Alloy rims problem

[locoman99]

Originally Posted by DrFabulous

Thats it? Thats the best you can do? Stupid pictures? You morons cant put your fingers to the keyboard and back up the stupid advice you hand out to people? Obvious you know more about cutting and pasting on a computer than turning a wrench.

[locoman99]

Originally Posted by [ChaosweaveR]

Loco pls

I work on rare and high end cars, and a race team.

Keep playing with trains.

Really? Whats the name of your shop?

[TDavis]

Posting pictures is actually relevant. Since we can't show you our facial expressions over the internet, we represent it with pictures.

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Originally Posted by locoman99

Really? Whats the name of your shop?

Auto Trend, also known as Group-A Wheels. Ever heard of the Scarallos? They're my employers, they've raced in many SCCA championships, including F2000, Trans Am, Speed GT World Challenge and the Atlantic series.

Want the number? I can assure you that I'll make you look stupid.

[locoman99]

Originally Posted by [ChaosweaveR]

Auto Trend, also known as Group-A Wheels. Ever heard of the Scarallos? They're my employers, they've raced in many SCCA championships, including F2000, Trans Am, Speed GT World Challenge and the Atlantic series.

Want the number? I can assure you that I'll make you look stupid.

You work at a tire store. I could care less what the owners of the store have done. You mount tires. funny you never mentioned being a crew member on thir race team. Im sure u have a picture of you in action in the pits..scca has alot of media coverage.

[locoman99]

Originally Posted by TDavis

Posting pictures is actually relevant. Since we can't show you our facial expressions over the internet, we represent it with pictures.

You mean "not capable of expressing thought with the written word"

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Originally Posted by locoman99

You work at a tire store. I could care less what the owners of the store have done. You mount tires. funny you never mentioned being a crew member on thir race team. Im sure u have a picture of you in action in the pits..scca has alot of media coverage.

So many assumptions. It's a small crew, I don't JUST work on the race cars, there's a huge warehouse filled with both cars for sale, and the Scarallos' personal vehicles and collector cars. I maintain them, fix them, detail them, modify them when I'm not helping with the F2000 cars. Even then, Joe Scarallo Sr has his one race mechanic for the F2000 car, the others they've maintained, financed, fix and run themselves. Considering the amounts of responsibilities I have outside of "mounting tires", I'm plenty busy and paid damn nicely.

But of course, I forgot. Just because you're old and play with trains somehow makes you better than everyone else. You can kindly fock off.

[locoman99]

Originally Posted by [ChaosweaveR]

So many assumptions. It's a small crew, I don't JUST work on the race cars, there's a huge warehouse filled with both cars for sale, and the Scarallos' personal vehicles and collector cars. I maintain them, fix them, detail them, modify them when I'm not helping with the F2000 cars. Even then, Joe Scarallo Sr has his one race mechanic for the F2000 car, the others they've maintained, financed, fix and run themselves. Considering the amounts of responsibilities I have outside of "mounting tires", I'm plenty busy and paid damn nicely.

But of course, I forgot. Just because you're old and play with trains somehow makes you better than everyone else. You can kindly fock off.

Wasnt an assumption...you said you were a member of a raceteam...now u are backpeddling and howhowing about somebody else and saying you are a special go-fer now because, again, you cant back up your claim.

So this guy lets you "detail" (wash) his cars...and lets you "modify" them too? I guess turnig a dirty car into a clean one is a modifcation....

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Originally Posted by locoman99

Wasnt an assumption...you said you were a member of a raceteam...now u are backpeddling and howhowing about somebody else and saying you are a special go-fer now because, again, you cant back up your claim.

So this guy lets you "detail" (wash) his cars...and lets you "modify" them too? I guess turnig a dirty car into a clean one is a modifcation....

Is your job so miserable you have to warp reality into what makes yourself seem better? Please, tell me more. You must have a crystal ball.

[locoman99]

Originally Posted by [ChaosweaveR]

Is your job so miserable you have to warp reality into what makes yourself seem better? Please, tell me more. You must have a crystal ball.

Just wondering how someone who claimed an engine needs backpressure to run becomes a member of an scca race team...

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Originally Posted by locoman99

Just wondering how someone who claimed an engine needs backpressure to run becomes a member of an scca race team...

[DrFabulous]

Originally Posted by locoman99

Thats it? Thats the best you can do? Stupid pictures? You morons cant put your fingers to the keyboard and back up the stupid advice you hand out to people? Obvious you know more about cutting and pasting on a computer than turning a wrench.

[locoman99]

How cute....chris can cut and paste 8 times..headpatz for the lil retard

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Originally Posted by locoman99

How cute....chris can cut and paste 8 times..headpatz for the lil retard

[DrFabulous]

Originally Posted by locoman99

Really? Whats the name of your shop?

