Rant: I spent 2 years facing my rail adjustments the wrong way

I was tightening the rail brackets on a Schindler 3300 from the top down for like 2 years. Always had to go back and re-level them after a few weeks. Then a Otis guy I met at a job in Denver pointed out I was putting compression on the wrong side of the clips. Now I start from the bottom up and the rails barely drift. Has any other mechanic had a dumb habit like that where you just assume you're doing it right until someone calls you out?

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blake_black473mo ago

Yeah that bottom up trick saves so much headache once you finally try it.

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kelly.daniel3mo ago

Wasted so much time before finally giving bottom-up a real shot. My first attempt looked like a drunk spider designed a layout. Code was so tangled I had to start over anyway. Now I just build from the ground up and pretend past me never happened.

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