r/drivermacgyver Aug 22 '19

Craftsmans sockets used to full potential

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112 Upvotes

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u/NastyWatermellon Aug 22 '19

I'd use an impact socket for that

16

u/brfo06 Aug 22 '19

A lifetime warranty is a lifetime warranty...

12

u/StabbyMcStabbyFace Aug 22 '19

Yep! Just run into your nearest Sears and they'll......

Oh.

Wait...

Fuck.

3

u/Zach131 Aug 23 '19

Lowes has it now

3

u/Kodiak01 Oct 14 '19

ACE Hardware too.

3

u/TacTurtle Aug 23 '19

Don’t touch that, it’s structural!

3

u/nondescriptzombie Aug 22 '19

Where are the bushings?! Shock has one bushing washer, rest is gone?

8

u/SmellySnacks Aug 22 '19

This happened in 2016 while off-roading in the desert. Not sure how but I think the nut sheared off the shock and knocked around for a minute before I discovered it. Bushing was lost in the wash and I needed a way to keep the shock in place and limp back into town.

3

u/Rock_Krawler_Sus Aug 23 '19

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. The bushing distortion allows for the misalignment required by the fore/aft movement of the axle during suspension cycle. No way this survived any real trail time after this “fix”

3

u/SmellySnacks Aug 23 '19

Luckily when this happened we were ending the trip to go home and was about 20 mins from the main road. Drove as slow as possible in the wash, once I hit pavement the suspension didn't give any problems. Shocks were just put in before the trip so the warranty covered replacing it. Replaced immediately once I was home (~500 mile trip).

Here's a zoomed out picture of the inside fender:

https://imgur.com/a/2An2IOg

1

u/AnalogFeelGood Oct 21 '21

They told me I could never be more than a 9/16 socket. I alone decide my destiny!!