Re: Repair Mistakes & Blunders

[Dodger7998@xxxxxxx]

Sitting here LMAO  thinking that there are still a lot of you  going to 
have problem with your lug nuts if you do not catch the mistake in this  
story,,,,,,,,,,will be waiting to see who replies first with  why the story  is 
not true
 
 
In a message dated 7/3/2010 10:49:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:


This  applies to our favorite cars too, so I'm passing it along, from a 
RockAuto  newsletter:

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When  I was 16 I owned a 1966 Plymouth Fury. I enjoyed the car and did most 
of the  mechanical work myself. One weekend I decided to replace the rear 
brake shoes.  Simple enough I thought, just remove the wheel, brake drum, 
brake linkage,  brake shoes, have the drums turned, then reverse the procedure. 
How hard can  it be?

The driver's side rear wheel lug nuts came off fine. The  passenger side 
was another story. After snapping two lug nuts off, I decided  to take the car 
over to my girlfriend's dad's house. After all, he was a  mechanical 
genius, surely he wouldn't snap any lug nuts. But, after some  colorful language, 
he snapped off a lug nut. We were both extremely frustrated  and called it a 
day.

Later that night, my girlfriend and I were  watching tv, when all of a 
sudden we hear a loud "AH HA!!!". Her dad comes  walking downstairs with his 
pajamas on, shaking his head. He heads straight  into the garage, grabs a lug 
nut wrench, and proceeds to turn the lug wrench  CLOCKWISE to loosen the 
remaining lug nuts. The passenger lug nuts were left  handed! The opposite 
direction of the driver's side lug nuts.

He slams  the lug nut down, slams the front door closed, walks right past 
us, slams his  bedroom door closed and without a word, goes to bed. My 
girlfriend and I could  not stop laughing. The next day we repair the lug nut 
damage and had another  good laugh.

To this day, my now father-in-law occasionally reminds me  of the 
incident...and grins.

Ron in Missouri


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