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Originally Posted by mjh1965
Well done , you'll enjoy riding it this summer. But it'll make progress on the truck slow down and I am speaking from experience
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Originally Posted by 65sub
Nice bike. Looks like fun
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Originally Posted by Grizz1963
Just Lovely Ian.
Congrats.
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Thank you gentlemen,
You know those 10 minute jobs, the ones that turn out to be not quite the 10 minute job you thought, well I've just finished one.
A while back I bought a pair of Jeep Cherokee check links to replace the ones that came with the truck (yes honestly this was the passenger side check link)
I got them on eBay with nuts and roll pins for about $15 including shipping, a bargain I thought,
Having my newly painted door with nothing stopping it opening to the point of destruction was not ideal, I had 10 minutes spare so I thought "I know I'll fit the check link".
I soon hit a bit of a problem was the original screws were seized
solid, I could have taken them out before the door was painted or actually hung and adjusted (Like any sensible person might have done) but oh no.
I tried releasing oil, a long bar and even cutting a slot in one to see if a straight bit would grip better than a pozi all to no avail. There was no room to drill and I didn't want to take the door off so I broke out the die grinder and a ball end carbide burr ( a risky strategy with a freshly painted door) and ground the middles of the screws out.
Any way about an hour and a half later my 10 minute job was complete, It really is unbelievable how well these work, you would swear they were OE
