I was changing a bad wheel cylinder and planned to inspect and re-pack the front bearings that I installed about 1000 miles ago. The outside of the outer bearing is badly warped. The race looks fine though. What happened here? Overheating, weak Chinese alloy, or both? The red grease in this bearing had turned mostly brown, but was still red inside the hub and at the inner bearing.
Hi all - Long time lurker, first time poster here. This subreddit was a tremendous resource for my PMP journey. I took the exam at a Pearson Vue center this afternoon and passed with 3 ATs. I wasn't even confident I'd pass, so I'm pretty stoked. In case it's helpful to anyone, here's a bit about my exam experience and how I prepared:
My exam was noticeably easier than the Study Hall mocks, and the questions were much more succinct overall, which has been noted by many others here. I had zero questions involving calculations, maybe 10-15 choose 2s (and one choose 3), zero drag and drops, and one question with an array of charts where I had to pick the best one for the task.
I used Andrew Ramdayal's Udemy course for my 35 hours. I like him, and the price is right, but the material is still boring and it was a slog to get through. I should've had a more regimented approach to completing the course since it's on-demand and not live. I started the course in late December and didn't finish until April, watching at 1.25x speed. I just watched them when I was motivated enough to. After that I applied for the exam, and spent all of May and June studying. On average one hour per day, with some days off, and some heavier days when I took mock exams or was just more motivated.
99% of my studying was drilling practice questions. I never watched any of the mindset videos, because honestly after enough practice I picked up on my own that there is a pattern to answering most questions correctly. I answered every practice question and did every mock and mini-mock on Study Hall. I bought the SH package with 3 full mocks, and scored 81%, 71%, and 74% on the full-length exams. I highly recommend taking all of the mock exams, and take each test in one sitting to best approximate the testing experience and build stamina for the real thing. It's a big difference between taking a 10 question quiz vs. an 180 question exam - the fatigue is real. In addition to SH, I did quite a bit of the questions on the Pocket Prep app, which was useful for when I had a few free minutes that could be used more productively than just doom scrolling on my phone. Finally, I did go through almost all of Andrew Ramdayal's 200 Ultra Hard Questions, which I have mixed feelings about (more below).
Regarding AR's 200 Ultra Hard Questions, I ended up getting exactly 70% right, which he says is the benchmark that he thinks someone will pass "pretty easily". However, I felt that he had way too many "gotcha" questions that completely contradicted his mindset principles that he used to answer previous questions. By the end I was rattled and overthinking way too much, and I think this contributed to my lowest SH mock score of 71%. I did like how he broke down most of the questions and felt like my inner monologue was answering the questions in his voice as I took the test 😂.
And that's it! So glad to have this exam in the rearview mirror. I hope this brings value to my career - but if not, at least I set a goal and achieved it. Hope my story helps someone!