For those of you not completely informed on automobile mechanics the universal joint transfer power from the drive shaft to the rear wheels. No universal, no power to your rear wheels.
A text from Josh DeCoste said “ I wouldn’t laugh at a text saying you blew a u joint (universal) at the best of times much less from Ontario”.
The You-Tube video in the last post may make that somewhat clear, however he did his in a shop, with the drive shaft off the truck wheras we, well Dustin, completed this in a rainy parking lot with the shaft still on the truck. No room, no tools, no dry anything, and certainly no smiles.
So,….. I would be remiss in not commending the work of road trip of the year team, Dustin Swinkels, CEO, Operations Manger David Hennigar, and Project Coordinator Luke DeCoste.
David Hennigar points the following as the TSN turning point of the trip.
Dustin as the tow truck pulls into Canadian Tire “ That’s a good sign, there’s a tim horton’s right across from Canadian Tire”
Tow Truck Driver “ Ha, There’s one in the Canadian Tire”
Dustin, in retrospect grinning like a traveler back on the road after delays laughs “ ha, right on. A little too perfect.”
Personally I think the turning point was somewhere following the conclusion made while rolling around under a truck on a piece of drenched cardboard that we weren’t getting this u joint out without some acetlyne torches. (Thankfully, this was later proved false)
Currently we’re back east bound and down about 130 km west of Ottawa. The revised as f$*k schedule, shows we’ll hit our destination only 4 hours late on a 60 hour trip. “Not too baed” especially considering we rolled out of North Bay 9 hours late. Tonight at 21 hundred hours local time we’ll roll into Felix Hirbour’s for BBQ, burnt Nintendo stories, and best of all, a road crew with a fully functioning 2002 duramax diesel..
All the best,
Luke A. DeCoste
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Luke, you're killing me. We need an update
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