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> Why it failed. Out of scope. You just want to get it working again and don't care if you have to replace the same piece in another 5 years. Maybe that is not
by diffeomorphism 5y ago
> Why it failed.
Out of scope. You just want to get it working again and don't care if you have to replace the same piece in another 5 years.
Maybe that is not a "proper" repair, but you can do it yourself.
> which piece failed
Everything is large enough and mechanical failures are obvious enough that you see what is broken (maybe that part that is literally broken into pieces).
- l0b0 5y agoIf you don't understand why it failed, you might do more damage with your repair, or you might have to replace it again in a week, rather than five years. As for being "obvious", I don't understand that sentiment. A broken piece pretty much by definition does not look the way it should, so unless you know the exact design of every piece by heart before starting the repair you're not going to automatically know what it's supposed to look like, in the general case.
- diffeomorphism 5y ago> might ... general case.... Or it might not and we are talking about a very concrete case. The point is that everything is "large", low-tech and lots of stuff works the same. So replacement parts are fairly easy to get and easy to install. No soldering, no dexterity, no "exact design of every piece" required. Compare that to fixing a smartphone, where you might need special tools to even open the device.