My advice is this: Settle! That’s right. Don’t worry about passion or intense connection. Don’t nix a guy based on his annoying habit of yelling “Bravo!” in movie theaters. Overlook his halitosis or abysmal sense of aesthetics. Because if you want to have the infrastructure in place to have a family, settling is the way to go. Based on my observations, in fact, settling will probably make you happier in the long run, since many of those who marry with great expectations become more disillusioned with each passing year. (It’s hard to maintain that level of zing when the conversation morphs into discussions about who’s changing the diapers or balancing the checkbook.)
Obviously, I wasn’t always an advocate of settling. In fact, it took not settling to make me realize that settling is the better option, and even though settling is a rampant phenomenon, talking about it in a positive light makes people profoundly uncomfortable. Whenever I make the case for settling, people look at me with creased brows of disapproval or frowns of disappointment, the way a child might look at an older sibling who just informed her that Jerry’s Kids aren’t going to walk, even if you send them money. It’s not only politically incorrect to get behind settling, it’s downright un-American. Our culture tells us to keep our eyes on the prize (while our mothers, who know better, tell us not to be so picky), and the theme of holding out for true love (whatever that is—look at the divorce rate) permeates our collective mentality.
Even situation comedies, starting in the 1970s with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and going all the way to Friends, feature endearing single women in the dating trenches, and there’s supposed to be something romantic and even heroic about their search for true love. Of course, the crucial difference is that, whereas the earlier series begins after Mary has been jilted by her fiancé, the more modern-day Friends opens as Rachel Green leaves her nice-guy orthodontist fiancé at the altar simply because she isn’t feeling it. But either way, in episode after episode, as both women continue to be unlucky in love, settling starts to look pretty darn appealing. Mary is supposed to be contentedly independent and fulfilled by her newsroom family, but in fact her life seems lonely. Are we to assume that at the end of the series, Mary, by then in her late 30s, found her soul mate after the lights in the newsroom went out and her work family was disbanded? If her experience was anything like mine or that of my single friends, it’s unlikely.
And while Rachel and her supposed soul mate, Ross, finally get together (for the umpteenth time) in the finale of Friends, do we feel confident that she’ll be happier with Ross than she would have been had she settled down with Barry, the orthodontist, 10 years earlier? She and Ross have passion but have never had long-term stability, and the fireworks she experiences with him but not with Barry might actually turn out to be a liability, given how many times their relationship has already gone up in flames. It’s equally questionable whether Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw, who cheated on her kindhearted and generous boyfriend, Aidan, only to end up with the more exciting but self-absorbed Mr. Big, will be better off in the framework of marriage and family. (Some time after the breakup, when Carrie ran into Aidan on the street, he was carrying his infant in a Baby Björn. Can anyone imagine Mr. Big walking around with a Björn?)
Video tutorial on the 3 different ways on how a drum brake assembly can stick on. Having the drum brake assembly stick on can mean either the vehicle won’t move or it will create an excessive amount of heat damaging multiple components in the process. You may also see poor acceleration, poor braking performance, the vehicle pulls to one side, or an increase in fuel consumption.
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Tools/Supplies Needed:
-standard screwdriver
-wheel wrench
-jack
-axle stands
-any required replacement parts
Procedure:
The wheel cylinder can become seized:
-over time these may becoming rusty or filled with dirt which is usually a result from failing boots
-wheel cylinder has both a front and rear piston, therefore two in total
-either one or both pistons can become seized
-to determine if the wheel cylinder faulty, you should be able to push the pads inward from one side to the other if the pistons aren’t bottomed out
-if not, then have a second person, being extremely careful, lightly depress the brake pedal
-do not got too far as you do risk pushing the piston out completely
-in order to remove the drum, the automatic adjust can be backed off through the small hole in the backing plate
-if that fails, then you may need to cut the hold down spring pins on the backing plate or remove the wheel cylinder completely
-as for repairing the issue, you can rebuild the wheel cylinder yourself, have someone rebuild the unit for you, or purchase a new replacement
A stuck emergency brake:
-other emergency brake cables can become filled with dirt or rust which will prevent them returning to their freed position
-this can happen to both vehicle which never have the emergency brake used or ones which are used all the time
-normally if they are used, this does reduce the risk of them sticking
-this can happen to one side of both sides of a vehicle
-if you recently applied the emergency brake, then this could possibly be the culprit
-if not, then the issue does not relating to the emergency brake assembly
-if you try to apply the emergency brake, depending on the assemblies design or if there is an issue with both cables, you won’t feel tension on the lever
-another reason for not feeling tension on the lever is if the emergency brake is in need of adjustment
-to repair or assist in the repair, sometimes you can reverse the vehicle which will push the shoes back
-but this only works in a mild situation
-other times the cable can be giggled to reduce the tension or back the automatic adjuster off
-as a final solution, cut the emergency brake cable directly behind the drum brake assembly
-considering the cable or cables are faulty, they will need to be replaced regardless
-even if you did manage to get the cable to return, the issue will return again
The final issue can be caused by rusted brake shoes:
-this normally happens if a vehicle can been sitting for a longer period of time and will also depend on the composition of the shoe braking material
-this won’t cause drag on the drum, but rather the drum to stick on completely and the vehicle will not move or at least the wheel won’t
-in a mild situation you should be able to drive the vehicle in reverse which will break the shoes free
-driving forward will most likely not work as the drum brake assembly is self energizing and will only push more against the braking surface rather than just allowing the drum to rotate
-in a severe situation, you will need to disassemble the drum brake assembly backing the automatic adjuster off, then either using a puller or cutting the hold down pins
-then replace any parts as needed
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