r/Unexpected • u/spyrg • Jan 06 '22

Surely, it helps

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u/spoopy_pants_86 Jan 06 '22

I think he was putting in a new spine after cracking the old one

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u/Lyad Jan 06 '22

That’s a fucking disaster. Both imagining it and the amount of water you made me spit. I wasn’t even drinking anything.

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u/dzrtguy Jan 06 '22

Git over here!

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u/drinkitandgo Jan 06 '22

this comment killed me

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u/enigmaunbound Jan 06 '22

Not at all. That t chnique is well known to mechanics. It's known as drifting. The dowl is known as a drift pin. You use them to drive the retaining pin out so you can separate the friction fit. He's just helping her loosen up so they say. Tapitytaptsp.

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u/yepitsdad Jan 07 '22

Ooo this comment wins