/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>replacing wheel hub assembly
>cant break bolt loose
>place jack under ratchet
>start pumping
>car lifts off jack stand
>was tightening the bolt
that old Craftsman ratchet is a champ

>>1735715
>pulling hard on a stuck bolt
>wrench moves a bit
>head of the bolt shears clean off
>it was the small bolt holding the points in place of a 35 yo Snapper
>$400 for a new engine
>mower finally dies after 45 years
>sold dead mower for $400 for parts
At least I got another 10 years out of it.

>be me, July 2019
>reassembling basketcase KLR650 I got for $250 off Craigslist
>almost done
>reattaching brake calipers
>pic related fucks off to another dimension
>bike still not back together

>see some light rust lines around bike disc brake
>try to remove stainless torx bolts so I can pull it off to clean it
>not budging
>put a bit more force into it
>torx bit twists like soft serve and messes the head up
>try another one
>bolt gets more fucked up
>ram hex allen key in, nope
>bigger torx? nope
>easy-out? too small and won't grab
>let it sit for a while since it's obviously not going anywhere and I'd have no way to reinstall it
>fast forward some months, ordered new (allen-head) bolts and a new rotor, and found a forged T-25 socket in a garage sale box. Let's try this again.
>vise grips? slipping off the pan head
>slot it with a cut off wheel and use a screwdriver? head is too shallow and I don't have a thin enough wheel, ends up making a V groove

I had to grind the head down with a fucking carbide burr, undo the other bolts to get the rotor off and then twist the stump out with vise grips. Luckily the T-25 socket was more than enough to undo the other bolts but it was still terrifying feeling the torque ramp up til the factory loctite gave that snap of breaking loose.

>>1735715
>Working upside down on a granulator
>Attempting to remove 3/8 allen key bolt
>Pull hard, doesn't budge
>Add 4ft cheater, starts to creak like a motherfucker
>Pull like a motherfucker
>Head of bolt snaps off
>Cuss and start on the next bolt
>Realize I was upside down
>Realize I was tightening the first bolt
Mfw

>>1737348

You are supposed to loosen those before you put it on a stand.

>tightening a bolt
>give it the it the final nudge
>it loosens

>>1737418
>torx bit twists like soft serve and messes the head up
I just did this on a Volvo ragtop window regulator, ended up taking the whole door apart just to get the window in the up position. 3 fucking hours. Worst part is its the adjustment screw and some dickhead loktighted the thing in place where it couldn't be seen.

>>1735715
>concern belayed a moment later when I remember that I packed the bolt extractor kit.

>rebuild snow blower gear box
>try to reassemble
>plastic bearing that is required to put auger assembly back into the front half of the blower is missing
>look for it for 3 hours, longer than it actually took to do any of the actual work
>must have hit the floor and phased out of existence

>>1737418
You ever try one of those handheld impact drivers? Everybody says those things are the cure for Honda rotor screws.

>installing valve cover
>hand-tighten all bolts
>set torque wrench to spec
>urrrrrrr-click
>tighten last bolt
>keeps turning... and turning... and turning... and loose
>fucking threads pulled out of the head at <8ft-lbs

>>1737440
>go back a quarter turn
>try to convince yourself it's fine

>>1737603
Damn. Was it aluminum? I wonder if that’s from heat cycles or what.

Helicoils bro.

>installing new caliper for aging alcoholic co-worker
>9001 hours to get old fucked up caliper off
>starts raining
>thread banjo bolt in
>tighten with old washers because it's cold as fuck and co-worker is shitfaced at 9:00 am and they won't come off
>old washers refuse to seal
>tighten one more time and feel the threads cross in slow motion
>brakes now work and doesn't leak
>"fucken done let's drink"

>>1737389
I hate this meme because it feels forced, but also I've lost like half a dozen 10mm and 3/8" sockets over the years so...
Weld one of each to a short extension and grind flats or weld a washer on it so it can't roll into oblivion quite so easily. Go careful on the heat to avoid fucking the hardening completely. You only need tacks anyway.

