>> T&E: I guess that your unfortunate upstairs window was of the same so-called 'slim glazing'
>> type as in my garden room, to completely demolish it?
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It happened some time ago, but the windows are of a batch that date from the late 80's, with a considerably smaller air-gap than the latest designs. It was probably the least likely of a multitude of panes at the rear of the house to get hit, being furthest away and highest, but hit it I did.
Today was improving quite a bit - I've managed to mow front and back lawns without hitting anything, and, having loosened the wheel bolts yesterday evening, I was able to access the rear brakes.
Technically, the handbrake(s) are probably better adjusted with the full rear on axle stands, but, though I have an appropriate heavy duty pair, I prefer to jack and work on one side after the other. The only downside is that, if you want to check for lack of "bind" on completing the job, the side done first needs jacking again.
Easy to check and clean the main brakes, but, as above the handbrake is largely done blind, and by trial and error, but it was eventually done, and once all the linkages were re-adjusted up, the second side (still jacked) was OK. So, let that one down, quickly jacked the other and rotated the (heavy) wheel. No bind that side, and the wheel shot round nicely, taking my hand with it into the ever-reducing gap with the fibreglass wheel-arch. This serves a double-purpose as a very efficient flensing knife. I now have a large patch of skin and flesh missing from the back of my hand. l've also noted that the human body has not yet subscribed to the "right to repair" movement. I was able to recover a large patch of grey/yellow skin from the edge of the wheel arch, but there seems to be no way of re-attaching it. A design fault, I think ;-)
(It's quite a big lump, but strangely, though it's bled profusely, it doesn't hurt much - probably scalped all the nerves away).
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