• Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Torque specs are really really important and not enough people know that to be the case

      It’s no fun at all having to tap an engine block because someone didn’t RTFM. I’ve done it twice (on the same car 3 years apart) because my brother didn’t RTFM the first time, and then still hadn’t when he tried to do the water pump on his Subaru the second time. I told him that the next time it needs done to call me and I’ll do it for him for the cost of parts. He just has to call me and not fucking touch it.

      For those that don’t know: RTFM stands for Read The Fucking Manual.

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        Torque specs are really really important and not enough people know that to be the case

        In other cases torque spec was pulled out of the tech writers rectum to avoid having people ask.

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    Nothing that a Few Squirts of Glue™ for extra strength won’t solve.

    That’s a Few Squirts of Glue™

    “Surely you will not regret adding a Few Squirts of Glue™!”

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      yeah, when you turn off a shower so good that the tap turns freely and water is flowing again, that is an expensive time!

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    Just fill the hole with JB weld, put the bolt back in, and let the next guy think he broke it.

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      Nah mate, some torque specs are so low that you’ll strip it out before you hear such a thing.

      Like the water pump bolts on my brother’s Subaru. 7 ft/lbs was the torque spec. Now with the new bolts I had to put in there after having to drill and tap the block it’s at the correct torque spec. He cored all but 1 bolt out before I could stop him.

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      “guten tight”

      “Tighten until you hear the crack, then back a quarter turn”