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We got a couple of smart outlets that we have lamps connected to because a third of our home has no ceiling lights, and for some reason our living room was divided up with a wall to make a new room so the switch that shuts off a wall outlet (a cheat to keep it up to code) could only affect one room anyway, so rather than stumbling around in the dark we just tell google to turn them on.
Then I installed a smart thermostat which is extremely useful. You can have the house warmed up before you get back home.
Google home mini in every single room, $1 each because I scammed a digital radio service which had a loophole so you could sign up for multiple at the same address. They let me play music in every room, can even group them and play music through them all at the same time which is fun.
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On 9/25/2023 at 4:53 AM, monkeyseemonkeydo said:
Only just found out on Friday that in the good ol' US of A they use the word 'mil' (which we in the sensible parts of the word use as an abbreviation for millimetre) for a thousandth of an inch (rather than 'thou' which would make SENSE!!). I don't know who started that or whose fault that is but it's unbelievable and just makes me mad!
I've ran into this, I've only ever seen it used for trash bag thickness. I assumed it was millimeter too until I realized the numbers didn't make any sense.
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On 1/30/2023 at 10:10 AM, MadManMike said:
I feel for anyone trying to get on the property ladder now, we did it in April 2021 and 100% wouldn't be able to now.
Yep that's where we're at. Homes still sitting at inflated prices with interest rates being the highest they've been since before the 2008 crash.
We could have afforded a $150k home a year and a half ago, now we'd struggle with a $120k.
Fortunately our savings are sat earning significant money now. So our plan is to hope for a housing crash and maybe get something for a reasonable price.
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4 hours ago, craigjames said:
Rates have risen dramatically for loans, not so sure about mortgages; we were waiting a few weeks for some quotes to sort our roof out and in that time the interest rate on loans to pay for it the work jumped from 4.5 to 7.8%
Mortgage rates for me are going to be over 7% right now. I was basing all my math on less than 4.
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Mortgage preapprovals came back for us with no issues other than I thought the numbers were a quite off. Seems that interest rates have risen (at least here in the US) dramatically, pricing us out of the market for now.
Feeling a lot of regret for not jumping on this last year but it is what it is.
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19 hours ago, AdamR28 said:
My experience is that you'll need a new rotor.
Eh, in for a penny in for a pound. New rotor ordered.
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On 8/15/2022 at 11:16 AM, AdamR28 said:
That is pretty normal after wetting the rotor.
However, new pads AND rotor required to get the brake working properly again. No exceptions.
I've already ordered an entire new break. You think I have to replace the rotor too? Can't just acetone the crap out of it?
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Urgh, I give up. Went through all the process again and still shit. Might just toss the thing in the shed and worry about it next year. Spent two weekends trying to get this sorted so I can ride it properly before winter, looks like that's not gonna happen.
This is what the rotor looks like after I toss on some water to try and see if it needs to bed in. Not sure if it's mineral oil, or just left over debris from sanding the pads.
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1 hour ago, Daan said:
Check the bleed nipple and make sure it's done up really tight. I've had mine and those of a friend of mine leak from there. If you can do it up tighter, it's likely that's what it was leaking from. Though less susceptible, also check the banjo bolt while you're at it.
If you want to check the slave piston seals, make sure the brake is clean, put a bleed block in there (no pads) and squeeze the lever hard as often as you can for a minute or so. Then check if there's any wetness around the pistons.
Also in my experience, resurrecting pads works up to a degree, but never makes them as good again as fresh ones, especially so for organic pads like the Magura's.
Thanks! I'll double check and make sure everything is tight. The first time I torched the pads and put them back on they worked amazingly well with zero bedding in. So I'm going to do that to the pads again. I don't want to use new pads until I've figured out what the issue is because I'll just end up contaminating them too.
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Urgh, I'm slowly heading back to square one. Went and had a spin on it today and about halfway back to the worst it's ever been. Another thing I noticed is that one piston doesn't really want to retract from the disc while the other seems to move freely. The disc is perfectly centered in the caliper.
Defective caliper? Maybe leaking and contaminating the pads?
EDIT: Took the caliper off and on the mounts there was mineral oil, the whole underside of the caliper had a film of mineral oil on it. Tried to align the pads by using a method Magura suggested, but it seems the pads sit sooooo close to the disc there's always going to be come kind of light rubbing, I guess this might sort its self out as the pads bed in and level (I've been swapping the pads in and out / sanding etc). So the plan is to remove the caliper and the pads, torch the pads to decontaminate, then go over the caliper and disc with acetone and hope that the issue is is that I didn't do a good enough of a clean the first time around which is certainly possible. This would also explain why they work really well then slowly degrade with use.
Thoughts?
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22 hours ago, J.KYDD said:
LoooooooL.
