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A customer in Phoenix handed me a broken part and said 'I guess you can't fix everything'.
It was a cracked plastic gear from a 15 year old dishwasher, and that moment made me think about the line between repair and replacement. How do you decide when something is truly beyond saving?
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tyler6145d ago
Check if the part is even made anymore. A cracked gear on old plastic means the whole assembly is probably brittle. Sometimes you can glue it or find a 3D printed copy, but that's a temporary fix at best. If the repair costs half of a new machine, it's time to let it go. You end up chasing one broken piece after another.
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