>>1737734
They even sell pic related at VatoZone these days

I hate having loose sockets laying around tho. Just have a dozen ratchets so each size socket will be on a ratchet that won’t roll away

>>1737418
You are a good man anon.

>>1737454
Oh yes

Have you guys never drilled out and used an extractor? Square out? Left handed drill bit? Kroil?

>>1737935
Left handed drill bits are nice, try to go down the center and sometimes once you get through the middle of a bolt, it takes a bit of tension off and it will just spin out. If anything, pound the extractor into the hole you drilled and try to remove it. If that doesn’t work, step up to a larger bit and pick out the remaining bits and hope the threads are ok. You can always tap it out after too.

Extractors alone normally suck because the bolt likely broke since it was seized or overtightened anyway, and the extractor can’t bite enough to break loose that seized nut.

>>1737440
>>1737605
>tightening hose bib to threaded copper pipe.
>really tight but it's not aligned up and down yet
>little more...
>pipe twists.

>>1737621
>Was it aluminum?
yes it was.
I suspect that the previous owner tried over tightening the bolts to fix the leak which was the reason I had the covers off.
of course it was the one right next to the #8 cylinder, way back in the engine compartment and too tight to get a drill in, barely could get my hands and socket in.
was a pain in the ass, I cleaned up the M6 hole with a 1/4" drill held in a tap wrench, a quarter turn at a time, and then retapped the hole for 5/16-18.
If I ever pull the head, I'll probably redo it right.

>>1738002
>barely get the drill in
Kek, exactly the reason why I refused to do the starter on the neighbor’s boat.

>>1737599
I just used one of those to do my 98 accord rotors recently. Absolutely fantastic. The air tools would spin too fast and hop out or strip the head, a quick few whacks from a hammer on the hand-held impact driver and the screws popped right out.

>>1737389
>>1737738
>>1737734

I know it's sperg-level territory, but try training yourself to put tools either back entirely or in a temporary close-by workbox as soon as you go to grab another one. I haven't lost a 10mm or wrench since I've started doing it. You think it would take a lot longer with all of the back and forth but you actually save time from looking all over the garage for it

>>1737418
Heat pops loctite. Heat is your friend.

>>1737738
No porn on /diy plz.

>>1738114
I usually have a bucket of bullshit for the task at hand, and I put everything away meticulously when I'm done with something, even if just switching tasks temporarily.
The problem is when I've got my head in something and I drop the fucking socket while switching up. Of course this happens maybe once every few weeks, but it's always a d10 roll for how lost it is. Having a bigger thing with flats on it means you need to be a lot less lucky for it to fuck off forever.

>>1738184

Yup.

Hit that shit with a little propane torch next time and heat up the area before you try.

>>1738053
I did Accord brakes last year, ended up just drilling out that screw

>>1738185
Go to Vatozone and get one, I’m pretty sure it’s rebranded Gearwrench and it was only like $20-$25. I believe they had a 3/8” set as well.

>>1738114
Mag dishes and trays and those little white plastic hospital bowls are great for keeping track of shit, lay your wrenches and parts in there as well as the wrenches.

And multiple mag dishes, especially when you go deep under the hood and you can stick the screws and bolts in a mag dish in order for each assembly. If you have a plastic cover plus more screws for hoses and wire clips, put those in one dish, then valve cover or head bolts in order in a second dish, etc.

They’re also great if you need to set all the shit aside for a couple days waiting for a part.

>>1738284
I’m gonna shill this thing again. I think it was only $15 from Lowe’s, looks identical to repackaged ones all over, the Lisle version at Advance Auto was like $35 for what looked exactly the same with a hard case. It has a 3/8” square as well if you want to put a socket on there.

That’s the kind of shit that is worth the $20 if it saves you a massive headache on just one job.