Originally Posted by locoman99

You work at a tire store. I could care less what the owners of the store have done. You mount tires. funny you never mentioned being a crew member on thir race team. Im sure u have a picture of you in action in the pits..scca has alot of media coverage.

Originally Posted by locoman99

You mean "not capable of expressing thought with the written word"

Originally Posted by locoman99

Wasnt an assumption...you said you were a member of a raceteam...now u are backpeddling and howhowing about somebody else and saying you are a special go-fer now because, again, you cant back up your claim.

So this guy lets you "detail" (wash) his cars...and lets you "modify" them too? I guess turnig a dirty car into a clean one is a modifcation....

Originally Posted by locoman99

Just wondering how someone who claimed an engine needs backpressure to run becomes a member of an scca race team...

[DrFabulous]

Originally Posted by locoman99

How cute....chris can cut and paste 8 times..headpatz for the lil retard

[AaronGTR]

Uh..... the world as we know it is going to end...



Unfortunately in this case, I actually agree with loco. You guys got your terminology wrong. I'm sure fabs was simply typing fast and used the wrong word. Probably was thinking of a ratchet and called it a socket wrench.

It's technically called a ratchet wrench. You put a socket on the end of it. You can also use a breaker bar with a socket. You can break the square drive on either of them if you are using the wrong size. IE if you are trying to break loose a rusted 15mm nut with a 1/4" drive, or trying to take off a 22mm axle nut with a 3/8" drive. You need to 1/2" or bigger for that stuff. A cheap ratchet might break as well, but typically if it's a good brand it won't break if you are using the correct size. The ratchet mechanism is usually pretty strong and the drive will shear first.

[DrFabulous]

Originally Posted by AaronGTR

Uh..... the world as we know it is going to end...



Unfortunately in this case, I actually agree with loco. You guys got your terminology wrong. I'm sure fabs was simply typing fast and used the wrong word. Probably was thinking of a ratchet and called it a socket wrench.

It's technically called a ratchet wrench. You put a socket on the end of it. You can also you a breaker bar with a socket. You can break the square drive on either of them if you are using the wrong size. IE if you are trying to break loose a rusted 15mm nut with a 1/4" drive, or trying to take off a 22mm axle nut with a 3/8" drive. You need to 1/2" or bigger for that stuff. A cheap ratchet might break as well, but typically if it's a good brand it won't break if you are using the correct size. The ratchet mechanism is usually pretty strong and the drive will shear first.

Not calling you wrong, Aaron, but I've heard it both ways. Doesn't "ratchet" technically refer to the mechanism in the socket wrench (or other devices)?

From Merriam-Webster:



Socket wrench noun


Definition of SOCKET WRENCH
: a wrench usually in the form of a bar and removable socket made to fit a bolt or nut


Ratchet noun


Definition of RATCHET

: a mechanism that consists of a bar or wheel having inclined teeth into which a pawl drops so that motion can be imparted to the wheel or bar, governed, or prevented and that is used in a hand tool (as a wrench or screwdriver) to allow effective motion in one direction only





Either way, I'd much rather use my relatively inexpensive breaker bar than risk breaking one of my ratchets/socket wrenches.

[locoman99]

Originally Posted by DrFabulous

Not calling you wrong, Aaron, but I've heard it both ways. Doesn't "ratchet" technically refer to the mechanism in the socket wrench (or other devices)?

From Merriam-Webster:



Socket wrench noun


Definition of SOCKET WRENCH
: a wrench usually in the form of a bar and removable socket made to fit a bolt or nut


Ratchet noun


Definition of RATCHET

: a mechanism that consists of a bar or wheel having inclined teeth into which a pawl drops so that motion can be imparted to the wheel or bar, governed, or prevented and that is used in a hand tool (as a wrench or screwdriver) to allow effective motion in one direction only





Either way, I'd much rather use my relatively inexpensive breaker bar than risk breaking one of my ratchets/socket wrenches.

I have never even heard of merriam webster tools before.......but my snap on catalog calls them ratchets. And the shiny little cylinders are called sockets

a good half inch ratchet can take 200 ft\lbs day in and day out. More than you ladies can put to it.

[AaronGTR]

Every one and every place I've ever seen has called them ratchets. You could call a breaker bar a socket wrench, but that definitely doesn't say anything about having a ratchet mechanism. Hence if it doesn't have a ratchet mechanism, it's a socket wrench (and/or breaker bar)... if it ratchets... it's a ratchet.




Ps. as retarded and childish as it is, I can't help but laugh at the thread tags. I wonder what other ones I'd find if I did a thread tag search for "loco"? I may have to try and see what comes up.