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julia_carter70
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21h ago
Appreciation post: The old guy at my shop who checked my torque wrench with a fish scale
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julia_carter70
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1d ago
I told my guy in Tulsa to quit replacing sway bar links on every car, and the comeback rate dropped from 12 a month to zero
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james_singh7
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2d ago
I swore the parts cannon was the answer, then a $12 test light saved me from a $400 alternator
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troythompson
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3d ago
Serious question, why do so many guys still torque lug nuts with an impact and call it done?
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hollyg59
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4d ago
Unpopular opinion: those cheap $8 oil filter wrenches actually work fine, and I feel dumb for fighting them for 2 years
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sammoore
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4d ago
TIL the brake lathe at my first job in Dayton taught me more about warped rotors than any manual
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murphy.barbara
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4d ago
A guy in Reno showed me his trick for freeing a rusted brake bleeder without snapping it
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carr.brooke
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5d ago
Can we talk about how I swore off reman alternators for 8 years and just put one in a 2011 CR-V last Wednesday
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norah13
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6d ago
Bought a $6 magnetic tray after a guy at the parts counter in Reno said something that stuck with me
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leo612
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9d ago
A retired guy in Tulsa handed me his keys and a notebook of every oil change since 1998
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margaret99
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9d ago
Just realized my impact wrench was spinning the wrong way and I chased a bolt for 20 minutes in the O'Reilly parking lot
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terryh20
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9d ago
A 20 year diesel tech told me to stop using the torque wrench like a ratchet and I still think about it
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keithbennett
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10d ago
Hot take: I finally started using a creeper after my back yelled at me in a Napa parking lot
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grant.sam
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11d ago
PSA: swapping drum brakes to disc on a 1965 Chevy C10, then vs now
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derekward
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11d ago
Switched from a pickle fork to a two-jaw puller on a rusty tie rod end, night and day difference
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