Mine goes to "Never give a man that was drinking instructions". I received my upper control arm a couple of weeks ago, and proceeded to put the ball joint in, when the support sleeve popped of from probably a forty year old weld joint. It was Easter weekend so I asked a friend if he could weld the piece back together. He agreed and asked me to meet him at his favorite watering hole. I showed him what I needed and how this simple item worked. He then offered to press the ball joint in, I agreed. Two days later he gives it back with the ball joint in upside down. I showed him in detail how it needed to go (exactly the same just reverse it, doesn’t take a brain surgeon to understand simple mechanics I thought.), three days later and it was the same. My wife of whom the car belongs to, asked me to get the part back, I could not bring myself to tell the friend what my wife was saying and figured to give him one more chance (we even drew a diagram, PIN DOWN thru the sleeve). Needless to say I got it back the third time and low and behold he finally fixed it…….wrong again. Well a 3 pound sledge and five minutes later I fixed it my self. Moral of the story if at first they don’t succeed let them try 2 more times give him a beer say well done and thank you, and remember the first line "Never give a man that was drinking instructions".
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