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lemmy.cafe

Was gonna ask the same.

Very little doesn't give way to a cheater pipe. Now, it may not be the part you want giving way...

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Rhaedasreply
fedia.io

Weakest link was where it was going to break anyway. At least it moves the goal to something new..

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Yggstylereply
lemmy.world

When you get the cheater bar you aren't working towards a resolution anymore. You are working towards satisfaction.

If you win: good. It shoulda given and saved us both the time.

If it loses: good. Rust in pieces.

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lemmy.world

When I worked in a shop one of the other mechanics had to have his front teeth replaced after a using a cheater bar.

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frakskenreply
infosec.pub

My guess is the tube broke and the wrench went flying

Edit: typo x2

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Cordless impacts let you skip that step and go straight to the broken bolt.

Source: Rust Belt auto repair hobbyist.

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lemmy.world

In my experience a nice rubber mallet can be useful before having to resort to the “you should have listened” stage.

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motereply
lemmy.ca

... "OK the hard way" or "I wasn't joking" hmm

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That's me at step 3 about to get mentally ready to move to step 4 when I get his crazy idea and try to turn in the opposite direction.

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Induction bolt heater FTW. Seriously, it's magic to get a bolt glowing red while leaving everything next to it room temperature

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try giving it the blowtorch as a warning for a couple seconds. that usually scares the screw enough to come loose via normal wrench.

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The last pic is the same if you're trying to connect pieces.

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5 is a bit excessive, cut the bolt head off with 4 then drill and re-tap the threads.

I’m sure the company/client wouldn’t appreciate the hole being all mangled with oxy-acetylene.

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