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Inspect Radiator Support and Unbox Slide Hammer

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TOYOTA TACOMA V/S DEER..MY WIFE IS OK...NOW LETS FIX THE TRUCK TOGETHER!!

What happens here

The presenter points out the bent radiator support, showing how it was pushed inwards by the impact, affecting the air conditioner condenser and possibly the transmission cooler. He then unboxes a new slide hammer kit (AT3689) purchased from Amazon. He demonstrates how the slide hammer works: attachments screw onto one end of a rod, and a heavy weight slides along the rod to create impact, pulling out dents. He mentions the kit includes various attachments for different types of dents and for screws. He notes the tool's potential usefulness for farm and body work.

Goal: The internal damage to the radiator support, including its impact on the air conditioner condenser, is inspected, and a new slide hammer tool is unboxed and demonstrated.

Tools and materials

  • Slide hammer kit (AT3689)

What they say

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into place right there now let me bring in here a little closer so you can see the actual damage that was done to the vehicle here okay it really didn't hurt anything other than mostly cosmetic stuff but it did whack pretty hard on the radiator support let me show you so right here's a radiator support that was damaged and basically it's moved in yeah probably that much right there so I've got a slide hammer kit and we're gonna try to hook on the other side of this and pull it out just a little bit more so that everything lines up appropriately I've got a few other things that are kind of zip tied in place right here but the biggest issue was the movement you can see it here hold on the movement right here there needs to be more support in this area and all these little support brackets and stuff I've gotten new ones the other ones were just kind of mushed in let's get busy this is the slide hammer kit that I bought on Amazon and you're seeing it open for the very first time here let's see we give this guy ah nice little case I'll post a link to this thing in the description in case you guys want to get one for yourself nice I was really expecting I heard stuff rattling around in there and I was really expecting all that rattling to be rattling mist but awesome Hey look another zip tie I'll let you guys get the first sneak peek whoo nice so the way this works it has all these little attachments on it and you basically screw these attachments on to the end of the slide hammer just like so once you get that on this portion slides against this rod right here okay so this rod screws onto the other end like so and then I can hook this attachment on and Hammer it back pulling it I'll give you a better idea how that works let me show you the other stuff that's in here I've got large ones for pulling out large dent I can't imagine how handy this is going to be on the farm don't really know what that is another one for pulling out dents it also comes with something you could put a screw into and pull out with the screw I'm gonna have to read the instructions because I don't really know what that thing is and then this guy evidently you can screw this in and pull offset I don't know this is my first time opening it it didn't come with paperwork so I guess I'll have to use my imagination but an awesome essential farm and body tool let's give it a shot I'll show you what we're gonna do with

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