>>1737621
Retap helicoils are shit

>>1737641
omg I'm both you and the old drunk... My >bleeder screw won't come off
>Starting drinking a beer to help ease my anger
>Get so drunk I eventually give up
>Fuck it, let the brakes wear my rotor away

>>1739442
Yeah last time I had to bleed my brakes, I ended up buying two new calipers.

I now own 6pt combination wrenches in those sizes.

>>1739442

>let the brakes wear away my rotor because I can't get the bleeder screw out

Why are you even messing with the bleeder screw unless you have to open up the lines anyhow? Just squeeze your brake pistons back into the caliper with a big pair of channel lock pliers and one of the old brake pad backing plates. Insert new pads, replace caliper. Done.

>replacing struts, have to remove anti-sway bar from the control arm to be able to move the wheel hub enough that I can fit the new struts in
>been soaking this bolt in penetrating fluid for days but the head sheers off anyway
>try to twist it out by holding the nub with vice grips: no luck
>try two different sets of ezouts: no luck, just foul up the broken bit of the bolt
>too scared to use a torch to heat it up because I've put so much penetratingn fluid under there I'm afraid I'll set the car on fire then burn the house down
>get left handed drill bits to try and drill it out, but bolt doesn't budge. I was a little off-center so I ended up drilling out enough of the bolt on one side that if I go up another size I'll be drilling on the control arm
>try to break up/chisel out the bolt whith a hole punch but just fuck up the tip on teh hole punch
>get a tap & die set from oreilley's for reasons that doesn't do shit either
>decide "fuck it" and put car back together, drive the next 10,000 miles with antisway bar not attached on one side

So that's where I'm at. Is my control arm going to be bent and fucked up? I figure I'll torch the hole to get the last shards of that bolt out sometime this winter.

>don't own a breaker bar
>have a 4' pipe that fits over the ratchet though
>taking rusted to shit brake caliper brackets off
>needs force even using the full length
>hear a snap
>pray it wasn't the ratchet head

>>1737599
Yes, for working on a Honda, or Mazda when doing a brake job. Will save your sanity, and will prevent copious amounts of profanity, and tools being thrown across shop. And are a must have when working on a Honda, or Mazda.

>inspection says I have a caliper leak
>every caliper bolt shears
>think I'll just rebuild it
>couldn't manage to do it
>replace it
>actually start looking
>oh it's actually the oil seal and the caliper was fine
>need to replace axle oil seal
>abs sensor breaks from me going at it with pliers because it couldn't be removed
>pull axel shaft
>put seal in
>wait a second this doesn't seem right
>I put it in backwards
>wait for more parts
>decide to do both oil seals
>remove other sides shit
>accidentally step on brakes so the other caliper that was fine got over extended because there was no rotor on, so need to replace that too

>inspection says I have a caliper leak
>every caliper bolt shears
>think I'll just rebuild it
>couldn't manage to do it
>replace it
>actually start looking
>oh it's actually the oil seal and the caliper was fine
>need to replace axle oil seal
>abs sensor breaks from me going at it with pliers because it couldn't be removed
>pull axel shaft
>put seal in
>wait a second this doesn't seem right
>I put it in backwards
>wait for more parts
>decide to do both oil seals
>remove other sides shit
>all the caliper bolt break as well
>accidentally step on brakes so the other caliper that was fine got over extended because there was no rotor on, so need to replace that too

>>1737599
Why are you posting bullets?

>>1737436
Anon thanks for making my night

>>1737436
Right hand rule bro.

>>1737599
I managed to get two screws off my 2014 civic with an impact driver, but all the others snapped or rounded the head. Those fucking screws are such a shit idea. At least install them with anti seize, Honda.
Ended up drilling most of them. Whatever, they're not even critical, just a "convenience".

>>1739573
BMW does the same thing but I don’t think it’s a Phillips/JIS screw.

