Meme Thread... no politics

I actually had a very similar conversation with one of my younger coworkers on Friday.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Natural VP pick for Camacho!

Toyman! said:

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

volvoclearinghouse said:

so_slow said:

And before anyone comments about "quality Chinesium", this is a 30 year old c-clamp from Sears.

Craftsman quality, made in America, broken while I was pressing out a few u-joints. 

We'll, when you use the wrong tool for the job, what do you expect?  

A C-clamp is for clamping, not pressing. Not saying we all haven't been there, but it's like complaining that my Snap-on screwdriver broke while I was using it to pry off a brake drum. 

I'd rather have a malleable C clamp than a brittle one.  The malleable one bends to failure, a brittle one shatters with no warning.

Dang, y'all over there being all fancy. I just use a hammer. 

I saw someone break a vise once trying to press a U joint.

I wasn't pressing ball joints, but I have broken a vice. It took forever to live that down. 

I will admit I was abusing it and may have been tightening it with a 3 pound sledge. 

In reply to Toyman! :

That was his method too.  The cups just weren't pressing together and he didn't think to check if a roller had fallen in behind the cross.  Nope, just kept whamming it harder with a hammer until the vise broke.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

When I saw your previous post I was goi g to ask if it was one of the GMs with nylon holding the u-joint caps in place, but apparently you witnessed an overachiever that did it while installing the joint. 

mrybczyn said:

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Natural VP pick for Camacho!

I'm still Not Sure.

No Time said:

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

When I saw your previous post I was goi g to ask if it was one of the GMs with nylon holding the u-joint caps in place, but apparently you witnessed an overachiever that did it while installing the joint. 

Oh those are super easy.  You heat the yoke with the torch until the plastic melts out like a disgusting snake, then the heat allows you to just push the cups out.

Smelly but easy...

I saw an Old Guy just burn the cross of a normal U joint out with a torch, push the cups through instead of playing whackamole pushing the cross back and forth, then clean the bores and push the new cups in while it was all still hot.  Way easier than trying to pick out rusty C clips.  Kinda fragrant.  Doesn't bend the yokes, either.  Work over an old cookie sheet to make cleanup easier.

Appleseed said:

mrybczyn said:

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Natural VP pick for Camacho!

I'm still Not Sure.

I long for the day when movies come out where we care about whose ass it is and why it's farting.

In reply to ShawnG :

OMG they did. It wasn't just my school?

Farmers invented rap, they just called it square dancing.

In reply to Keith Tanner :

I think it was part of the PE curriculum in Canada.

Neven know when a hootenanny might break out. Best to be prepared.

ShawnG said:

In reply to Keith Tanner :

I think it was part of the PE curriculum in Canada.

Neven know when a hootenanny might break out. Best to be prepared.

Believe it or not it was part of elimentary school curriculum in the UK in the 70's!'

mrybczyn said:

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Natural VP pick for Camacho!

Already happened. In 1983-85 they couldn't even give away acoustic guitars.

I was taught square dance an since we were in northern illinois we celebrated Kasmir Polaski day and were taught polka 

It was the 70s and early 80s