Today was a very bad day......, Dropped a torque wrench |
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Today was a very bad day......, Dropped a torque wrench |
BPic |
Apr 19 2020, 03:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 341 Joined: 5-February 18 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 21,864 Region Association: South East States |
Torqueing the passenger front strut nut, the socket got stuck on the nut. I gave it a tug and with sweaty hands lost control of the wrench. I tried to catch it which actually, probably, made it worse as I didn't connect and the wrench started spinning. I thought I was going to puke. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) brand new paint....
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AZBanks |
Apr 19 2020, 04:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,063 Joined: 7-December 05 From: New River, AZ Member No.: 5,245 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Torqueing the passenger front strut nut, the socket got stuck on the nut. I gave it a tug and with sweaty hands lost control of the wrench. I tried to catch it which actually, probably, made it worse as I didn't connect and the wrench started spinning. I thought I was going to puke. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) brand new paint.... Oh, man, that sucks. BTDT. Does the shop that did the paint have any leftover paint they could use to reshoot that fender? |
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