>>1739606
You never used one of them .22 nail guns?

>>1740162
That’s about what happened last time I had to take the splash guards out of the wheel well on my car.

>>1737440
>>1737605
>>1737995
>giving allen/phillips/straight screw the final turn
>on final twist
>screw head metal gives way instead
>totally destroy head leaving almost no discernible evidence of what the former driver type was
>"hey anon, I gave you the wrong part, remove that part you just screwed in"

>bolt breaks on easily removable part of machine
>part also happens to be readily available in spares
>take a crack at removing bolt on site to save me the trip to spares
>bolt broke is such a way it left a perfect little bur raised in the counter clockwise direction
>gently push on the bur with a pocket screwdriver
>threaded portion comes out with no fuss, install new bolt and reattach part

Sometimes you get lucky too

>>1737437

>>1735715
>Bathtub sink pressure is fucked up
>See on youtube videos people just twisting it off with a wrench ezpz
>Get out my wrench and grab the sink
>Pull as hard as I can both ways
>Sink doesnt move
>Try again
>Sink fucking chips
I want to die

>Given an old chinkshit vise from a friend
>want to remove jaws to see if there's any rust behind them
>take off 3 of the 4 philips head screws no problem
>4th one gives some issue despite some penetration fluid and end up stripping the screw because of the soft metal used for them
>fuck
>drill a hole and start twisting in an extractor
>get it to the point where I couldn't turn it anymore and after some more twists, decide in a burst of "brilliance" to break out the 3 jaw bit brace to get some extra leverage
>immobilize vise and tighten the brace down on the extractor and start lightly tugging
>hear a light *tink* and jerk a little bit
>thought the jaws slipped the extractor because it's a square shank and the brace used is best with hex shaft stuff
>extractor tool broke almost flush with the screw
Yup. Mhm.

>>1740197
>extractor tool broke almost flush with the screw

>>1740191
I did this trying to remove a toilet seat when I was 14-15. It was an old seat and the steel hinge and bolt was so rusted from the piss and years and I somehow managed to crack the whole fuckin toilet.

That was my first venture into plumbing.

>>1740200
>>1740197
>original screw was mushy soft Chink steel
>hardened extractor

>>1740202
Aside from not keeping the brace perfectly straight when working it, the extractor was a ways inside, pushing it tight inside it's hole.

Plus apparently bolt extractors are brittle and can snap without too much effort

>>1740205
They’re like taps and cobalt drill bits. Anything that is meant to bite into steel is like that. Whenever you want super hard steel, you’re going to lose flexibility so you have to make sure you keep everything straight.

>>1740210
Yeah, lesson learned, that's for sure

>>1740183
Another trick is an automatic center punch and try to punch it counterclockwise to spin it out. The little blows get it moving sometimes and save your ass a lot of heartache.

>>1740197

I've busted them off before too. Only step after that is a carbide burr in a die grinder and grind it out to the point you can get another extractor in there, or drill it out with a carbide drill bit or masonry bit with a carbide tip. I've used the masonry bits with good success before, but I usually have to sharpen the tip with a green grinding wheel on the bench grinder, cause most of them are pretty dull from the factory for masonry.

>>1740197
>want to remove jaws to see if there's any rust behind them
first mistake
As tempting as it is to fuck with things that aren't broken, never do it, always manages to end up worse than before.

>replacing some faucets in an old ass apartment building
>shut off cold stop under lav sink, starts leaking from the packing nut
>ever so gently tighten packing with 426s, turns 1 degree and entire nipple breaks off in wall
>cold water gunning all over third floor apartment
>run downstairs, shut off main, clean up water, break out block wall, pull threads out of 90 with nipple extractor, replace, turn water back on
>tell myself I will be super careful with hot side stop
>begin to turn handle on hot side stop valve, nipple breaks off in wall, hot water starts gunning all over third floor apartment

>>1741058
To this, I would like to add anything with unsealed bearings. They will be running like new and as soon as you take the used thing apart, they turn into dust.

