Sunday, April 2, 2023

April 2nd

12:45 Heading towards replacing the clock spring for my Hyundai. Already ordered the part on eBay, new OEM genuine sealed in the box with 65 dollars. In the meantime i want to show my frustration here.

The other car i had was 10 years old when the clock spring went bad. 20 August 2022 or in the morning of the accident (Angela came home saying there's a lamp on the dashboard).

It is true, this car was in California near the ocean for two years where there is more corrosion from salt. Every time i go at the beach the brakes make a temporary squeaking noise. Excluding a real possibility of sabotage (my favorite, thinking of being smoked all the way to the beach Saturday).

(We got a new neighbor, but it's not only him. Every time we eat somebody starts a car with modified exhaust, and this morning one went up to one hour,  we decided to leave when it stopped. A couple of them started right now. One has stopped).

First time i asked google it picked this answer which seems the most realistic. There are a few online Hyundai dealers that sell the part for 200-300, and those sell at half price the local dealers do. If you order the part on ebay from Korea and are willing to wait a month, it will cost you 40, the real price. I ordered an new OEM one from ebay from an US vendor for 65 including shipping that gets here by the end of this week.

There is a video on youtube on how to replace it. The man did it with one hand while talking and filming with the other and the whole video is 13 minutes long. I am much slower as i take my time to think and look carefully around, so it will take me one hour or so (the man didn't even disconnect the battery, there's a small chance the bag will blow in your face). One hour is the time at the dealership as well.

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