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    Posted: 09 Apr. 2017 at 11:12pm
So my sister called me this morning and said her '09 Dodge Journey stranded her. Sounded like a dead battery. Told her I'd be right over, threw the volt meter and basic hand tools in the car. I get there and pop the hood. I know I'm not that bright, but I could not figure out where the battery was. At the risk of being less manly, I looked it up on U-tube. You have to take the driver's side wheel off, the fender apron and its on a shelf just behind the bumper. Stern Smile.

So I thought I would play along and got the jack out, lug wrench etc. She just got new tires a month ago. Apparently, Mongo at the tire shop set the wrench to 200 ft lbs+ . Using the factory lug wrench, I could not bust them loose. So I stand on the wrench and bounce on it. I feel it start to turn, but its not getting any easier. I look at the wrench (its never been used before by the way):



Not good for the self esteem. Apparently, I need to lose a few lbs...Embarrassed I have never seen such cheap crap in my life. Unbelievable. So I had to drive home, get all kinds of tools and my floor jack- have NO confidence in the factory one at this point. I set my torque wrench to 200 ft lbs, that's as high as it goes and it clicked before I busted each one loose. Of course, all the chrome caps came off the nuts and stuck in my socket. Hammering them out with a screw driver, they all broke. What a fiasco. Needless to say all the clips holding the fender apron snapped off. So, in a nutshell three hours later, she has a new battery. Censored

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Edited by Bill Norris - 09 Apr. 2017 at 11:16pm
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It sounds like one of my days. My neighbor got a battery powered rattle wrench. He hunts around to find things to use it on. He came over to help me change the wheels on the 3B and got a confused look when I told him that I would tighten up the lug nuts. You use the same tools that you my need to remove them nuts out in the back country.
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I just can't believe I was able to bend the factory lug wrench. I've used that technique my whole life and have never seen anything like that.
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Don't know much about 09 dodge journeys, but that sure looks like import trash! x2 on "unbelievable" I find this especially hard to take being from Mi. when any auto part was best in the world. Your sister is lucky to have you around to help. Joe wadoyado
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