I guess it means they were due for replacement anyway, but those half bearings would’ve run another 150 hours had I not disassembled the thing.

>>1741114
>I spin wrenches all day, but there’s two things I will always pay somebody else to fix for me- cars and plumbing. Shit is always corroded, hard to reach, and something else is going to break in the process
My alcoholic dad

>>1740229
I actually did use one of those diamond tipped tile bits to grind out both screw and the extractor and managed to get the screw to turn out after both drilling it out enough and using a punch to shock it loose a little while drilling some more.

>>1741058
Point taken, I think I'm just gonna clean the exterior of another bit brace I have. The pin that holds the ratchet selector ring is really close to the "box" that holds the gear and little ratchet arms and the only reasonable way I think I can do to get it out is through a blowtorch to heat the metal after some fluid and a little wire cutter in order to actually grip the pin. Ah well, I like the patina on the box and the thing works like a dream with no squeak or rattle whatsoever.

>>1739563
just go to harbor freight and get the $15 breaker with a 25% off coupon, it's a goddamned beast

>>1741114
Similar
>ice maker is overflowing into freezer
>stuck ice maker rotor
>go to shut off water at cut off
>stuck let me get a plier
>SNAP it's plastic
>water everywhere
>turn off main
Bonus, it's Christmas with a house full of people.

>>1741114
>tell myself Ill be super careful...
I laugh because I dont want to cry

>Helping buddy to timing belt
>He goes to throw tensioner pulley back on
>"Hey man this bolt really doesn't want to go in"
>Look down
>He put wrong bolt in hole
>Threads are surely fucked already
>Says fuck it, tighten down bolt with 2 ft breaker bar and the force of a million suns

really hope nobody ever needs that bolt out again.

>>1739540
I tried that, turns out the caliper is shitty and needs to be replaced. I'm an amateur a this...

>>1742401
Are they overheating and locking up? I had that happen recently on a Ford and it ended up being the brake lines, they were breaking down inside and wouldn’t let fluid return through the lines so they would stay up against the rotor.

Calipers are pretty cheap anyway. Look on Rock Auto. I actually went to Vatozone for mine, there was a core charge so I brought in the old calipers and they ended up being ~$40ea for the fronts. Rock Auto has kits with calipers, pads, discs, and hardware for probably under $100 for most shitboxes.

>>1738114
that's not sperg level, that's normal. most people don't get the "drops". they'll return the item or place things in a spot that they'll continue to collect their used items that need returning to their home.

> pressing impact driver hard into the square drive screw
> holding up shelf against the wall with left hand
> press trigger
> suddenly there is a dent the wall

>>1737995
Bruh you don’t need to crank on something like a hose bibb that hard for it to not leak

>>1740197
...that's great.
That's reeeeeally great anon.

>>1737440
die weeb

>>1743075
you first,namefag

>>1743080
dilate tranny
Tell me again, why are you sexually attracted to children?

>>1743082
Tell me again, why are you such an attention whore you feel the need to name yourself on an anonymous image board?

>>1737935
Your pic gave me fucking flashbacks to controls. Compensated feedback loops were a fucking nightmare, control systems was such an abysmal class. Passed tho.

>>1743082
because women are at their best when underage

>>1741473
Try 'Helicoil'
he'll be right

>>1741120
this post is to notify you of greentext acquisition, no further action is necessary on your part

>>1737734
I have bought socket sets where the 10mm socket had been pre-interdimensional-voided prior to opening the box. One set had an empty slot. Another set went 8mm, 9mm, 11mm, 11mm. Shrink wrap was intact. It's like an /x/-file tier mystery.

>>1743217
>imagine valuing a girl that hasn't even had her period yet

>>1739583
Nice

>>1740191

Do what now?

