Random Fail: First World Problems

[FNH]

You can't be serious. Are you serious? You really think we didn't use a torx wrench? Serious? No...you can't be serious.....

Hey, I'm not the one with a stripped bolt on my brakes.

[Kalmado]

Hey, I'm not the one with a stripped bolt on my brakes.

Oh, that's right. Bolts never strip. How stupid of me!

[Airenn]

Does your washing machine have a loose tube that runs into the wall/another pipe? Can you lift said tube? And if so, do you hear water draining? My washer does this. Well, it'll fill up and pause. We have to lift that tube to let the water drain out into the pipe and it'll run a cycle without pausing/stopping.

Sorry man. It was frustrating the FUCK outta me before we figured out what was causing it. :3

[FNH]

Oh, that's right. Bolts never strip. How stupid of me!

Operator error. I'll bet you didn't even apply penetrating oil beforehand.

[Kalmado]

Operator error. I'll bet you didn't even apply penetrating oil beforehand.

No of course not! God you are a fucking idiot.

[FNH]

No of course not! God you are a fucking idiot.

Said the guy who can't remove a bolt properly.

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[Aksannyi]

I flew home from visiting my friend this weekend and for the first time in my life, I started to feel queasy on the plane. I really hope it was just something I ate and not a sign that I'm going to have motion sickness for the rest of my life, because I'm totally not okay with that.

[Kalmado]

Said the guy who can't remove a bolt properly.

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I posted the fail because it is a fail, but not on us. FYI in Michigan this shit happens regularly. But hey, if you need to get your jollies off trying to fuck with people go ahead. Nothing we could've done about it. And it's also not the first, second, third, etc etc I've seen this happen to brake components. But keep being a douche.

[FNH]

I posted the fail because it is a fail, but not on us.

Mmhmm it's all Ford's fault for hamfisted idiots not to know how to remove a bolt properly. If you have such a problem with them maybe you should just take it in for service, so someone with the proper knowledge can do it for you. Btw you said this torx bolt was on the rotor, I assume you meant caliper, was grease applied to the bolt the last time they were serviced?

[Kalmado]

Mmhmm it's all Ford's fault for hamfisted idiots not to know how to remove a bolt properly. If you have such a problem with them maybe you should just take it in for service, so someone with the proper knowledge can do it for you. Btw you said this torx bolt was on the rotor, I assume you meant caliper, was grease applied to the bolt the last time they were serviced?

Good job ASSuming dumb fuck because it is on the rotor. So fuck off with your smart assery.

[Ksandra]

Knock it off. Both of you.

[FNH]

Good job ASSuming dumb fuck because it is on the rotor. So fuck off with your smart assery.

Again, my brakes don't have a stripped bolt.

[Zetanio]

Are we discussing strippers?

[Buffy]

That conversation would be just as productive.

[Green]

I would have loved to see more of their little slap fight. Right thread for it too, if ya ask me.

[Senji]

Buy a new one!

Buddy was helping me replace the rear brakes on my 07 Ford Fusion. For some stupid reason Ford put a torx bolt on the rotor. It was on so tight we stripped it. So much for saving money doing it myself.

Many brands have them. There only to hold the rotor on during assembly. The original ones always strip / break. Only pro mechanics put them back on on due to clueless anal retentive customers. If someone confuses the situation with a caliper bolt; then they themselves didn't really didn't even know.

[Aksannyi]

I must have done something yesterday, because whatever it is, it's causing me a pretty intense amount of back pain this morning. I'm not sure if it was my backpack - which really was not that heavy, just some clothes and my laptop - or sitting on the floor at the airport, or something else, but damn, my back is fucking killing me.

[Vandalhart]

Were you leaning forward while using your laptop at the Airport? That seems like a way one could cause some strain on their back.

[Laugana]

I was out walking in the countryside with my dad one Sunday and was walking through some bushes when my left foot landed further than anticpated. I'd stepped in a hole and it jarred me for a second but I thought nothing of it. Cue the next Friday and I'm bending over to soak up the excess water around the bath after having a shower and my lower left back spasms. Every movement antagonised it so I slapped on some deep heat and took as much ibuprofin as I could and did nothing over the weekend. Luckily by the Monday it was going/gone. I can only assume it was that mis-step that caused it as I'd done nothing else that could have.

Maybe you did something innocuous as well?

[Aksannyi]

Were you leaning forward while using your laptop at the Airport? That seems like a way one could cause some strain on their back.

Not really, more leaning back against the pillar. I found some Hydrocodone left over from when I got my tooth pulled so I took one of those and hopefully it will work itself out on its own.

And yeah, it could have been anything. My friend and I went bowling on Friday, I was also slinging my bag around (up into the overhead compartments, onto the ground, etc.), and generally uncomfortable as fuck because that's just how planes are. So I'm sure it was stupid and that some pain meds and rest will cure it in a day or so.