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7 Golden Rules for Doing Anything On Your Car
By Brian Dally

What rules do we all break time and time again? Check our list and add your own Golden Rules.

Fuhnortoner

An electrician told me one time, "If it don't fit, force it. If it breaks, it probably needed to be replaced anyway."

I dont think he lasted too long.

ragtopz28

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If something doesn't fit/work right...walk away. Come back try again...walk away (google it). Sooner or later it will go in/work just right and you will wonder why the first few times didn't work. IE: top tranny bolts, haha!

ghardester

They call it a Breaker Bar for a reason, if parts are so stubborn to get off that you need to use a breaker bar you are going to break something. Which is sometimes the only way to get them apart. But first you should have new brackets, mounts, bolts or whatever you are about to break on hand.

Does this really need to come apart today or do I stop and get the new parts here first?