>>1737437
the one from the wheel side, yes.
the 3-4 from the engine side doesnt matter.

but if he was talking about the center nut, like from a 4x4, it wouldnt lift the vehicle. only rotate.

>>1740205
>>doesnt understand how metal works.

>>1742412
coolstory tripfagq

>>1744734
one of the 3 bolts that comes out from the engine side and secures the hub assembly onto the steering knuckle

>digging in giant bucket of sockets
>need 12mm
>find 11
>find 13
>find another 11
>find 14
>another 13
I seen it 12 fuckin times when I didnt need it

>>1744739
Thanks bby ;^)

>>1745002
Why don’t you get a fucking 99¢ socket rail?

>>1735715
EZ-coil brother. Used to work in heavy industry. Watching the new guy cross thread a 2 3/8" bolt with the hydraulic torque wrench sucked, but it was never too much to be fixed by a mag drill and some ez-coil.

>>1737935
I can smell the kroil

>>1737440
>Tighten it back up as tight as it will go before loosening again and leave it

>>1737599
I've used them to crack tight wheel locks loose a few times. Personally I've always had more luck putting a breaker bar on, loading it up good and hitting the head of the bar with a hammer a few times. Seems to work the absolute best on anything like that.

>>1745174
They’re sort of for a different purpose. The handheld guys are better for screws and shit where you want that pressure into the head plus a shock. Breaker bar does better with nuts and bolts where you don’t have to worry about the thing camming out. They’re not too bad for extractor sockets though, hammering in gets a good bite but the torque isn’t going to be like a 24” breaker bar plus body weight or hammer.

>>1745136
t h e o i l t h a t c r e e p s

>>1737348

Spend the money on a mechanical torque multiplier. I should have bought one thirty years ago. Got an X-4 (USA made) off Ebay and my long pipes and big impacts get little use any more.

>>1738309
Truth. When ya need them, nothing else will do.

>>1735715
Thin lubricant always seems to work for me when dealing with stuck bolts

>>1749053
Those things are cool, like if you’re a trucker and need one to pull off a wheel on the side of the road. But now that stupid powerful battery powered impact wrenches exist, they seem mostly obsolete.

>>1749342
X2

>>1735715
>doing final QA (quality assurance) on a machine built by shitty just-out-of-apprenticeship newbie
>you know the type, feminist, shittest worker in the shop, bad attitude, lazy, takes forever to do nothing, but still wants equal pay and wonders why I get paid more for doing the same work in 1/8 the time.
>at the elleventh hour
>urgent and important to ship this machine TODAY
>entirely possible if basic work was completed over the last 2 days
>notice basic part from much much much earlier in assembly is not functioning
>would have been apparent the moment she picked it up for assembly that something was wrong
>easily replace part
>working ... but not as expected
>other essential part for the function of it was missed at the begining of assembly
>missing part is burried deep inside the machine
>she didn't notice either of these problems the entire time she was working on the machine
>almost everything needs disassembling and a LOT of alignment and precision work must be undone to access missing part.
>machine must be dropped at the shipping depot in 30 minutes
>[eurobeat intensifies]

>>1741114
something similar happened on one of my first maintenance jobs
>"just replace this part anon, it's easy, a straight swap out"
>think I've turned off water properly
>see no other valves
>think to myself
>"I'll just undo it slowly"
>"if it turns out the water is on, I'll see a drip"
>"i'll just quickly screw it back in, no biggie"
>"I've done that before, it'll work again"
>slowly undoing part
slowly
>slooooowly
>no drips
>sloooooooowllyyyyyyy
>WATER EXPLOSION.
>WATER GUSHING OUT OF WALL
>FLOWING INTO ROOM
>UNABLE TO CONTAIN WATER
>DESPERATELY TRY TO FORCE PART BACK IN
>it won't go back in.
>multiple storey building above restaurant
>diners got free water with thier meals that day
somehow I kept that job for 2 years

