Sunday Afternoon Fun

Today Cooper got to watch while Uncle Chris changed the brakes on Aunt Ashley's car in our driveway...

Four front brake pads - $40

Driver's side tire off - "Um...this one looks fine" - tire back on...Passenger's side tire off - "Um...this one looks fine"

Hmmmmm...hope it's not the back breaks...

Back Driver's side tire off - "Well great it's the back ones"

Gallon of gas to drive back to the auto parts store - $4.15

Returned front brakes +$40

New back brakes - $36

Cooper's turn to play in the tool bin - FUN!!

Back home and the brakes come off - new brakes go on - "Hey I need to compress the caliper...I should be able to do it with my hands but can't - you got a C-clamp"  Nope - gotta call in the big guns...

Grandpa knows Big John Klop will have a C-clamp that big...

Gallon of gas to drive to grandparents and back to get the C-clamp - $4.15

C-clamp on...twist...twist...twist..."Why won't this work"!!!!

"Hmmmmmmm...my phone says I need a cube tool to twist in that back caliper...what do you think that means" - maybe back to auto store??

"No way - I'm not going back - I'll figure this out the DeYoung Man way" 

Richard's adjustable wrench and a 70+ year old pair of needle nose plyers and he did it - caliper compressed.

Tire back on and then the other side...All done!!

Cooper Tire - Priceless!!

Magnetic Tool grabber stolen from tool box - FREE!

All this excitement led to a very tired little guy...