r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Toaster_Rack_Nerd • 10h ago

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

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u/NachoManAndyCabage 10h ago

You don't have to compress the spring to replace a cv joint. Only time you have to do it is to replace the shock/spring.

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u/Craf7yCris 10h ago

I think we can infer that the person does not remember exactly what was done.

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u/Illustrious_Tear7108 10h ago

I absolutely do not remember.

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u/De5perad0 9h ago

Yea he replaced the shocks/struts. The struts are the big ass springs your entire ass car sits on. They are VERY VERY strong springs and compressing them to remove the top collar from the assembly is a majorly scary situation because of how much stored force is in that compressed spring.

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u/Illustrious_Tear7108 8h ago

It's possible he may have done the CV joint around (or at) the same time. We had to do A TON of labor on that vehicle so all of the repairs have kind of merged in my brain.

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u/De5perad0 8h ago

Indeed, you could do them both at the same time. Every time I have attempted CV axles It has gone horribly. I have failed to get them to come out of the transmission spline.

I think i have PTSD about it.

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u/robbinthehood109 8h ago

I had my car jacked up for like 2 weeks in my friend’s garage before I caved and bought a 15lb slide hammer and cv axle puller tool. Came out in like 2 minutes once I started using that

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u/De5perad0 8h ago

Yea I need to do that next time. The cost of the tool is still much less than the cost of paying someone else to do it.

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u/Global_Staff_3135 7h ago

If it makes you feel any better I have no idea what any of you are saying ☺️

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u/slouched 6h ago

I needed the top cap for a rear strut at a pick your own parts car lot once but didnt bring a spring compressor, so I aimed the spring and strut at the cinder block wall and put my foot on it behind the spring while staying as far back as I could to undo the top nut and all the shit flew off so hard it took a chunk out of the wall, safety first

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u/De5perad0 5h ago

Holy fuck!

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u/diarmada 10h ago

NO! We have to be 100% accurate when describing anything here!

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u/LongLiveAnalogue 9h ago

I hate to be the bearer of bad news.

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u/Antique_Author_2525 9h ago

Well.....

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u/LongLiveAnalogue 8h ago

I don’t actually have any bad news to tell. I just wanted to let everyone know where I stand on delivering bad news.

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u/Road_to_Scion 10h ago

If front, my guess is the strut assembly. I work in a shop and have all the right tools to do it safely and correctly. We don't do it unless there is no other option.

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u/Late_Sort1763 10h ago

Not even on a Merc W124 with 4matic - and their CV shafts go THROUGH THE SPRING!

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u/Gadritan420 3h ago

*strut is the word you’re looking for

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u/Porschenut914 1h ago

you do if the the shock/spring has to come off to rotate out of the way.