Just some clever things I’ve learned over the years that gearheads may find useful in their home or even professional shop or garage.
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Just some clever things I’ve learned over the years that gearheads may find useful in their home or even professional shop or garage.
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don't use a torque wrench for anything but torquing down bolts..
Little dab of trans assembly lube inside that socket will hold the bolt too!
My addition = To avoid cross-threading, when reinstalling screws or machine screws in soft materials like plastic or aluminum, use light pressure and slowly turn the fastener counter-clockwise first. When you feel the "click", it's the fastener 'dropping' into the original threads. Then turn clock-wise and it should go smoothly all the way.
you could also use your elastic band on your dvom to hold your probes for either in use or when storing.
Also vasoline on bolts to stop them seizing and reduce galvanic reactions and on battery terminals to stop corrosion.
Use a plastic syringe bought from chemist to withdraw brake fluid from master cylinder when pushing back calipers to fit new pads
Lots of good tricks, the candle one, that's a great one!!!! I never seen it before, mental note for myself.But on the holding bolt, I have always used a piece of paper or plastic on a 6 points socket and works better than anything else I have seen, chewing gm on a hot engine usually is messy, paper or plastic holds and when you tighten the bolt it gets crushed and socket removes easily….. like your video!!!
A smaller, thin rare earth magnet sitting in the socket flat against the end of the wrench pin works better than one on the outside of the socket. Better sockets have a gap into which the magnet will fit.
Use a butane barbecue wand lighter instead of the torch and heat the bolt threads as you apply the wax.
I just put the car's floor mats under the ramps to prevent them from sliding
One trick I've used to hold a screws on a screw driver is a drop of super glue. It's quick and once the screw is in place the screwdriver comes right off the screw head..
One hack for holding a nut in the socket is to use a small piece of kitchen plastic wrap.
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