Why is it that it's always 1 out of 4 bolts has to be a pain in the ***?

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RSie

RSie

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Tearing down my Dart parts car, have the inner front clip almost ready to be cleaned up, and a few rough spots to be fixed. Pulling the upper control arms, first 3 tap right out.. the fourth took me two hours... damn thing turns.. jack under the lower going up and down.. melted out the rubber bushings.. finally got it out far enough to get an air chisel on the cam and rattle it out.. argh.
Dropping the k-frame... 3 spin right out. I put them back in far enough so there's no pressure on the fourth one... 1/2 inch air wrench spins it out half a turn.. then says 'no way guy!'. Another hour of propane torch, squirting lube, air wrench in and out... finally spins out.
Always seems to be the last one... like 'you thought this would be easy, didn't ya!'
I'm thinking Karma has to be involved somehow, but I'll be damned if I know what it's from. Probably an ex-girlfriend, but Karma needs to give a better sign :)
 
Nope the engineer did that on purpose,he caught his wife sleeping with a car guy ,and he’s gonna get back at every last one of us !
 
Biff said:
Nope the engineer did that on purpose,he caught his wife sleeping with a car guy ,and he’s gonna get back at every last one of us !
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I thought it was women in the assembly line getting even with every man on the planet,includes all the sharp bits under the dash..
 
Tooljunkie said:
I thought it was women in the assembly line getting even with every man on the planet,includes all the sharp bits under the dash..
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My mom worked most of her life in a factory creating and assembling stoves, furnaces, fireplaces, etc. She was one of (of not the first, there's a little dispute about that) female AFL-CIO union presidents. It was a bit funny to me as a kid, seeing these rough and tough factory guys deferring to my mom, at 5'2" and 130 pounds. That said,if she were still with us, I have no doubt she would approve of your statement. :)
 
I always take the last bolt out first !!!! got to trick em.
 
Biff said:
Tits or tires .......
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could be worse, he could be working on this one

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RSie said:
Tearing down my Dart parts car, have the inner front clip almost ready to be cleaned up, and a few rough spots to be fixed. Pulling the upper control arms, first 3 tap right out.. the fourth took me two hours... damn thing turns.. jack under the lower going up and down.. melted out the rubber bushings.. finally got it out far enough to get an air chisel on the cam and rattle it out.. argh.
Dropping the k-frame... 3 spin right out. I put them back in far enough so there's no pressure on the fourth one... 1/2 inch air wrench spins it out half a turn.. then says 'no way guy!'. Another hour of propane torch, squirting lube, air wrench in and out... finally spins out.
Always seems to be the last one... like 'you thought this would be easy, didn't ya!'
I'm thinking Karma has to be involved somehow, but I'll be damned if I know what it's from. Probably an ex-girlfriend, but Karma needs to give a better sign :)
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Like they say, "If it has tits or wheels, it will give you problems"... :D :steering:
 
If the bolts are a pain in the ***, you may be putting them in the wrong hole.... :rolleyes:
 
Cause there's one in every crowd, that's why.
 
Quit whining, If you do it ,for a for a living, your gonna live this nightmare, 10-12 times a day......
 
Abodybomber said:
Quit whining, If you do it ,for a for a living, your gonna live this nightmare, 10-12 times a day......
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Not whining, just lightheartedly venting. In a way, it'd be easier if they were all a pita... just seems it's always the last one, which ever way way you do it, that seems to be stubborn. It goes with the territory working on 50 year old rusty stuff.. it's actually gone better than I thought it would.
 
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