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donut posted:Shimano used to give out Vessel JIS drivers at Interbike because otherwise apparently no one had any idea about them. Once I got one it became my favorite screwdriver. For what ever reason my specialized bike has some weird sized allen screw on the wheels. Tried both metric and English to no avail just way to much slop.
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stgdz posted:For what ever reason my specialized bike has some weird sized allen screw on the wheels. Tried both metric and English to no avail just way to much slop. That's odd, because even their own tools only come with 3, 5 and 6mm. And t25.
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TotalLossBrain posted:They are everywhere on bicycles and they are terrible. My aforementioned Suzuki motorcycle has had all the external screws replaced with stainless steel Allen headed screws. They gave me fewer issues than the cheese grade OEM screws that were prone to seizing, but, as we're discussing, part of that may be JIS vs. Phillips cross-head drivers. I did also make sure to use anti-seize when bolting everything back together. Ferremit posted:Someone better tell Toyota then, cos thats all they use! Same poo poo in the US, compounded by the fact that US auto manufacturers will use metric fasteners, but use the ISO standard. Almost doubles the number of wrenches you have to keep on hand, as well as your issue.
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https://www.facebook.com/NomadicFanaticUnite/videos/1797139990350563/ Horrible driver failure.
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stgdz posted:For what ever reason my specialized bike has some weird sized allen screw on the wheels. Tried both metric and English to no avail just way to much slop.
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Jun 13, 2018 12:06
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wesleywillis posted:https://www.facebook.com/NomadicFanaticUnite/videos/1797139990350563/ Never look back.
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wesleywillis posted:https://www.facebook.com/NomadicFanaticUnite/videos/1797139990350563/ Ugh, videos like this where the terrible driver keeps on terribly driving are the worst. Did he/she ever stop and right the trailer or call for help? Did the cops come and stop the show? Is that trailer still dragging along, just shreds and splinters now? Cliffhangers are the worst.
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wesleywillis posted:https://www.facebook.com/NomadicFanaticUnite/videos/1797139990350563/ "I hate that I get such bad gas mileage when I use a trailer"
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wesleywillis posted:https://www.facebook.com/NomadicFanaticUnite/videos/1797139990350563/ And then, they'll bitch and moan about how U-Haul is trying to gently caress them over for repairs on the trailer... How do you gently caress up this badly, and then just keep going?
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Darchangel posted:And then, they'll bitch and moan about how U-Haul is trying to gently caress them over for repairs on the trailer... Dedication, and willpower! And a total lack of awareness about anything other than what you're trying to text but the signal isn't there and gosh I wish instagram would load too I pay Verizon a lot of money for this terrible service!
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I work with a guy that would probably do something like that. Driving down the highway with a work truck and trailer, tire blows, doesn't notice it even when the tire disintegrates and the rim is riding on pavement (you can see sparks if you look in the mirror every now and then). Passenger apparently says "I can smell rubber and see sparks, maybe you should pull over". A few minutes later, a guy pull up beside them, says "your trailer tire is blown". Guy keeps driving past like 2 or 3 more exits before pulling off at one of them. The guy quit a couple years ago, after bitching that the boss didn't pay him a "living wage" (he spent a poo poo load on weed and food) and then asked the boss for his job back about a year ago, got rehired.. 
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wesleywillis posted:The guy quit a couple years ago, after bitching that the boss didn't pay him a "living wage" haha yeah gently caress that guy
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Jun 13, 2018 22:13
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The nerve
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Jun 14, 2018 00:04
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But guys, he wasted so much money on FOOD.
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Jun 14, 2018 02:44
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Weed happens to greatly increase your appetite. Particularly for unhealthy foods.
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Yeah, like him and a couple other guys went out for lunch, and so the story goes, they had lunch, went shopping, then they stopped again, because he was hungry and had a separate full meal, while the other two guys just sat there. Its not like he just picked up an order of fries, or a donut, or whatever. It was, go to another place, order sit down lunch meal type poo poo. I've worked jobs with him, where we were on the road, and staying in hotels, eating out. We'd decide on an appetizer at dinner, and then when it came time to order, I'd say "we'll have X for an app and I'll have Y for my meal" He'd order, and it was "I'll have X for an appetizer and Y for my meal". I'm probably sounding like an rear end in a top hat, but this guy lived an extravagant lifestyle, while bitching about his lack of money, while guys hired after him making several dollars an hour less, never seemed to have troubles. 19 bucks an hour in this city, while it won't make you rich, is hardly poverty wages. I started out at this place making 12.50 and managed fine, that was only a few years before he started. wesleywillis fucked around with this message at 11:59 on Jun 14, 2018 |
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wesleywillis posted:I started out at this place making 12.50 and managed fine, that was only a few years before he started.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Since you were working the same job and presumably making the same(ish) wages, I figured what you meant. I personally was just busting your balls for how it came out. I made $18k a year in my first job in Pittsburgh and managed to save a couple hundred bucks each month, and I knew people making significantly more who were living paycheck to paycheck. (Bear in mind this was a billion years ago, I can't imagine living there on $18k annually now.) *Whew*. I was missing the sarcasm in the above posts. I was expecting the internet dogpile that comes with someone mentioning living wages and evil employers or whatever. My boss doesn't pay the top of the top wages, but nobody at this place is hurting for money, unless its of their own doing.