>>1737599
A straight minute of BRRRRRT with my dewalt impact driver was enough to unstick a steering rack bolt that killed one of my autozone socket wrenches
Unfortunately the same procedure on an easy out with a socket hammered onto it wasn't enough to extract the remains of the bolt I broke a year ago

>>1739555
Front or rear?
Just remove the sway bar entirely

>>1749382

>>you know the type, feminist, shittest worker in the shop, bad attitude, lazy, takes forever to do nothing, but still wants equal pay and wonders why I get paid more for doing the same work in 1/8 the time.

no I don't know that sort of person, why would those people ever want to do heavy labor in the first place?

>>1749382
Sounds like you couldent be assed to do your job because you would rather fuck up the whole shops day in hopes of getting someone fired

Wew lads, new pads and rotors front, shoes, drums, wheel cylinders on this 2003 and nothing has stripped yet. Pedal has been super spongy since before the brake job tho so gonna do a good bleed today and praying those bleed screws on the calipers come off since that’s the one part I haven’t replaced.

>>1750114
I don’t think these front bleeder screws are coming out without new calipers. Got some air bubbles out of the rear at least.

>>1750223

>>1749843
>you
>couldent
i'm not going to try and decipher to whom you are referring, i hope it was my co-worker though because, if so, that is entirely possible.
>>1749769
>why would those people ever want to do heavy labor in the first place?
Don't you know? Women and men are equal in every way and a woman can do anything a man can. Women have equal rights in the workplace now and equal opportunities to do jobs formerly only men were allowed to do! (for some reason.) Unfortunately women believe they are inferior and feel as though there is still inequality untill they are doing the exact same grueling shit as men, except they have had the unpleasant surprise of discovering that heavy labour is shit, difficult and tiresome, but they want to play with the big boys and get the same prizes as the big boys, so they can have equality- but with none of the work! They forget that men and women have their own unique qualities, like the ability TO FUCKING MAKE PEOPLE. A people factory. Inside you. The literal miracle of life. And somehow they feel inferior if they aren't digging ditches and struggling with stuck bolts. We will always be different in different ways, men better and more suited to some things and women to others. Rant over. And, despite all this, it doesn't stop people from being dickheads even when they get what they want.
TL;DR
>gaining equality in a stuck society
>gender roles erased
>enter workplace
>discover work is hard
>discover the other gender can do it better
>have to work now because equality
>have to do this or believe i am inferior
>am actually inferior to co-workers in every way
>my jobs turn out shitty and i get fired
>must be sexism

>>1750114
>do a good bleed today
much easier as a two man job, get a frien....
>tripfag
never mind...

>>1750279
I had the girl there to get it done, those bleeder screws on the front are sketchy. Got some air out from the rear but it needs a whole flush. Still a little spongy but it’s an old car and better than it was so I’m gonna leave it be for this weekend.

>>1750361
Tits and timestamp

>>1750459
>blue board

>>1738114
>embed neodymium magnets into your shop floor at a given spacing
>nothing expensive ever rolls too far away

>>1750541
its the rules

>>1741473
Kek

>>1738309
Kobalt is actually a really good brand. Have a few of their tools and i've never been let down yet.

>>1750646
Kobalt is the worst of the big box tools. They look and feel cheap, and are bulky

>>1750653
I thought harber freight was the worst. I have some Cobalt tools that have lasted me years

>>1750620
I actually have one of her with tits out while I was doing some work on the car, but no timestamp so I guess it’s not worth posting.

>>1750646
That impact driver is rebranded from some other OEM that makes those tools for all sorts of brands. It’s identical to some others I have seen but Kobalt was the cheapest, $20 less than Advance Auto but it came with that shitty little pouch instead of the plastic case the $38 one had.

