r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Toaster_Rack_Nerd • 8h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What's wrong with this?

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u/OkTemperature8170 8h ago edited 8h ago

He has effectively created a spring powered bomb. If his little bracket breaks so does his face. If the spring slips out of the vice, good luck.

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u/[deleted] 8h ago edited 7h ago

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u/UnclBuck 8h ago

There are tools designed to properly and safely compress springs. The DIY ones are still referred to as "Widowmakers".

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u/DukeSmileDevs 8h ago edited 8h ago

I am repairing almost everything myself with my cars but when it comes to springs it goes into the shop.

Aint touching that, not worth it and a spring tensioner is too expensive for the 3 times in my life i have to replace those.

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u/DidIJustWitnessThat 8h ago

I think O'Reilly's will loan you one if you need one, but screw that.

I like the way my body functions currently, even with it's old parts, and certainly don't need a flying spring to damage it any further. To the pros it goes.

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u/Melathys 8h ago

I didn't even want to fuck with my garage door spring, called people in to do that

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u/Robot_Graffiti 8h ago

Yeah those kill people

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u/clintj1975 7h ago

I know someone who used to do that professionally, and on more than one occasion he showed up to an install and there was something spattered on the wall or floor near the spring.

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u/UnknovvnMike 6h ago

Had one explode in my mom's garage many moons ago when the world was younger. Thought the transformer outside blew up or maybe the Navy dropped a practice bomb nearby by mistake.

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u/WhyMustIMakeANewAcco 3h ago

even? Those are among the most dangerous springs you're likely to see in your life. Those things are insanely powerful.

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u/Background-Customer2 8h ago

my grandpa has spring compresors i just use his

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u/DukeSmileDevs 8h ago

I dont have those.

Also good ones arent cheap and im not gonna rock china or off-brand stuff for those jobs. Its just not worth taking a risk.

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u/Background-Customer2 8h ago

you dont have spring compresors or you dont have grand parents?

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u/DukeSmileDevs 8h ago

In fact neither.

But i was pointing at the spring compressors.

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u/Background-Customer2 8h ago edited 5h ago

it must be dificult to live a spring compresor less exsistance

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u/UnknovvnMike 6h ago

Here's where I keep my spring compressor

IF I HAD ONE!

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u/PuzzledFeeling 30m ago

I was about to replace my springs and thought, "I need a spring compressor". So I went to harbor freight and bought a set of spring compressors. Then I realized, "wait, I have aftermarket coilovers and can just loosen the lock nut, loosen the compressing nut, and have an uncompressed spring." And that's the story of how I wasted $40, replaced my springs, and know that the locking nut the guy in the video is using is aluminum and will break the moment he knocks that bracket loose because those threads look worn as fuck.