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wesleywillis posted:Yeah, like him and a couple other guys went out for lunch, and so the story goes, they had lunch, went shopping, then they stopped again, because he was hungry and had a separate full meal, while the other two guys just sat there. Its not like he just picked up an order of fries, or a donut, or whatever. It was, go to another place, order sit down lunch meal type poo poo. I've worked jobs with him, where we were on the road, and staying in hotels, eating out. We'd decide on an appetizer at dinner, and then when it came time to order, I'd say "we'll have X for an app and I'll have Y for my meal" I worked with a guy back in the day whose go to complaint about wages was 'not going to be able to have Christmas for the kids again'. To be fair, the wages were extremely lovely, 5.90, but he also always bragged about smoking an ounce a week an was a two pack a day smoker. Of course, Marlboros were only 2.35 a pack back then. E: I forgot 
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STR posted:Weed happens to greatly increase your appetite. Particularly for unhealthy foods. Somehow one of my friends lost drat near 100 lbs by smoking weed until he wasn't hungry anymore. During the same time period I put on 30 lbs because I'd get high and eat an entire box of Reeses Puffs.
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wesleywillis posted:*Whew*. I mean, there's a hint of truth to the responses -- I think one of the biggest issues facing our society is the exceptional wage disparity that forces some people to work themselves to death with three part-time jobs sans benefits while people doing better scoff at the notion of "a living wage" (often because when they went to college in the 70s people didn't get turbofucked by educational debt, and they refuse to accept that things loving change over decades). But I figured you weren't cartoonishly twirling a mustache while sneering, "Maybe you just shouldn't buy food, then, you poor!" What really bothers me is that I do basically see that stance on a closed emergency doc Facebook page I follow. Tons of loving wealthy people who got where they are with tons of help from society, family, and friends plus a heap of sheer loving luck all of a sudden turn all BOOTSTRAPS, SON when people show up to the ED on public assistance and have the gall to own a four year-old smartphone.
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wolrah posted:Somehow one of my friends lost drat near 100 lbs by smoking weed until he wasn't hungry anymore. I've been perma-baked for the past seven years and I've managed to lose about 50 lbs. But it is extremely easy to gain weight from the often increased appetite. When I'm on work travel and have to take a week off, I have hardly any appetite at all. It's me, the horrible biological failure.
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wolrah posted:Somehow one of my friends lost drat near 100 lbs by smoking weed until he wasn't hungry anymore. It depends on the weed. Not all grows produce a high with munchies.
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PainterofCrap posted:It depends on the weed. Not all grows produce a high with munchies. I never thought I would see botany 
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All employers should pay enough to support a weed habit and weed doesnt make people hungry, truly a great page of the horrible mechanical failure thread.
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CarForumPoster posted:All employers should pay enough to support a weed habit and weed doesnt make people hungry, truly a great page of the horrible mechanical failure thread. but unironically
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Crossposting a THING I found whilst working on a vehicle I bought a couple months ago.Javid posted:what the gently caress Javid posted:It's a gob of epoxy putty. I tore it out and did a crimp connector on the two original wire ends. I hope it doesn't contain a resistor or something. Spoiler alert: it contained a resistor and I had to reattach it. At least it's zip tied to something so it's not slapping around in there freely anymore!
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That looks expensive. What was it?
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Maslovo posted:That looks expensive. What was it? Looks like a collet. A very cheap collet, I'm sure.
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Maslovo posted:That looks expensive. What was it? Looks like a tool changer. A tool changer that got misaligned. Badly. The machinist was probably overriding and clearing faults constantly for it to do that.
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Javid posted:Crossposting a THING I found whilst working on a vehicle I bought a couple months ago. I like the wires nearby that are tied in knots for reasons.
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That blue wire that's in a literal knot isn't even connected to anything, it's just like 8 inches of wire tied around something. I dunno why. The dude's twist-and-tape splices are EVERYWHERE. I'm currently tearing my hair out chasing down electrical issues that I'm sure are going to trace back to one of those boogers coming apart balls deep in a conduit somewhere.
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Maybe he couldn't find the zip ties that day. Or tape. Or Velcro.
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BloodBag posted:Looks like a tool changer. A tool changer that got misaligned. Badly. The machinist was probably overriding and clearing faults constantly for it to do that. Its a tool changer, yep. One which was misaligned with great force. (Not my picture, but obvious)
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Javid posted:Crossposting a THING I found whilst working on a vehicle I bought a couple months ago. I did something like this my last month of grad school to finish a project before I left lol
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Javid posted:Crossposting a THING I found whilst working on a vehicle I bought a couple months ago. Or put another way, whatever it was, it's a resistor now
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Someone bodging a resistor into a car's wiring is a sure sign they were attempting to make an incompatible part compatible, and instead of rethinking their decisions they press on with new bad decisions.
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But why coat it in epoxy? Resistors give off heat, they need air
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The Door Frame posted:But why coat it in epoxy? Resistors give off heat, they need air Contain the heat, don't want it to contaminate the rest of the engine.
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The Door Frame posted:But why coat it in epoxy? Resistors give off heat, they need air Maybe the PO was concerned about it getting wet and/or arcing? He's show himself to be pretty weird.
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