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Old 11-25-2020, 03:58 PM   #17
Bama Brad
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Default Re: Alignment Idiot Award - I Deserve It

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Originally Posted by Wakko47 View Post
Many many moons ago I did suspension work on my Monte Carlo and was not able to reuse the cotter pin on the lower ball joint. "Oh, it'll hold for a little while..." It did not. Castle nut came off, suspension collapsed. Fortunately I was in the parking lot and nothing was damaged. I paid the stupid tax that day and learned a huge lesson!!
I greased the bearings in my car one time and reused the cotter pin (new one was about 25 cents) , put everything back together. So proud that I had saved myself some money until next day going to work, had this sudden jolt and banging. Thought I had a flat right tire until I saw the wheel bouncing ahead of me. It bounced over a barbed wire fence and rolled about 20 yards into a hay field. Cost me a tow truck and paying someone to redo the job! almost went home threw all my tools away. I got the dumbA** award that day!
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