$3.50 repair job

"Clown Shoe Pilot" (csp) 09/11/2016 at 22:55 • Filed to: None

1

10

This disintegrated on the busted ass Honda wagon. The O’Reilly website said they carried the part but I couldn’t find it on the shelf. Luckily, the counter guy knew exactly what I was talking about and went and got one from the back. They disintegrate often enough that if they stock them on the shelf they just end up getting stolen.

I still have another part of a slightly different shape because they only come as an “assortment” pack.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Clown Shoe Pilot 09/11/2016 at 22:58

0

I love it when the guy at the counter knows exactly what you are looking for.

Shame it almost never happens

interstate366, now In The Industry > Clown Shoe Pilot 09/11/2016 at 23:01

0

Honda dealers usually have them in stock for about $3 each. One of those parts that they’ve used on every car for decades.

Clown Shoe Pilot > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 09/11/2016 at 23:03

2

I told him “It looks kinda like a body clip but it’s for the brake pedal on a Honda” and he said “Yep, I have them in the back. I’ll go get one.” The most time consuming part of the transaction was walking time to/from wherever he had them stashed in backstock.

Clown Shoe Pilot > interstate366, now In The Industry 09/11/2016 at 23:05

0

Dealers aren’t open on Sundays in Texas, but if they were I’d have gone there. I’m sure there’s a giant bin of these behind every Honda dealership parts counter.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 09/11/2016 at 23:08

0

I try to be that parts guy, its been happening more often than not lately. Also if you feel so good when that happens, imagine how the parts guy feels

interstate366, now In The Industry > Clown Shoe Pilot 09/11/2016 at 23:13

0

Yep, I’ve replaced two of them in the past year...they usually go bad after 22-23 years and the car in question is a ‘93. It’s a lot worse when it happens on the clutch pedal than the brake pedal, because the car won’t crank.

Clown Shoe Pilot > interstate366, now In The Industry 09/11/2016 at 23:14

0

20 years in Texas I guess. Ours is a ‘96.

Birddog > Clown Shoe Pilot 09/12/2016 at 02:49

0

O’Reilly has surprised me often enough now that I’m going to stop lumping them in with AZ and PB.

The eye opener was when they had an Oil filter for a 1985 ATC 350X in stock. It fits 3 machines all discontinued before 1990.

THShorn92 - Left his car in America > Clown Shoe Pilot 09/12/2016 at 09:34

0

Replaced one on our ‘95 Odessey that we used as a work van at my last job. Except I didn’t go find the right part, I replaced it with a nut and bolt of roughly the same thickness. I don’t think it will be going anywhere.

Bandit - destroyed his car > Clown Shoe Pilot 09/19/2016 at 20:46

0

Random question, but do you know what kind of internships is COTA looking for? Probably not engineers...