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I watched a guy at the shop try to force a bearing with a hammer for 20 minutes straight

He was working on a Ford F-150 axle and kept hitting it harder, getting more frustrated each time. I finally walked over and showed him the proper press tool, and it slid right in with almost no effort. How many times have you seen someone waste hours on a job because they skipped the right tool?
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nelson.gavin
Remember when people said the right tool was just for speed? This is why that's wrong, it's for not wrecking your parts.
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kaimiller
kaimiller25d ago
What's the worst damage you've seen from that?
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the_mia
the_mia1d ago
Just watched a guy try to hammer a bearing onto a spindle last week. He mushroomed the end of the spindle so bad it needed a whole new axle shaft. How do you not stop and think after the first few hits?
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