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Replying to: kyfdx (Mar 03, 2008 1:09 pm) Anyone changing a Mc Pherson strut had better know what they are doing special tool or not. A flying spring can bust a guys head like a melon. Almost as much fun as the old split rims could be. I've seen it all and it isn't pretty! |
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Replying to: jipster (Mar 03, 2008 1:23 pm) Well...yeah. With the right tools I'm sure he could do it as long as you didn't get in his way and mess him up.  jmonroe |
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Replying to: mackabee (Mar 03, 2008 1:14 pm) P.S. it's duct tape. Is that right? When do you want me to repair your duck? jmonroe
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Replying to: jmonroe (Mar 03, 2008 2:35 pm) Name that tune.
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Replying to: laurasdada (Mar 03, 2008 3:42 pm)
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Replying to: jmonroe (Mar 02, 2008 7:03 pm) Have had Hondas and a Nissan with this screw-in type thing in rear. Have always got by with pliers. Trick is to advance maybe 2 segments, then retreat 1 segment. This will keep the rubber from getting fouled up. Has always worked for me. This works for first pad replacement. Next time pads need replacement, I replace calipers and rotor.
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Mar 03, 2008 4:22 pm) But WHY? Calipers almost never cause trouble and if the rotors are within specs, why replace them? |
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Mar 03, 2008 4:22 pm) I'm not so sure I'd be good at "2 steps forward, one step back", was never all that good with math. I'll stick with the tool designed for the job. Plus it gives me the excuse to buy another tool.  jmonroe
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Replying to: jmonroe (Mar 03, 2008 4:34 pm) Just like a set of wrenchs and sockets. There are some sizes that a person will NEVER use! still, they are a part of every set. 11/16th wrenches come to mind as just one example of many. |
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Replying to: isellhondas (Mar 03, 2008 1:05 pm) I’m with you, other than my kids and brother I don’t like to loan a tool either and when I do it’s only a Craftsman guaranteed forever hand tool. I never loan a tool that has a cord attached to it. It's not uncommon for a well equipped tech to have 40,000 or more invested in their personal tools You just brought up what could have been a disastrous situation from just yesterday. I’ve already mentioned that Son #2 came over to do some brake work yesterday. Sunday is dinner day at jmonroe’s place so anytime the kids want to do something they try to coordinate it with the day they get to mooch a meal for them and their families and this has gone on for years. I’ve mentioned Mrs. jmonroe’s wish to get another dining room set and as everyone is seated, all of a sudden she says, “this isn’t going to work putting the chairs like this. I say it’s always worked before”. Then daughter-in-law No.1 says, “how are you coming along with the new dining room set”?. I quickly say, "it ain’t gonna happen, lets change the subject”. Son #1 says, “why, how much does it cost”? So she says $12/13K. Now let me clear this up. She knows she isn’t getting one of those but she’s warming me up so that when she buys something cheaper I’ll feel relieved. When Son #1 hears the price he says, “dad’s tool collection is probably worth twice that, so what’s the problem?  I reminded him that my tool collection was a lifetime of acquisitions, that I didn’t get them all in one fell swoop. I also told him if he was going to throw gas on the fire I was going to give him the bill for all the meals he had mooched over the years; I’d then give his mother the money and she would have enough to get any set she wanted. Guess what, the subject was changed.  As for having tools that aren't used all the time, it's part of the tool game. But when you need them its nice to know you have them jmonroe |
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