michael115•7mo ago

TIL the secret to quiet bottom brackets isn't new parts

Seriously, just grease the threads and most creaks vanish, save your cash for beer lol.

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jade_allen7mo ago

Wait, that's really all it takes?

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stellaj147mo ago

Oh man, I totally thought my garage door opener was way more complex until I saw the single button inside.

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roser137mo ago

My old garage door had this weird plastic remote from like 1998. I dropped it once and the back panel popped off, just a simple green circuit board and a single battery. Felt so cheated after paying a guy seventy bucks to "program" it. All that mystery gone in one second.

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jamienguyen7mo ago

Hold up, the button itself is simple but the magic is in the rolling code. Every time you press it, the remote sends a new, unique code to the opener so thieves can't just copy the signal. That's what the programming step is for, to sync that code system. So the guts look basic but there's a tiny brain making new numbers each time. Makes that seventy bucks feel slightly less bad, lol, but still a lot for a two minute sync job.

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