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That time I swapped a dryer belt with a zip tie as a temp fix
I had a customer's Whirlpool dryer quit on a Saturday afternoon in Austin, so I rigged the belt with a heavy-duty zip tie just to get them through the weekend. It held for 3 whole loads before snapping, which honestly shocked me (I figured it'd fail after one). Anyone else ever used a band-aid fix that surprisingly worked longer than expected?
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pat_fisher247d ago
some of yall act like these rigged fixes are life changing inventions or something. i mean hey its cool a zip tie held for a few loads but a dryer belt is like 15 bucks tops. you spend more on a fast food meal. why not just fix it right the first time instead of hoping a plastic zip tie doesnt leave you with wet clothes on a sunday morning. coat hanger on an exhaust pipe is one thing but a dryer runs nonstop for hours. seems like a bigger gamble than its worth honestly. does nobody own a credit card anymore or what.
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robert_bell7d ago
3 whole loads before it snapped? That's honestly impressive for a zip tie on a dryer belt. I once used a coat hanger to hold up an exhaust pipe on a beater car I had in college and that thing lasted like 6 months before I finally got around to fixing it right. Sometimes those MacGyver fixes just hit different.
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