"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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I'm guilty of the same practice. I shop at $1 Gewjaws R Us.

I was using a 1" to 3/4" square drive adapter from such a store on a
neighbor's truck lug nut and sheared it off. The guys watching were VERY
impressed that I'm that strong, not knowing the adapter was weak instead.

The same happened to me in the Army. Paint obscured the L on a truck wheel
stud and a friend and I stripped it by wrenching the wrong way. When I
admitted what I'd done without implicating the helper the mechanics'
attitude toward me jumped from dismissive to respectful, and they taught me
a lot about maintenance, such as how to replace that flat tire on a split
rim wheel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M35_se...x6_cargo_truck