projekteg

every time i do something major to my car, i break stuff, i actually make sure that i have money to spend before i do anything major b/c i know i'm going to break something, it's not a matter of 'what if', but more like 'what will it be this time'. this weekend i pulled my engine to fill my motor mounts with poly urethane and put in a clutch. the victims of this procedure were as follows.

bent ball joint bolt (don't ask)
broken radiator fan shroud
bent shift linkage
broken tps

all in all, i'd say i'm pretty gay. the conclusion i've come to as to why stuff always gets broken, is due to lack of proper equipment. when resources are low and you have to work with what you got, stuff gets broke :P

Reddy

Congratulation! You just won the award for the worst mechanic ever!! :P

ssl2k

uhh

I usually dont break ---- unless I am pissed off. Usuaully a wrench will get thrown across the garage and ---- like thta when it isn't working right or making sense for that matter.

how the ---- did you fuckup your ball joint?

they are somewhat expensive, like $50 lol...

nayways

---- happens

SkunT

accually, when tommy, the guy in the green hatch rebuilt his motor, we did everything perfectly, took lots of time, used all the right tools even wore latex gloves when working with new parts...did everything perfectly. then when it came time to install it, we broke the vtec solonid, and something else to, i dont remeber. so as the old saying goes...
---- happens.

SkunT

im not comming over tonite after that comment. :P

projekteg

bent the ball joint bolt b/c i couldnt' get the ------- thing seperated from teh control arm, so i got pissed and smaked it up from the bottom, well, then end of the bolt is hollow for the cotter pin, so it smashed and bent it :P i just cut it off with a hack saw right above it and the bolt threaded right on, just no cotter pin now bent the shif linkage putting the motor back in b/c i couldn't get the 'bitch pin' out, so i just pulled the linkage out with the motor and dropping it back in posed a litt more difficult, and it bent the end a little bit, i just bent it back, no big deal. broke teh fan shroud by hitting it with the slave cylinder when pulling the engine, i heard it starting to crack, but i was so pissed off already, i just ripped the engine out anyways and destroyed it. broke the tps by smashing it against the firewall putting the engine back in. i have an extra one, so no big deal. so, out of these occurances, the fan shroud is the only one that's going to cost anything.

ssl2k

Go put some ------- locktite on that nut otherwise don't drive the car, I almost died from the ball joint dropping out of my car. There was naother guy on here that got into an accident becuase his ball joint broke.

that bitch pin has never been much of a problme for me, i got a perfect punch for it and she slides right out

projekteg

i put gasket sealant on the nut, i think it will work as good as lock tite.

SkunT

ummmm...no. spend $2.50 at napa and get lock tite.
you dont want that ---- to break on you!

Stan

Worse case scenario, borrow a ball joint seperator :P

It takes 2 seconds to pop that pin out. :P

Should take the rad out before the motor.
oh, and you should definately get a new ball joint.

Stan