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Had a conversation with a retired fleet mechanic that got me thinking about tolerances
I was swapping out a fuel pump on a 2005 Freightliner last week, and this old guy who used to work for a trucking company in Dallas walked up. He watched me torque the bolts down and said I was overdoing it, that I should trust the gasket more. He explained how he'd seen guys crack housings from cranking too hard, and it hit me that I've been treating every bolt like it's a head stud. Has anyone else had to unlearn bad habits from being too careful?
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wood.uma2d agoMost Upvoted
Oh, absolutely. @kimw57 nailed it, overthinking a simple job is a sure way to mess it up.
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tessap732d ago
Disagree hard actually. That extra torque might save your ass when the gasket fails six months down the road and that old guy is long gone. I've seen too many cheap gaskets sweat fuel onto a hot exhaust to just trust them blindly.
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