"Agrajag" (Agrajag)
05/11/2015 at 22:57 • Filed to: None
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"Agrajag" (Agrajag)
05/11/2015 at 22:57 • Filed to: None | 4
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Got my swivel gearwrench stuck. Of course this happened as I was proclaiming the many benefits of said tool to the friend whose car I was working on. Panic ensued.
First rescue attempt was to remove the bracket that the bolt just above my wrench was holding on. That failed to leave enough room. Then I tried drilling into the head of the bolt in the hopes that the bit would drive the bolt back in. Nope. My last resort was to cut the head off of the bolt with a cutoff wheel. Yep. The bolt was loosened enough where I could remove the rest by hand, and my wrench now wears a battle scar. Crisis averted.
Arben72
> Agrajag
05/11/2015 at 23:00 |
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I've done this. Luckily I only had to remove my wrxs headers to save it.
deekster_caddy
> Agrajag
05/11/2015 at 23:01 |
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Those kind of surprised really suck. Nice save! I had a spark plug break off below the flats that the socket was grabbing. Center ceramic came out, but the threads were rusted in there! Turned a spark plug job into a 6 hour nightmare since regular bolt extractors weren’t working.
roflcopter
> Agrajag
05/11/2015 at 23:09 |
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Can’t you, like... wrench the bolt back in, grab an open ended wrench, and try again?
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roflcopter
> roflcopter
05/11/2015 at 23:10 |
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Or could you not get to the drive switch lever and going further up couldn’t happen because it was already maxed out(although it looks like there was still room).
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> roflcopter
05/11/2015 at 23:13 |
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Those wrenches don’t have a switch, to reverse it you flip them over. Hard to do when the wrench is trapped.
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Agrajag
> deekster_caddy
05/11/2015 at 23:14 |
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Yikes. This job was for the spark plug tube seals(and spark plugs) on a friends Impreza.
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Agrajag
> roflcopter
05/11/2015 at 23:15 |
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These need to be flipped over to wrench it the other direction. In its current configuration it could only become more jammed.
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Agrajag
> Arben72
05/11/2015 at 23:15 |
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Also on a Subaru.
Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
> Agrajag
05/11/2015 at 23:31 |
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the number of stories i’ve been told about this stuff is insane.
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Agrajag
> Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
05/11/2015 at 23:50 |
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I’m sure this won’t be the last time I do it.
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roflcopter
> Agrajag
05/12/2015 at 00:36 |
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That’s a pretty serious design flaw, remind me not to buy those. hahaha
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roflcopter
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
05/12/2015 at 00:36 |
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wow, I didn’t realize that. I don’t see why they don’t have a switch, seems like it would be just as easy to do and would make all manner of things better.
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Agrajag
> roflcopter
05/12/2015 at 01:04 |
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Don’t blame the tool for my ineptitude, haha. They’ve actually saved me a few times.
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roflcopter
> Agrajag
05/12/2015 at 09:22 |
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The real question is, would that bolt have even come out with that upper bracket on?
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Agrajag
> roflcopter
05/12/2015 at 09:34 |
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Hahaha. You bastard. It indeed would not. Of course I discovered this after I had put everything back together. I thought one post displaying my idiocy was enough
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> roflcopter
05/12/2015 at 10:23 |
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The whole point of them is that they can give you acess wher a regular ratchet can’t fit. The switch mechanism will add bulk, which defeats the purpose.
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roflcopter
> Agrajag
05/12/2015 at 12:54 |
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Hahaha, I've learned that lesson more times than I'd like to admit.