Every mechanic will agree

[Sunni Man]

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

I've worked on my own vehicles for years. Please explain, this makes no sense.

 

[progressive hunter]

I've worked on my own vehicles for years. Please explain, this makes no sense.

you dont understand why the successful removal of a broken bolt is a good thing??

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

you dont understand why the successful removal of a broken bolt is a good thing??

Ah, is THAT what that is????

Ok, I get it now.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Many a time.
Also - removing a tiny cotter pin without it flying in the air where you can't find it.

 

[The Duke]

I've worked on my own vehicles for years. Please explain, this makes no sense.

Getting something out you thought was stuck in there forever.

 

[The Duke]

Many a time.
Also - removing a tiny cotter pin without it flying in the air where you can't find it.

Or "spring clip"? Idk the proper name, but they're way worse than Cotter pins.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

And the opposite of this is the horror of trying to put in a hard to reach bolt/screw when suddenly - "plink plank plink" - Nooooooooooooooooooo

 

[The Duke]

A-Ha! What I was thinking of is called a "ring clip".

^That's not a bad one. The bad ones have 2 flat sides that meet up and are holy hell to get on/off even with the proper tool.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

A-Ha! What I was thinking of is called a "ring clip".

Oh yeah those can be tough!! The tool you get them loose with is so dang precarious.
You are right - a lot worse than cotter pins!
And the little ones are easy to bend too.

 

[miketx]

A-Ha! What I was thinking of is called a "ring clip".

^That's not a bad one. The bad ones have 2 flat sides that meet up and are holy hell to get on/off even with the proper tool.

If you have the tool those are not a problem.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

If you have the tool those are not a problem.

Oh hell no.
Some of the larger ones that are thick and in the groove tight... the tool can pretty easily squeeze it to get it out...but then you have that moment where you have to hold it open while getting it off the rod - without sending it 100mph across the room.

 

[HeyNorm]

Or finishing a job you estimate will take 30 minutes in less than 2 hours!

 

[The Duke]

I've worked on my own vehicles for years. Please explain, this makes no sense.

I take it you haven't worked on heads much or replaced headers.

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

Or those tiny fucking screws..........you hear it fall, but you can't find it anywhere!!!

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Or "spring clip"? Idk the proper name, but they're way worse than Cotter pins.

Snap ring.

 

[Missourian]

Or finishing a job you estimate will take 30 minutes in less than 2 hours!

That's a fact... Multiply any initial estimate by four.

Strangely enough though... it somehow works the other way as well.

I'll procrastinate and fret over some task that I just know is going to be a cast iron B* all day...

...and then it takes 5 minutes.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

That's a fact... Multiply any initial estimate by four.

Strangely enough though... it somehow works the other way as well.

I'll procrastinate and fret over some task that I just know is going to be a cast iron B* all day...

...and then it takes 5 minutes.

The Wife and I have found that whatever we think something cost in labor and materials is always a 1/4 to 1/3 more.

 

[WinterBorn]

Many a time.
Also - removing a tiny cotter pin without it flying in the air where you can't find it.

Yep.

 

[miketx]

Many a time.
Also - removing a tiny cotter pin without it flying in the air where you can't find it.

Never had that happen. I removed a boat load.