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Sunny Florida at 7:30 this morning.

It will flap in the breeze!

It looked like sci-fi in real life. First, it appeared to fly so slowly (maybe an optical illusion) and then the 747 wings were so bowed up that you thought they were going to break.

Some things that we will never see again. Atlantis final landing towing operations 7/21/2011. Discovery on its last flight to retirement 4/17/2012 over Cocoa Beach heading north.

In the good old days, while working for NASA and we had secret clearances and there were background investigators that visited my office to inquire about my employees every once in while. One day one investigator showed up and introduced himself. "My name is Bond..... John Bond". Several...

Where can I get one?

Redneck Star Trek/ Lost in Space / Guardians of the Galaxy "Green Gals" AI at it's best. Check out the Warp Drive Tractor :ROFLMAO:

It would have been perfect if he added breathing air at the top by connecting the exhaust of the Hoover. 👍

Well, I reassembled all the new parts, they all fit much more snugly with no play. The exception is the gear backlash which I am going to declare Ok for the time being since I only have 345 hrs. on the tractor. Regardless, the old U joint had a very loose fit on both ends even though the...

Ok, here is how much play I have. For the initial motion I had some tire rotation but not after that, the chocks worked well.

There is some rotational play on the input shaft. I am not sure how much is a lot. Besides, the front axle is now on Jack stands which makes it harder to determine if a tire start to turn. Let me figure something out.

I just noticed that the seal on one of the bearings of the U joint is peeling off. Might as well replace everything.

I pulled the U joint and I did not find anything obvious. The differential input shaft was tight with no play axially nor radially. The splines look good to me. The drive axle splines also look good to me too. The U joint was not loose and again nothing seemed out of the ordinary...

Mailbox in Florida...

M5 vs. M5 Comparison Test: Which Comes Out on Top? For those of you trying to decide... :ROFLMAO: