Sequences

Patrick F. McManus wrote a short story on the subject of Sequences many years ago. In his analysis, a sequence was anything that had to be done before going fishing, because such tasks inevitably snowball into a sequence of other tasks such that the fishing never actually occurs. His solution was to just go fishing anyway and not worry about the initial step in the inevitable sequence.

I have a similar problem that is less easily disregarded. The car repair saga continues, but removing a wheel resulted in not removing the lug nuts, but actually twisting off the threaded studs themselves on 3 out of 4 on the wheel. One had been replaced a few years ago when a flat tire resulted in shearing off that one. I should have had all 4 fixed at the same time. Hindsight is 20/20, they say.

At any rate, today's car repair sequence involves buying another pair of jack stands and the proper socket to remove the rear axle nut—of course it isn't the same as the front—so I can remove the recalcitrant hub and brake assembly. Yay?

Update: After conferring with the helpful clerk at O'Rielly Auto Parts, I may not need to disassemble it as much as I thought, and I should even be able to replace the studs. If this works, that's one more new skill. I repeat, "Yay?"