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Re: Whats your biggest mistake you ever made while DIY?
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Originally Posted by BigVic4545
While installing lowering springs on my car i forgot to support the cv joint, and that sucker broke...so now im driving with a messed up cv joint on the right side....i also lost 2 nuts that go on the top strut mount...so each strut is being supported by only 2 nuts....can i get those at the honda dealer?
Yeah, get those nuts at the dealer. Should be pretty cheap.
My biggest fuck up so far is getting fed up with the tie rod end when I was replacing my struts. I ended up beating the crap out of it with a hammer which resulted in screwed up threads. I still had to get the tie rod end puller
Re: Whats your biggest mistake you ever made while DIY?
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Originally Posted by lordhelmet
Yeah, get those nuts at the dealer. Should be pretty cheap.
My biggest fuck up so far is getting fed up with the tie rod end when I was replacing my struts. I ended up beating the crap out of it with a hammer which resulted in screwed up threads. I still had to get the tie rod end puller
Lmao..thats hilarious..i just pictured myself doing the same thiing...the trick to that is hitting it in different areas instead of just pounding away at one spot..So where u able to put the nut back in being that you screwed up ur threads?
Re: Whats your biggest mistake you ever made while DIY?
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Originally Posted by BigVic4545
Lmao..thats hilarious..i just pictured myself doing the same thiing...the trick to that is hitting it in different areas instead of just pounding away at one spot..So where u able to put the nut back in being that you screwed up ur threads?
It hilarious after the fact. The passenger side tie rod end pop right off with one whack of the hammer to the strut. The ease of the first side lulled me into a false sense of security. I beat on the damn strut for what must have been 15 minutes. I threaded the nut on and smacked the bolt a couple of times using a piece of wood but it still wouldn't budge. So I got fed up and just started hammering the shit out of everything. End result: threads fucked up and nut would not go on past the first two or three threads. Had to buy a new tie rod end.
Re: Whats your biggest mistake you ever made while DIY?
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Originally Posted by lordhelmet
It hilarious after the fact. The passenger side tie rod end pop right off with one whack of the hammer to the strut. The ease of the first side lulled me into a false sense of security. I beat on the damn strut for what must have been 15 minutes. I threaded the nut on and smacked the bolt a couple of times using a piece of wood but it still wouldn't budge. So I got fed up and just started hammering the shit out of everything. End result: threads fucked up and nut would not go on past the first two or three threads. Had to buy a new tie rod end.
Wow that sucks....but practice makes perfect...It took me 4 days to replace all 4 springs due to problems like that and not having the right tools...but now i can do all 4 springs in an hour or two.
Re: Whats your biggest mistake you ever made while DIY?
I just removed the starting motor from my girlfriend's car and had to take out the distributor in order to get at it. I didn't realize the distributor was connected to the camshaft housing so all the oil spilled out everywhere when I removed it.
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Re: Whats your biggest mistake you ever made while DIY?
oh i thought biggest mistake with the Civic... anyways, not knowing that it was an SOHC, and that the D17A2 has no potential with bolt ons or that it was a pure economy car.
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Re: Whats your biggest mistake you ever made while DIY?
measurements where off on the template i got with an oem style spoiler off ebay..drill holes to far apart, had to drill a new set. now i have an extra set of holes drilled in my trunk lid, you cant see with it on atleast.
also when installing my aem short ram intake, screwed on a bolt w/o a washer and it got jammed so i cant take the intake off.. you live and learn
