Daddybang wrote:After ya apply heat or cold whack a 3ft piece of pipe over the end of the ratchet/spanner to extend the handle(if ya can get to it)
sungazer wrote:Daddybang wrote:After ya apply heat or cold whack a 3ft piece of pipe over the end of the ratchet/spanner to extend the handle(if ya can get to it)
On a 4mm or 6mm screw
Noisydad wrote:Decide you really, really need it to stay there fo eva. It'll fall off the day after tommrrow.
marksman wrote:have some weetbix for breakfast
on_one_wheel wrote:Normally I just use loctite 243 medium strength (blue) on most threads. It breaks easily without heat yet still holds together well enough for most jobs.
Wes wrote:I've read comments like this on the red loctite before. Honestly I don't get where you really need to use it when it's so crazy strong and the regular strength work so well anyway?
Wes wrote:I've read comments like this on the red loctite before. Honestly I don't get where you really need to use it when it's so crazy strong and the regular strength work so well anyway?
andreweden wrote:tool expectations
Lorgar wrote:Those breaker bars are the ticket. I have a 60cm bar and socket for my 4WD wheels.
Makes removing the nuts a breeze compared to those useless bloody wheel nut wrenches you get from the factory
Daddybang wrote:or the bloke at the tyre shop rattles the nuts up till they imprint on the rims
sungazer wrote:I have put it on some Stainless Name escapes me but the threads that you screw into a bold hole that has stripped. I had some tapped some Aluminum with 6mm tap and it stripped after a few weeks use. I drilled it out an put in the stainless thread and shes as good as gold now better than when I first made it.