the brightest, focus capabilities to narrow or widen the beam, and color change for hunting, less eye strain, and to find blood.
Interested in survival shows, or do you go camping or hunting a lot? Then look into para-cord. It is an excellent tool in survival. I use 550 para-cord to make my projects. 550 para-cord means that it can hold 550 lbs., the casing holds 200 lbs and each inner strand holds 50 lbs. There are 7 inner strands. The inner strands can also be used as fishing line in a survival situation.
Survival uses: 1.)Use as fishing line or fishing net - The inner strands can be taken out and used as 50lb test fishing line. You can also construct a fishing net using the right tying techniques. 2.)Create a shelter - By tying branches or other material together you can create a makeshift shelter. You can also stay off the ground by constructing a hammock. 3.)Create traps or trip wires - Using the inner strands of the paracord you can create a snare trap for small animals or a trip wire to act as a security warning for predators or attackers. There are many different types of animal traps you can make. 4.)Fire starter - By using your paracord to make a bow drill (like seen on many survivor shows) you can create a fire much faster than any other method using only wood. 5.)Medical uses - You can make a tourniquet to stop a wound from bleeding, or create a sling to secure a broken arm. You can even use the inner strands as dental floss. 6.)Obstacles - You can use paracord to repel down a cliff, or climb up a tree. 7.)Bear bag - By hanging your food in a tall tree, you can keep the bears or other ground animals from stealing your food. 8.)YOU NAME IT - Paracord is useful for so many things, the military uses it, i have even heard of someone being able to tow a car out of a ditch by braiding the paracord enough times to get thousands of pounds of strength to do so.
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