Recent content by geartow

I bought matco saltus wrenches within the last 9 years , they were buy sae get metric free. Still in sealed package. 9 yrs is how long I have been at current job were I bought them.

A matco 1inch drive breaker bar. Didn't have any sockets or extensions for 10 yrs after buying it.

11/32 is a trigger wire nut on staters on chevy.

The jack you are trying to save is worth more as scrap metal than to repair. Trying to do just a $2 fix would never give future confidence in it being safe. The type of jack you posted are for simple tire change in an emergency. Not even home dig maintenance. My life is worth more than the cost...

While I currently drive a jeep patriot the jack is a scissor jack from a 1 ton Chevy van. It is considerably larger and heavier built than the factory jack. It was in my 01 s10 blazer prior to the jeep . Also the ford 1 tons come with a nice 2 stage bottle jack . If you have a pick n pull those...

Freebie hand me down self propelled 20 inch craftsman , 25 minutes to do the yard . Live on 5 acre. I only have to how fenced in area for dog . Land Lord does the rest. The place I live is on same property used to be in law place.

Semi driving on the rd has a gross weight allowed by law of 80000 lbs on 5 axles.(yes there are exceptions). But going by 80000 you can have 12000 on a steer or 6000 on a tire. Drive axles are allowed 17000 or 8500 on 2 tires . A 10 ton jack will do. In the work truck I have a 20ton shorty and a...

Move the truck to solid ground it is not going to hurt anything to move it a short distance. That is not heavy at very most it is 6000 lbs .

i would only go with a scissor lift if it is full height lift the ones that lift 4 ft or so you will still lay on your back to change oil, as bending to see at 4 ft is very hard on the body so full height lift or floor jack and stands . i dont care for ramps.

Any thing that uses a keg of grease I despise changing tubes 4 to 5 times to grease a heavy how truck. 34 fittings on just the lift.

Depending on your job requirements, 17mm 6point for Isuzu, 5/16 6point and 5/16 Allen for gm, inverted torx on sprinter vans, 21 mm and 22 for New flange style semi drive lines . Some old 1tons had Torx . 7/16 6 point gm 1 tons. Yes I remove a lot of drivelines. I drive a row truck for a...

Remove factory and replace with 1.5inch by 3/8 bolt a flat washer and a cinch nut. It provides a place for jumpers and is serviceable with pliers if need be for field replacement

For a road bag mix and match garage sale is best deal. Craftsman wrenches are now cheap at pawn shops . Honestly harbor freight wrenches used For there intended purpose will serve the purpose .

The ball joint failed, tire went up into fender. I was able to get car parallel parked in downtown. Auto zone was couple of hundred yards away . Went got ball joint . Had dad bring tools . I was maybe 17 or 18. But had changed ball joints before. So I thought nothing of it at the time.

The largest road side repair has been a lower ball joint on my first car a 82 ford granada . So yes 1/2 inch is deffinently required.