My brother-in-law tried to 'help' with a brake job using advice from a car forum...

Karen Grant · 2026-03-02T14:46:22.866865+00:00

Now I'm dealing with stripped bolts and his confident smile... like he did me a favor.

ray_martinez827mo ago

Stripped bolts? With that smile? That combo is actually wild.

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the_wendy7mo ago

Forums give the worst mechanical advice sometimes.

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sage3087mo ago

Oh man. I read a thread once where a guy swore you could use a drill and a drywall screw to fix a stripped lug nut. @lilya76, your friend's brother and that guy would get along great. The real kicker is they always act like they've discovered some secret mechanic hack, not like they've just ruined a perfectly good part. That confident smile while handing you a bolt with no threads left is a special kind of frustration.

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lilya767mo ago

Did my friend's brother try to fix his brakes after watching a video? Now he's dealing with cross-threaded calipers and a smug attitude.

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