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RE: rear wheel well liner - 11/18/2007 2:53:09 AM

virgin1

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I have often found that the geniuses at HD are less knowledgeable than I am... and they turned me down for a job one time too. Their loss.
I once went in for a new anode rod for my electric water heater. I couldn't find one on their shelves so I asked this guy who claimed to have been a plumber for 30 yrs before he retired and took this job. He said he'd never heard of an anode rod for a water heater... and we have lots of very hard water in these parts too. (29-32 ppm, considered VERY high.)
Another time I had a project and a way to do it in mind. I decided to ask the guys there anyway to see if they had a better way. To make a long story shorter, I had 4 guys there. Some had ideas of their own, others couldn't fathom what I was talking about but in the end, they all agreed that I had the best idea.
I've completely lost faith in asking HD employees (or Lowes, for that matter) for their knowledge. Most don't seem to have a clue.

< Message edited by virgin1 -- 11/18/2007 5:27:03 AM >

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RE: rear wheel well liner - 11/18/2007 11:51:03 AM

virgin1

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Glad to be of help, Win.
Try it on your sway bar bushings... oh, Hell, try it on EVERYTHING!!! I do and it works great!
I have a storm door on my home w/a continuous (piano style) hinge that when the sun hits it, squeaks like crazy. It was driving me nuts cause everything I tried would work for a little while, then melt away. I finally cleaned off all the excess I could and lubed it up with silicone grease. No problems since.

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RE: rear wheel well liner - 11/18/2007 6:12:52 PM

wineye

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Thanks again. I had a good laugh for the 30-year plumber at HD who does not know the anode rod......The sway bar on my MPV broke a few years ago at the bushing, lots of $$$ were charged by the dearlership......I certainly will apply the grease to both cars on the swaybar joints. (and I'll give up on the wheel well liner for now, too much stuff there, multilink suspension, brake lines etc., I *need* to tell myself to take it easy......nothing lasts forever.)

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