Customer Says He Can't Get The Rotor Off!
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Date: 2021-06-21
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Ken
Well, it is not a car story, but Eric and some others might like it.
I used to work as a gunsmith. A dealer called me because his customer took apart her Ruger Mark III and could not get it back together. She apparently got it partially reassembled, but something jammed and now even the dealer couldn t do anything with it. I drove over to his shop and the top of the Ruger looked like that rotor face. The dealer chuckled that it was new two weeks ago, but since it got stuck she took a hammer to it to try to get the bolt stop pin free. A hint to those watching from the bleachers: hitting a gun with a hammer is usually not a recommended repair procedure.
After a few seconds of wiggling it and pushing the mainspring housing up and down, I got it apart without any tools. Then, I showed the dealer how to put it together. There are two tricks with assembly of this model. First, the slide has to be cocked to be installed, but then it needs to be uncocked before the bolt is installed. The second trick is that the pistol has to be upside down (to use gravity to position the hammer properly) and an empty magazine installed before trying to close the mainspring housing. If this is not done, the problem the owner discovered happens. I put it all back together in seconds and handed it back to the dealer. No charge, I said, because he seemed rather embarrassed it was that easy to fix and he just called me over there for forgetting to remove the torx screw (or the equivalent.
Two weeks later, the dealer calls again. Now she wants me to remove the dents and refinish it. The dealer told her that such work might cost more than the gun was worth. My instructions were to spare no expense. Apparently, she wanted to hide the error. So, I took care of it, and I did not charge as much as this kind of job usually would take, because I too could feel her frustration and embarrassment she had all the way across town.
If the rotor or whatever doesn t come off or do what you expect, it helps to see if something is holding it or asking someone for advice before beating it to 1134 or compelling your wife tell you the truth.
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Well, it is not a car story, but Eric and some others might like it.
I used to work as a gunsmith. A dealer called me because his customer took apart her Ruger Mark III and could not get it back together. She apparently got it partially reassembled, but something jammed and now even the dealer couldn t do anything with it. I drove over to his shop and the top of the Ruger looked like that rotor face. The dealer chuckled that it was new two weeks ago, but since it got stuck she took a hammer to it to try to get the bolt stop pin free. A hint to those watching from the bleachers: hitting a gun with a hammer is usually not a recommended repair procedure.
After a few seconds of wiggling it and pushing the mainspring housing up and down, I got it apart without any tools. Then, I showed the dealer how to put it together. There are two tricks with assembly of this model. First, the slide has to be cocked to be installed, but then it needs to be uncocked before the bolt is installed. The second trick is that the pistol has to be upside down (to use gravity to position the hammer properly) and an empty magazine installed before trying to close the mainspring housing. If this is not done, the problem the owner discovered happens. I put it all back together in seconds and handed it back to the dealer. No charge, I said, because he seemed rather embarrassed it was that easy to fix and he just called me over there for forgetting to remove the torx screw (or the equivalent.
Two weeks later, the dealer calls again. Now she wants me to remove the dents and refinish it. The dealer told her that such work might cost more than the gun was worth. My instructions were to spare no expense. Apparently, she wanted to hide the error. So, I took care of it, and I did not charge as much as this kind of job usually would take, because I too could feel her frustration and embarrassment she had all the way across town.
If the rotor or whatever doesn t come off or do what you expect, it helps to see if something is holding it or asking someone for advice before beating it to 1134 or compelling your wife tell you the truth.
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Shane
Did a brake job on a Nissan murano, which came from the Michigan rust belt. Had to change the calipers and brackets due to that nastiness. Threw everything together, and went for a drive around the block. Brake was dragging like crazy. Scratching my head as to why, and finally figured out that the caliper bolts were flip flopped when I put it together. I assumed that they were correct coming from the parts store, because I bought the caliper and bracket as an assembly. Nope. So just because it came that way, always double check.
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Did a brake job on a Nissan murano, which came from the Michigan rust belt. Had to change the calipers and brackets due to that nastiness. Threw everything together, and went for a drive around the block. Brake was dragging like crazy. Scratching my head as to why, and finally figured out that the caliper bolts were flip flopped when I put it together. I assumed that they were correct coming from the parts store, because I bought the caliper and bracket as an assembly. Nope. So just because it came that way, always double check.
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Simon
Pulled a twenty ton forestry machine apart to fit new articulation bearings ( you have to split the machine in the centre and wheel the two halves apart) and when we put it back together some of the hydraulic services wouldn't work. Somehow a hydraulic hose had dropped into the joint when we'd bolted the machine back together. As it was my own machine we cut the hose top and bottom of the joint and replaced it. I sold the machine two years later with a piece of hose sticking out either side of the centre joint.