>>1750653
>>1750658
Word on the street is Kobalt used to be made by Williams in the US years ago and it was super nice. Now it’s generally not bad but nothing special, like Husky. The Irwin and Milwaukee tools are right there for a few bucks more, but the Kobalt and Milwaukee will do just fine if you aren’t super picky or abusive. Better than the cheap ass HF stuff, on par with the mid-grade HF like Quinn or Pitt Pro, not as nice as the newest high end HF.

Heat it up. Can't be stuck if it's liquid

>>1750727
Dude everything HF makes is shit.

You know there are other brands right?

>>1742980
THIS only every time it’s Phillips fore because merica. How Phillips haven’t been totally phased out I still don’t understand

>>1750727
Can confirm. Got an old Kobalt socket (some goofy size like 30mm or something) with a Rollaway I bought and it was made in U.S. and definitely better quality than what you see now.

>>1750888
I gotta beg to differ only on the stuff of theirs that’s made in Taiwan. That stuff is right on par with the medium tier brands like gear wrench, Milwaukee, etc. (Mechanics tools)

>drop $260 set of .0005 resolution calipers
>severely bend outside jaws

>>1750888
>>1750954
Anon hasn’t been to HF in a few years...

They seem to be coming out with 3 tiers of lots of tools. They have disposable Chinesium, the Chicago Electric shit you remember HF being all about, then the mid tier like Quinn, Bauer, or Pitt Professional which is more like Husky, Kobalt, Ryobi, or Stanley quality, and then the higher end Asian tools like Icon, Hercules, and Doyle, similar to DeWalt-Milwaukee-Gearwrench-Irwin.

There isn’t much of a reason to go to HF for the more expensive offerings aside from a few tools, most of it costs the same as the name brands at Home Depot-Lowe’s-Amazon and it’s all excluded from the 20% off coupons.

>>1735715
>got a new flag pole
>holder on porch has knob for different dimensions
>bugger;s stuck
>WD the night before
>channels locks in the morning
>fucker turns

hate breaking shit off
patience and be gentle

>>1750610
>Set phone down next to creeper.
>yfw

>>1752136
Recently got a 6 inch combo square from them.
Aside from the sharp edges that was easily fixed with some sandpaper, the thing was perfectly square. That was pretty neat to see.

>>1750646
Their ratchets' selector levers go the wrong way, same with Masterforce and the new craftsman

>>1753813
I have heard that from people who were stuck on the old style Craftsman or even Snappy ratchets forever, it’s common across a lot of those Taiwan ratchets that all use the same design. The 72T Kobalt, Tekton, and Pitt ratchets are all the same exact mechanism inside. I forget which way the Gearwrench type goes.

>>1754055
You spend most of your 34 years of life wrenching with the same ~20 ratchets, and always expect to turn the lever left for clockwise, then you grab a wrench that does the opposite, and that wrench suddenly finds itself moving across the shop at a high rate of speed.

>>1754076
Yeah I understand why so many people hate it, but I think if you used an old Craftsman ratchet for all those years and you have a chance to use a flex head Taiwan ratchet with fine teeth and a longer handle, it’s worth getting used to.

Wew, nevermind, I just did the test, it’s actually only reverse on the design of the Kobalt and Pitt 72T (also found on the cheap Tekton 72T) in this pic >>1754055 and I’m not a huge fan of those anyway, I like the Gearwrench style better, more compact, seems to grip more teeth, and that backwards design seems to have the largest ratchet head of all the “low profile” designs. Tekton 90T is more like the GW design so it’s not backwards. Old Crescent 24T is also reverse, maybe that’s why I don’t get angry at it because I would switch between that Crescent and a Craftsman for 20 years.

>>1754076
jokes on you, I don't remember which way the lever goes on any of them.

>>1750263

based

>>1754088
+1

I always spin the socket first. But I think that comes from switching between the old Crescent and Craftsman for so many years.

Although I have been using the Williams and Gearwrench a lot lately, I picked up the Pitt Pro and found myself flipping back and forth like 3 times before I found the right way, I think I was starting to get used to the proper way