# Mechani-cringe

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mechani-cringe/176544>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 4, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mechani-cringe/176544 "2021-05-04T06:05:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![StarSword](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/starsword/32/7710_2.png) [@StarSword](https://community.cartalk.com/u/StarSword)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mechani-cringe/176544/1 "2021-05-04T06:05:55Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/3/e33f781147920d38bbf1773b1739ce1cdab3eaf6.jpeg)  
Well he ain’t getting _that_ deposit back…

(Not my car, I know better than this.)

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**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mechani-cringe/176544/2 "2021-05-04T07:41:54Z")

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The only ones I ever dealt with that were so tight they wouldn’t break loose, I just used more leverage and either the nut came loose or the stud snapped.

I can’t see what the nut looks like on yours so I don’t know if that’s an option any more.

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**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mechani-cringe/176544/3 "2021-05-04T12:11:45Z")

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Use an impact wrench… if you don’t have one,drive to a mechanic.

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mechani-cringe/176544/4 "2021-05-04T12:17:34Z")

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I don’t think this is the OPs wheel.  
I figure he lifted this image from somewhere like reddit.

> **[r/Justrolledintotheshop](https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/)**

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**Author:** ![StarSword](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/starsword/32/7710_2.png) [@StarSword](https://community.cartalk.com/u/StarSword)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mechani-cringe/176544/5 "2021-05-04T14:55:41Z")

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Yeah, Quora, actually. Very much not my car, I know better than that.