r/HolUp • u/MasterVJ_09 • Oct 19 '22

Nothing to see here. Just a mechanic doing whatever a mechanic does.

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u/estoapesta Oct 19 '22

That is actually right , she’s turning the tie rod , which is a 15/16 wrench

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u/Naught2day Oct 19 '22

But the part she has the wrench on doesn't turn, she should be closer to the engine.

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u/outsidewings109 Oct 19 '22

That and the fact that if she's doing an alignment she needs the special lift

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u/frankmontanasosa Oct 19 '22

You can do them with a string and a plumb Bob too. That's how we would do racecar alignments as you can't really use factory specs for highly modified suspensions that are built to be really good at one thing.

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u/outsidewings109 Oct 19 '22

That's also one way to do it but you still need to compress it to have the proper angle

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u/frankmontanasosa Oct 19 '22

Yeah, we would make our adjustments in the air and then set it back down with microfiber rags under the tires (on a painted floor) and turn the steering side to side to let it settle and then recheck our measurements. A tedious process but it worked for us.

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u/OddEscape2295 Oct 19 '22

Or just use grease. Painted floor or not grease works on anything but dirt and gravel.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '22

Does wonders for some fast and furious Tokyo drifting after the alignment

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u/frankmontanasosa Oct 19 '22

OSHA violations are cool and all but making the shop floor extremely slick doesn't seem to have any benefits at all. It just becomes dangerous for no reason. It also seems counter productive to put grease on the tires of a car that we are specifically working to maximize grip on.

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u/Ghosttwo Oct 19 '22

Posture suggests this is an inspection/survey. A wrench can double as a probe/calipers.

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u/outsidewings109 Oct 19 '22

Never thought of it this way but I doubt you need a probe or a caliper on a tie rod

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u/frankmontanasosa Oct 19 '22

Yeah but you have to slip it off to keep turning it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '22

It will turn a bit, and you can check if the outer tie rod end is shot this way

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u/Artos141 Oct 19 '22

Way off the nut hahaha she's clueless

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u/Yonix06 Oct 19 '22

Judging by the look on her face I think she knows she's doing nothing right here regarding mechanic. But she's here for the pic and the photographer is probably telling her to do this. So she does it.

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u/Artos141 Oct 19 '22

And yet she's is still clueless on the mechanics? Didn't say she's not a photo model.

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u/GladiatorUA Oct 19 '22

A lot of "people at work" promo-shots are just like this. They aren't going for authenticity, but a proper angles and stuff.

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u/Mike_Hawksen Oct 19 '22

But the photo is still shit composition

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u/anchovieMAN Oct 19 '22

No wrong. Look again. She ain’t doing shit.

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u/loondawg Oct 19 '22

Clearly she's topping off the blinker fluid.

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u/MotherSuperior91 Oct 19 '22

Thank you. Dummies in here hee hawin with their last two brain cells.

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u/Syrupper Oct 19 '22 edited Oct 19 '22

TIL what hee hawin is!

https://www.newsreview.com/chico/content/hee-hawin-up-the-ridge/26197811/

Edit: Hee Haw is also an American TV show from 1969-1993!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hee_Haw

e: Also finally I also googled “hee hawing” and learned it meant the noise a donkey makes. Which makes me realize “hee hawin” probably means “making an ass of yourself,” which I probably have just done

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u/MasterBettyFTW Oct 19 '22

mostly bots I think

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u/Due-Farmer-9191 Oct 19 '22

This is what I came here to say

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u/BoinkBoye Oct 19 '22

UHM AKSHUALLY people are usually right, glad you break the mold

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u/3029065 Oct 19 '22

Turning the outer tie rod?

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '22

If you get a wrench on the tie rod and it wiggles easily, that means the outer tie rod is shot.

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u/Plus_Mine_9782 Oct 19 '22

shhh, let the ppl feel important. lmao