WHHHHYYYYYYY?! (w/pics)

[FiveOhTree]

I'm not saying there is, but IF there is somebody up above.....he/she and or them/they have a sick sense of humor and/or really enjoy watching me cry in the shower.
That is all, just wanted to share my life as a cautionary tale to everybody.

 

[randeez]

did someone try and press the cap on with one of the needles down there? odd part to just break, unless you ran something over i guess

 

[OR VietVet]

A picture is worth a thousand words but a detailed description of how it happened would really help. C'mon man!


JB Weld it! Weird crap happens in Portland after all! Good place to be FROM!

 

[TollKeeper]

Nothing good comes from Oregon!

 

[OR VietVet]

I will be FROM Oregon very soon. Back to saneness.

 

[Fless]

I will be FROM Oregon very soon. Back to saltiness.

FYP

 

[Rocket Man]

I will be FROM Oregon very soon. Back to saneness.

You were never from Oregon, you were from Missouri or wherever and living in Oregon. You won’t be missed!

 

[Fless]

You were never from Oregon, you were from the State of Misery or wherever and living in Oregon. You won’t be missed!

FYP

 

[FiveOhTree]

A picture is worth a thousand words but a detailed description of how it happened would really help. C'mon man!


JB Weld it! Weird crap happens in Portland after all! Good place to be FROM!

Funny you should say that.
Here's the story..
I had these nice new u-joints laying around for months, just never had the time. So I decided on a Friday night before a major camping trip with my brother and nephews, that it would be a capital idea to finally get those factory joints out. After hours, HOURS, of wailing on it (using the socket and hammer technique), it wasn't budging. So my brother comes over with the correct tool, and boom, within 30 minutes had the new ones in except for the last cap...
In my fatigued state (yeah that's what I'm going with) I couldn't quite get enough clearance for the snap ring to seat correctly and I cranked the press the to the point that it pushed the, body I guess(?), of the u-joint into the top of the cap and alacazam! The results of my entire night of hard work are pictured above.
Threw my hands up and reached for the jb Weld, then went to bed feeling like less than a man. Worked great until probably mile 105 of my trip, going around 60mph, the teeth chattering vibration started. Didn't check it until I got home, because nothing I could do anyways, and you could probably have guessed that there wasn't one needle left inside.

 

[FiveOhTree]

You were never from Oregon, you were from Missouri or wherever and living in Oregon. You won’t be missed!

I'm from Portland, grew up in foster care and so I have lived in every corner of every neighborhood. I love this city to, but it deserves every bit of sh** it gets right now.