A pictures worth a thousand words....?

 How many times in our society have we heard that saying. It really rings true, sometimes those thousand conjured words are free flowing and open to the viewers interpretation of the scene captured. Other times the picture leaves you with little.
 Take this photo for example, at first blush you would likely say that this is simply a rear axle of a larger than normal vehicle. The trained eye might pick up that there is no bottom retention plate on the U bolts, the artistic soul might even surmise that the photo has an element or feeling of "unfinished business", but frankly that is about it.

 What the photo fails to communicate to the viewer that wasn't there, is the pain (knuckles on the spring edges) and anguish, the frustration and despair, the eventual colorful vocal expression and venting of the pent up agitation, and finally the quiet and reluctant acceptance of failure or perhaps better put: setback.

 Sometimes the simplest things can cause the most frustration, partially because they didn't work. Mostly however because you were absent minded enough not to always look at the global picture and for see that every action affects the big picture. Allow me to explain, by moving the top mounting block for the axle, of course I would have to move the lower block as well: this I knew. What you cannot see from our thousand word picture is the retention bolt for the springs which runs right through the center of the bundle. By moving the lower plate, the position of the exposed bolt and nut will move on the lower plate. Simple, but I overlooked it, so after spending A LOT of time wrestling this all back together I realized that and that I would need to take everything apart and drill new holes.

 Done.... but I am too frustrated to start again, so I moved on.

 Again a picture that looks innocent and simple enough. The drivers window. Mounted on the newly fabricated brackets. All is well...except the trim I ordered to finish the metal edge on the body is too thick, and the passenger side is a whole other kettle of fish. Lets just say when that side failed it was time to pack up and call it a day. Fillmore was being stubborn today.

Know when to say when...."bummer dude!"