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Well I went to adjust mine this evening, it's right on top of the... "plate" and is grinding like mad. It's emabarrasing.
So I went up to autozone and asked for the tool and he hands me a box full of them... i'm like uhh and he goes and hands me a replacement compressor for my car and I start finding one that fits.
So I try screwing it in from the top and the bolt is too long so I have to remove the tire and the splashplates and everything and get to it. I start to thread it in and I notice that inside where the "big" bolt goes in first it's fairly rusty and such, probally normal but I go ahead and start to put it in. It goes in only a tiny bit so I grab the wrench and start tuggin away. About 1/4 of the threads are in when it gets to about impossible to turn anymore, so I figure that is far enough and start with the middle bolt.
I'm turnin and turnin and it's startin to get tigher then it gets tight, real tight. I tug some and look, no change, tug some more, no change, keep tuggin and tugging wondering wtf is going on and all of a sudden the whole tool cocks to the side.
About 3 of the threads on 1 side of the "outter" bolt part stripped off. So I fight it out and the clutch hasn't moved but the threads are gone and there is metal shards around from it.
Soo wtf should I do now? I thought maybe I got it crooked but I made sure it was damn straight, and I know I didn't crossthread it when I put it in (I checked the threads on the inside and even though rough, haven't been crossthreaded).
I'm temped to just try to return the tool from rental and take it to a shop for them to adjust it. Last one I went to wanted to replace the whole clutch.
So I went up to autozone and asked for the tool and he hands me a box full of them... i'm like uhh and he goes and hands me a replacement compressor for my car and I start finding one that fits.
So I try screwing it in from the top and the bolt is too long so I have to remove the tire and the splashplates and everything and get to it. I start to thread it in and I notice that inside where the "big" bolt goes in first it's fairly rusty and such, probally normal but I go ahead and start to put it in. It goes in only a tiny bit so I grab the wrench and start tuggin away. About 1/4 of the threads are in when it gets to about impossible to turn anymore, so I figure that is far enough and start with the middle bolt.
I'm turnin and turnin and it's startin to get tigher then it gets tight, real tight. I tug some and look, no change, tug some more, no change, keep tuggin and tugging wondering wtf is going on and all of a sudden the whole tool cocks to the side.
About 3 of the threads on 1 side of the "outter" bolt part stripped off. So I fight it out and the clutch hasn't moved but the threads are gone and there is metal shards around from it.
Soo wtf should I do now? I thought maybe I got it crooked but I made sure it was damn straight, and I know I didn't crossthread it when I put it in (I checked the threads on the inside and even though rough, haven't been crossthreaded).
I'm temped to just try to return the tool from rental and take it to a shop for them to adjust it. Last one I went to wanted to replace the whole clutch.
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