Message from @Francis V

Discord ID: 459113057528971295


2018-05-28 02:28:21 UTC  

@ophiuchus had that with a non-spare earlier this month.

2018-05-28 02:29:53 UTC  

For future reference, if you have a damaged car, you can drive like 35mph on the highway with your flashers on. So much easier of a load on the vehicle than 65 mph.

2018-05-28 11:23:00 UTC  

Also check your spare every time you check the rest of your tires. You should be checking your tire pressure monthly at the very least. Just take an extra second at the gas station and check them everytime you fill. It can end up saving you money on fuel and it might even save your life. One of my coworkers had a blowout like this while taking his daughter to kindergarten. He said it was the scariest moment in his life. Sometimes a blowout is unavoidable but no little white girls should be put at risk because you couldn't be bothered to do regular preventative maintenance.

2018-05-28 17:41:14 UTC  

Front end alignment can wear out your tires a lot faster. If you've been having continuous problems with your tires you may need a realignment.

2018-05-30 22:28:15 UTC  

Cool mechanic story:
Belt snapped at 2AM in route to Disney. Guy drove over an hour with zipties running his water pump.
“This is on my 04 Grand Cherokee I6. Idler pulley locked up and shredded my belt over an hour away from our hotel. Being stubborn and too cheap to pay for a towtruck. I bought every pack of zip ties the nearby gas station had and made it work.”
<http://reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/8naype/belt_snapped_at_2am_in_route_to_disney_i_drove/>

2018-05-30 22:30:02 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712586741088256/451512640443908106/image.png

2018-05-31 09:41:12 UTC  

ha! awesome

2018-05-31 18:37:48 UTC  

@Tanner - SC I’ve done that with belts and shoe strings to make it back to camp while out fourwheeling. I can tell all kinds of haggered things we have rigged while in the woods.

2018-05-31 18:38:13 UTC  

@Deleted User any developments with the truck?

2018-05-31 22:56:33 UTC  

Wow

2018-05-31 23:02:49 UTC  

@JesseJames new carb arrived today. Will put it on in the next week or so

2018-06-01 03:58:14 UTC  

Damn. Hope that fixes it man.

2018-06-10 00:56:18 UTC  

browsing <https://www.reddit.com/r/JustRolledIntoTheShop> and came across one I haven't seen before, but I'm not surprised:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712586741088256/455173327057715210/unknown.png

2018-06-13 14:30:58 UTC  

This is one of the most wild things I’ve ever seen:

2018-06-18 19:25:50 UTC  

Definitely check these out if you’re looking for a career in the mechanic field

2018-06-18 19:26:15 UTC  

I’m doing the diesel mechanic course which is only 7 months 50$ a month for the test prep

2018-06-20 21:51:04 UTC  

I hate lug nuts

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712586741088256/459112978898354186/image.jpg

2018-06-20 21:51:22 UTC  

It’s stuck, maybe for good this time

2018-06-20 21:53:29 UTC  

Tried heating it, using a punch, tried putting it on a stud and shaking, and the other guy did all this and more, moral of the story is that lug nuts become ”swollen” and also fuck Ford

2018-06-20 22:18:26 UTC  

What model Ford?

2018-06-20 22:19:37 UTC  

Have you tried putting a breaker bar on, rest the bar against the ground, and drive forward with the vehicle to force the breaker bar into the ground?

2018-06-21 01:08:06 UTC  

The ford is long gone

2018-06-21 01:08:12 UTC  

It was f-150 maybe

2018-06-21 01:08:21 UTC  

I just gave him a new lug

2018-06-21 01:08:43 UTC  

I don't have a breaker bar, closest I have is a tourque wrench

2018-06-21 01:08:56 UTC  

Not willing to hurt my baby

2018-06-21 01:09:20 UTC  

TBH using a chissel is the woke method for removing lugs

2018-06-21 16:19:28 UTC  

I use the removable handle of my floor jack as my breaker bar.

2018-06-24 04:24:06 UTC  

Do you grease, locktite, or neither?

2018-06-24 04:24:22 UTC  

Or antiseize??

2018-06-24 04:29:03 UTC  

I don’t use any grease or any type of penetrating oil on lugs

2018-06-24 04:30:08 UTC  

It can cause the torque to reduce as you drive the car. The lugs can slip off slightly despite being properly torqued.

2018-06-24 04:31:02 UTC  

Which probably won’t cause problems, however I’m a stickler for regulations tbh.

2018-06-24 04:32:05 UTC  

Oh I got the lug out with a sledge, vice and punch today.

2018-06-24 04:32:11 UTC  

Understood.

2018-06-24 04:32:35 UTC  

I had to have my thinwall for some chrome rims

2018-06-24 11:34:33 UTC  

Why not just wipe the grease off after you've removed the lugs?