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    Trailer bearing blowout. Need help with repair(s)

    I think most of the troublesome peeps are aware of the risks that are there and the ones their behaviour makes worse but the ole " wont happen to me " mind set rolls in often coupled with the "never did care about anyone other than me anyhow ". As a motorcyclist for decades I have learnt to...
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    Nobody fishing?

    I had a brief go at fly fishing .......but it was to technical for me....or I ......honestly I just couldnt be arsed tying a new knot everytime I lost or wreaked a fly ....with invisibly thin line .....and they wernt cheap , and I caught jack 5hit, AND then my then girlfriends poxy🤬dog chewed...
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    Trailer bearing blowout. Need help with repair(s)

    41,000 peeps died on the road ? .......yeah ? How many got shot ?:p:ROFLMAO:
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    China propeller

    Yeah Im thinkin that if I can get a new prop for the same money as 6 beers at the diner I might be doing a bit more exploring of the river , which is mostly deep enough from my house to the sea ( about 10km as the crow flies ) and its gravel with no real rocks . I dont mind doing a bit of...
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    Check valve not available , alternative options

    Woohoo! sounds like the one , pleased you got it :)
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    Check valve not available , alternative options

    I just googled that part # and it lead to a couple on ebay now, but I cant get the link to work .:):)
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    Bent prop shaft

    yeah and now that I have thought about it a bit more .....1/16" is F A like 1.5mm , Dads was more like 1/4" 6mm . Know anyone with a press ?:)
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    China propeller

    I bought a Solaris ( or something similar spelling ) for my M18 Tohatsu . I was looking for a budget do the job rather than some flash harry thing , and I had to guess at the pitch . . Sure looks ok and was 1/3 the cost of OEM
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    Bent prop shaft

    My Dad clubbed the edge of the ramp ( many times ),mangled a few ally props, bought a stainless prop and next time he bent the shaft ( prop was ok ) Being how it was christmas on the lake , no where to get it fixed so we removed the prop , lined up the shaft and smote it with a fence post . He...
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    old pictures

    😁 Which one are you?😄 well , you cant assume now days 😂😂😂
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    daily music fix

    I recall hearing Jim Morrison introducing John Sebastian on one of my Doors lp's.😁
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    daily music fix

    This girl is brilliant
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    Nobody fishing?

    That sounds real good . You guys def have a better range of fish ,we have trout ,salmon and perch . There are other fish but not nearly so wide spread . 😁
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    Nobody fishing?

    Things have changed here ,we used to troll around the edges of the lake specially round streams and rivers flowing into the lake . Now peeps are using fishfinders to locate trout and then jigging for them down deep. Lake Hauroko (my closest Lake ) is 462m deep not that anyone jiggs that deep...
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    Nobody fishing?

    Downrigger ?
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    Nobody fishing?

    A while ago I got to thinking about how many times I cast on an average foray down to the river and then I got to thinking about how sore my casting limb was after a couple of hours . More thinking and Im realising that with my fave trout rod ( Diawa Black widow 7gm 6'6" and Penn Conflict...
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    Trailer bearing blowout. Need help with repair(s)

    Ha ha One day we were visiting Dunedin ,road was frosty / icy as all heck and driving slowly round the Otago harbour this dickhead in a Holden ute ( Pick up ) was on the horn and tailgating us ( we were doing maybe 30km/h ) any how he roared past us fingers an all and disappeared round...
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    🤣🤣 yeah , livin next door to redneck joe ha ha ha just joking , them kids looked pretty blimmin happy . I well remember the "extra" adults that were good to me as a kid , I kinda feel I have something to pay back.:)
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Ha ha , yeah me too...@ 63 I got a 32 year old and her 4 kids (3 boys 9,14 and 16 and a 12 yo girl ,the kids Father and Grandfather perished in a boating accident ) and as we never had kids it sure was (is) an eye opener.😁
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    Trailer bearing blowout. Need help with repair(s)

    400 bucks for the axle, hubs ,stub and bearings sounds like the go , not a bad price and as jimmbo sez no issues with alignment .
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