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That time I spent an hour fighting a stuck injector with a slide hammer
I was about to go get a bigger hammer when my buddy walked in and asked why I hadn't loosened the hold-down clamp bolt yet. Turns out I'd been trying to pull the whole assembly out, clamp and all, for 60 minutes straight. Ever had a moment where the solution was embarrassingly simple?
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allen.kai6mo ago
Honestly that clamp bolt probably would've just snapped anyway.
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allen.kai6mo ago
Probably saved you a bigger headache later when it failed at the worst time. Those cheap bolts are never up to the job.
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ryan_shah386mo ago
My buddy had the same thing happen on his old truck. That cheap clamp bolt gave out while he was hauling a trailer up a hill. Whole exhaust dropped and dragged, sparked like crazy. Cost him way more to fix the road damage than a good bolt would have been. He learned the hard way that stuff fails when you least want it to. Totally agree it's a blessing in disguise when they snap early.
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emma_flores5mo ago
Bolts snapping is just part of owning an old truck. Not everything is some big disaster waiting to happen.
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