Car repairs

 We have this strange metal grinding sound in our car and Don (husband of Lori daughter of Ken and Ruth) said he thought it was worn out brakes and he would fix. I admit to being a little skeptical that a music teacher would have the necessary skills, but I have seen other handyman skills Don regularly applies and thought it a reasonable venture. Kenny has a well stocked garage. With a quick trip to the car parts store, Don was off and fixing. Watching someone dive under the car to position the jack made me a bit nervous. He says YouTube is wonderful for learning things and this background is all he needs for many tasks. Sure enough, I watched as he changed the brake pads on two wheels.

Lacking mechanical experiences and the way of thinking to accomplish such tasks which likely only comes from experience, I was amazed watching him work through the process of removing the brake assembly and replacing the pads. We were grateful to have the task done without having to try to find a time we could get the car into a shop.

We did find in replacing the brake pads that one of our tires had worn considerably from being out of alignment. Klamath Falls had several options for the larger sized tires we needed without having to have them shipped in so we were able to buy new tires. We drive an all-wheel drive vehicle which means if you have one bad tire you usually have to replace all four. This does get expensive, but you also don’t want to be stranded on the side of road in the large stretches between towns you can find yourself in during drives in this part of the country. 

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Back on the road.