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    Fixing the Car, Thai style.

    So I'm walking home to Silom the other day and Somchai is fixing his motor on the side of the road. The work they do on the road is considered quite major in the West and at least the use of a lift is required. In Thailand they just do it. Here Somchai is replacing a CV joint.

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    Pop down the Auto shop and buy one of these. Replacing a CV joint is no easy feat but these guys bang it out on the side of the road no probs what so ever. I love their work.


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    On ya Somchai, you are a Complete winner, car lifts are for Poovs.




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    no probs what so ever.

    now we know why so many cars and buses in thailand crash due to unexplained steering and brake failures.


    kdd, the makers of the cv axle pictured, are a chinese company who make cheap non oem spares. it was probably a cheap kdd cv joint that failed in the first place.

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    Dunno,

    The main reason a CV joint will fail is due to the rubber protective boot failing, the grease can then be displaced from the joint and in turn this allows dirt in which grinds away at the joint causing that horrible clunking sound when turning.

    Maintain the rubber boot and 100 K is not unusual for the life span of the CV joint.

    The point being,

    It's not an easy job when the car is on a car hoist and doing it like this is fookin hard going.

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    Especially in Thai heat.

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    replacing a CV joint is a [at][at][at][at] of a job.. replacing the whole axle like somchai is is a very easy and relatively quick job.

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    ^

    These Days it's unusual to just replace the CV joint. The replacement kit usually comes with the complete drive shaft as shown in the picture.

    Do the lot in one hit.

    Still a shit of a job at the best of times and on the ground like this is really making things hard.

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    Love how he has folded out the carton box as substitute for a creeper.

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    sometimes youu have to impressed by mr somchai and his abilities,

    they took out my mates 3litre turbo diesel engine and clutch, striped it down to its last nut and bolt, now just an empty shell, and back together again in a week,

    all this under a make shift awning, and with no engine problems to date,

    when i saw the piles of engine parts laid out on the plastic ground sheet, i said to him, your fucked, he had faith in them,
    life is what happens to us while we are making other plans

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    meh ive done many over the years and used nothing more than a jack (cause I dont have a hoist in my driveway) and always found it to be a relatively easy and straight forward job.

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    ^ ^

    The things I've seen Somchai do over my 30 years coming to Thailand continues to impress me.

    Somchai gets shit done now where in the West it's a major job which at the end of the work leaves one's wallet crying.

    $160 per hour labor in Perth these days for an Apprentice to change ones oil.

    Owning a car in the West can be a ball breaker if one cannot do stuff himself.

    CV joint replacement in the West is relatively big dollars.

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    ^^

    I suppose if you are lucky and can remove the shaft without dropping the swing arm it's not to bad. It's different on all cars.

    Can be a real prick of a job other wise.

    As in all car repair it depends on how fuked up the old part is and how difficult it is to remove.

    On the roadway in Thailand's stinking heat I recon it would be a prick of a job.

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    As we all know? When working on a car on the jack. Put the spare tire under the car... just in case!

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    ^

    No chance of that, they just had the standard car jack holding up the motor.

    Buddha was in charge of safety.

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    looks like a tyre under the drivers door.

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    ^

    There is a tire under the door but I don't think it will stop that 1600 KG car from squashing Somchai.

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    Clever independent Thai.....

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    A mate of mine took his bike to get a big bore fitted
    His bike came back in bits with the harrowing last words of.
    You have big problem ha ha ha I cried laughing

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    He's replacing a whole driveshaft - it's a pretty simple job to be fair. Once the wheels off, undo one big nut, four bolts, rock the hub out of the way to free the outer CV and yank the old shaft out of the gearbox. Then push the new shaft in until the inner CV click into the gearbox. Put the outer CV spline back onto the hub, do the big nut up and bolt the hub back to the top of the strut.

    We've replaced shaft on the rally car in under 15 minutes laying on a tarp on gravel. Somchai should apply to a WRC team if he can do it in 38 degree heat!

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    Well ya gota give it up to Somchai for doing it in Bangkok heat, on a main road with his basic tools.

    Fookin hard, dirty and dangerous job under those conditions.

    More than likely made 100 baht for his labor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by terry57
    Well ya gota give it up to Somchai for doing it in Bangkok heat, on a main road with his basic tools.
    Traffic cones don't come cheap, it's daytime, it's not raining and it's not even rush hour.

    To be fair he is not on the sunny side of the street. I see Thais improvising with a screwdriver, a blunt chisel and a collection of rusty old spanners and that's just to change a florescent light! Don't get me started on gunpowder manufacturing.
    A tray full of GOLD is not worth a moment in time.

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    In Sydney you cannot wash a car in the public road due to water pollution in the roads gutter. In the U.K. Local councils have forbidden running repairs in public roads.
    Brilliant Thailand does not have these petty restrictions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by terry57
    On ya Somchai, you are a Complete winner
    i think your spellchecker's fukked mate, surely you meant wanker.

    I won't be getting in any yellow taxis any time soon

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    Quote Originally Posted by thaimeme
    Clever independent Thai.
    Do any plumbing or electricians course in the UK and you will see 'clever independent Thai' examples in pictures, on how not to kill yourself at work or your customers

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