{"id":1336,"date":"2026-08-10T05:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T05:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2026-08-10T05:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T05:45:16","slug":"why-is-it-always-like-this-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/why-is-it-always-like-this-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is it always like this? pt 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now this is why I don&#8217;t like to let any other mechanic touch my vehicles.  Do you see the problem &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/anti_rattle_clip.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/anti_rattle_clip.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/anti_rattle_clip-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/anti_rattle_clip-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second caliper I got from O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s was also defective.  The rubber boot is not seated properly on the piston.  Here&#8217;s what it looks like after I seated it properly &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/piston_boot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/piston_boot.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/piston_boot-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/piston_boot-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything is like this now, so you&#8217;d better know what you&#8217;re doing and be able to spot problems.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now this is why I don&#8217;t like to let any other mechanic touch my vehicles. Do you see the problem &#8211; The second caliper I got from O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s was also defective. The rubber boot is not seated properly on the<br \/><a class=\"btn-more btn btn-danger btn-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/why-is-it-always-like-this-pt-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1339,"href":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wayofthewaifu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}