5-year bump of that stopping smoking thread reminded me of this shit show. Any of you still sucking on portable radios?
Yeah but I switched to one that you can put "herbs" in now.
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Ok here's what I did. I only have acetone handy right now so I removed the pads and soaked them in acetone for about 15 mins, scrubbed them down with a toothbrush and soaked them again. Removed them and sanded them down on some fine grit sand paper, one last soak.
Wiped the rotor down with acetone for about 20 mins. Wiped out the inside of the caliper until the cotton buds came out clean.
Put it all back together and pumped the brakes a few times till the pads came in.
Immediately, significantly worse than before. We're talking pedaling uphill with the brake held down with ease kind of bad.
Tried to bed them in with water and dragging the brake downhill a few times with maybe a slight improvement to bring them up to about the same kind of hold as they were before. We're talking two finger breaking and still doesn't put the bike into a skid.
So my options are, 1. Assume they're still contaminated and use fire to decontaminate this time around. 2. Assume I have a defective caliper and it's leaking onto the pads. 3. Although I've bled the breaks half a dozen times, I'm still not getting a good enough bleed on them.
Can anyone suggest which of those 3 is the most likely?
Edit: Fixed! (Hopefully). Someone sent me @Ali C's "My New Van Is Just What I Needed!" video. Took the pads back out, found my butane lighter and used it on both pads, not ideal, I need a proper torch, but one pad didn't do anything, the other set on fire. I eventually burned out everything and sanded them back down again. Acetoned the rotor, cleaned out the caliper again and even without any bedding in it's already in a different league to where it used to be. I'd imagine once they get bedded in they're gonna be perfect.I'm wondering if it's possible that the caliper is leaking, I'm sure if it is, they'll go bad again, but if they do at least I know so I can replace it. If not, lesson learned, use fire on the pads, not chemicals.
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1 hour ago, PeterH said:
(Duluth should have you covered for hills)
Oh boy does it!
Ok I'll give that all that a shot. Pads will take a while to be delivered so I can be doing all this in the meantime.
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After buying a used Fourplay I think it's clear to me now that the rear pads and rotor are contaminated. My front break is stupid grabby and will hold solid. The rear has nothing close. I originally thought it was a bad bleed but the lever feels great, I just have zero power. I suspect this is the case because when I bought the bike, the rear brake had been replaced and there was about 2 feet of hose wrapped around the headtube. I think the brake must have leaked onto the rotor and wasn't cleaned properly before installing the new brake improperly.
Should I buy new pads or try and decontaminate the old ones? I do have a torch lighter which uses regular lighter fluid, could I use that to burn off contaminates? Or would I need a butane torch?
If I should buy new pads, should I stick with Magura ones, or are off-brand as good? If I should stick with magura, should I get P, C or R?
Should I use automotive brake cleaner, acetone or ISO alcohol on the rotor?
Thanks!
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I dusted off my old mod and sold it immediately, after riding my trail bike for a while couldn't go back to that tiny weird twitchy thing.
Then they started to build a skatepark down the street from me, my luck kept going up when I found a barely used Fourplay for sale really close by me. Then my luck ran out, the skatepark got put on hold. One of these days I'll ride that bike!
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Surprise rainstorm 6 hours after I stained my deck. Awesome.
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Imagine if they became out of sync.
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2 hours ago, Alyksett said:
And unfortunately "mothers life at risk" sometimes only applies when the mother is in immediate risk, so they either have to get it someplace else or wait until they're literally dying to be allowed to get one.
And by that point, it could may well be too late. Women will die because of this.
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2 hours ago, Mikee said:
@JT! Surely no individual state would fully ban it though? Even for extreme circumstances, like incest, rape and if the mother's life is at risk? Are the "bible belt states" really that against abortion?
I haven't followed this story much, as it doesn't affect us in the UK. Genuinely curious.
Some already have. There are what's called "trigger laws" which were laws banning abortions as soon as Roe v Wade was repealed.
In a lot of right leaning states, abortion is illegal and is ONLY legal if the mother's life is at risk.
In those states, if an 14 year old rape victim has become pregnant, she is legally forced to carry her baby to term.
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Roe v Wade simply meant no state could make abortion illegal. Now that it's been repealed, it's up to the states.
I live in a fairly left learning state, so this really won't effect my friends and foamily too much. But I feel for the women in bible belt states who really don't have any options anymore.
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Don't get me started.
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On 5/3/2021 at 12:26 PM, manuel said:
So a quick maths problem...
Bit of a bump, but relevant.
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On the 4th day now and I think I'm past the worst of it.
Been pretty much the same as a particularly bad cold. The worst thing is the painful swallowing.
In home tests seem very accurate, my wife has no symptoms and is testing negative... somehow she hasn't caught it from me!
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