You couldn't make this stuff up...

[stavanzer]

On 2/23/2024 at 5:22 PM, NOBLNG said:

Never Heard of a Cheater  Bar.......?

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, stavanzer said:

Never Heard of a Cheater  Bar.......?

Well, ya got the yahoo cowboys at the tire stores who put every nut on with an impact wrench set at WIDE OPEN instead of a torque wrench (and stretch the studs which deforms the threads and seizes the nut), you got the knuckle-dragging hackers who have no clue but believe they're God's gift to machinery while they ruin everything they touch, you got the outright crooks, you got the people working on cars because they're "too stupid to do anything else", and then you got the little fellas with potmetal "tools" they bought at Offshore Junk Я Us  (and not a one of 'em has a phone app to work it). That's the vast majority of what's out there.

Use the right tool (or part) correctly and understand the job you're doing...on either end? Who you trying to kid, anyway?

                     

                                          

Edited June 18, 2024 by Ace-Garageguy

[David G.]

I watch those videos once in a while and all I can say is:

Stop locking up the spray paint and Lock up the Spray Foam! 

David G.

[The Junkman]

I'm not much of a Reddit user but this sub-Reddit is both horrifying and amusing.   https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/

[espo]

32 minutes ago, The Junkman said:

I'm not much of a Reddit user but this sub-Reddit is both horrifying and amusing.   https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/

I have always thought that if more of the automotive design engineers had to work on their own products once in a while such things wouldn't be a problem. 

[Tabbysdaddy]

I get messed with for not using air tools. I guess I should for taking apart, but I like to feel how tight I'm tightening things. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

6 minutes ago, espo said:

I have always thought that if more of the automotive design engineers had to work on their own products once in a while such things wouldn't be a problem. 

A WHOLE lot of truth to that, and it gets worse with every generation of vehicles.

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 minutes ago, Tabbysdaddy said:

I get messed with for not using air tools. I guess I should for taking apart, but I like to feel how tight I'm tightening things. 

Good man. I'll use air (or electric) for most larger disassembly, but never never never for assembly.

Years ago I knew a "race car mechanic" who assembled a 427 in a Cobra with air wrenches. Laughed at anyone trying to tell him about controlled bolt stretch, etc.

Car scattered the engine, a rod through the side of the block, on the second lap.

[Bruce Scully]

I just watched your video . That is scary that people will drive some of these vehicles . Some people are also so stupid and they are allowed to breed.

[Mattilacken]

Its sick that they deny repairs and continue to drive in many of these cases! I made a service to a freinds car and they said it had noice from the brakes and yes, the pads where al gone  and it was shy a mm until the caliper was damaged. i orderd parts and did the repari

Edited June 19, 2024 by Mattilacken

[slusher]

I’m in shock. The cooking oil in engine and another case 90 weight to stop a oil leak among others…

[Ace-Garageguy]

21 minutes ago, slusher said:

I’m in shock. The cooking oil in engine and another case 90 weight to stop a oil leak among others…

Thing is, these sub-idiots are not at all uncommon.

There are hundreds of videos like this on YT, and for every one that gets recorded, there are probably 1000 that don't.