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Pulled a twenty ton forestry machine apart to fit new articulation bearings ( you have to split the machine in the centre and wheel the two halves apart) and when we put it back together some of the hydraulic services wouldn't work. Somehow a hydraulic hose had dropped into the joint when we'd bolted the machine back together. As it was my own machine we cut the hose top and bottom of the joint and replaced it. I sold the machine two years later with a piece of hose sticking out either side of the centre joint.
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Ryan
Picture it. Ithaca, 2001. I'm 16 years old just got my first car, going to do my own oil change because that's what men do. Everything went fine. Changed filter, added 5 quarts of oil, started it up, waited a second for oil pressure to come up. It didnt. Look under car, no pan bolt, and oil catch bucket full to the brim. Pulled bucket out, went to get under car, stepped in oil catch bucket with white sneaker. New shoes and a run for new oil later, last time changing my own oil.
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Picture it. Ithaca, 2001. I'm 16 years old just got my first car, going to do my own oil change because that's what men do. Everything went fine. Changed filter, added 5 quarts of oil, started it up, waited a second for oil pressure to come up. It didnt. Look under car, no pan bolt, and oil catch bucket full to the brim. Pulled bucket out, went to get under car, stepped in oil catch bucket with white sneaker. New shoes and a run for new oil later, last time changing my own oil.
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Tedybear315
Okay, I'll embarrass myself. Had to do a ball joint replacement and for the life of me I just couldn't get the joint out of the knuckle. Wound up taking it to a local shop where I know the guys and slipped 'em a 20. He takes the sledge after mounting the knuckle in the vice and gives it a whack! It goes airborne and he presses in the new joint, clip, etc.
What was I doing wrong? It helps if you are not frustrated and using the ball joint press backwards.
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Okay, I'll embarrass myself. Had to do a ball joint replacement and for the life of me I just couldn't get the joint out of the knuckle. Wound up taking it to a local shop where I know the guys and slipped 'em a 20. He takes the sledge after mounting the knuckle in the vice and gives it a whack! It goes airborne and he presses in the new joint, clip, etc.
What was I doing wrong? It helps if you are not frustrated and using the ball joint press backwards.
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Tyler
I couldn't get an intake manifold to come off. I beat on it and beat it on it. After throwing several wrenches across the garage and employing every curse word I knew, I noticed there was a bolt that not only held the thermostat housing on, but also went through the housing and secured the intake. I sheepishly removed the bolt and intake and then went inside to put myself in time out.
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I couldn't get an intake manifold to come off. I beat on it and beat it on it. After throwing several wrenches across the garage and employing every curse word I knew, I noticed there was a bolt that not only held the thermostat housing on, but also went through the housing and secured the intake. I sheepishly removed the bolt and intake and then went inside to put myself in time out.
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Bill
Years back you would spray Permatex Disc Brake Quiet on the metal backs of the pads. My neighbor did his pads. He didn't have Permatex, but some idiot told him to use wheel bearing grease! I told him once it gets hot and gets ALL over the rotors and pads, you will have NO BRAKES. He took it all apart and cleaned the grease off. I then gave him my Permatex. I hate to see people KILLED.
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Years back you would spray Permatex Disc Brake Quiet on the metal backs of the pads. My neighbor did his pads. He didn't have Permatex, but some idiot told him to use wheel bearing grease! I told him once it gets hot and gets ALL over the rotors and pads, you will have NO BRAKES. He took it all apart and cleaned the grease off. I then gave him my Permatex. I hate to see people KILLED.
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Stephen
Just yesterday, I spent half an hour trying to setup a wireless doorbell camera and it kept failing to find the network, because I didn't enter the wifi password.
On another note, it's a good thing you went in there and fixed up the other issues, I'd hate to see those calipers come off while driving down the highway. Don't ask me how I know what that's like.
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Just yesterday, I spent half an hour trying to setup a wireless doorbell camera and it kept failing to find the network, because I didn't enter the wifi password.
On another note, it's a good thing you went in there and fixed up the other issues, I'd hate to see those calipers come off while driving down the highway. Don't ask me how I know what that's like.
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david
Done a clutch on a vw up rental car and it had only 500kms on it and a few weeks old. Long story short thought I had all the bell housing bolts out an hour of shouting and shaking and pry bars no joy of getting the engine and box to split look in the starter hole there was a sneaky bolt coverd in clutch dust I missed I felt like sutch an ass
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Done a clutch on a vw up rental car and it had only 500kms on it and a few weeks old. Long story short thought I had all the bell housing bolts out an hour of shouting and shaking and pry bars no joy of getting the engine and box to split look in the starter hole there was a sneaky bolt coverd in clutch dust I missed I felt like sutch an ass
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