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Does a specialty tool exist to remove pop rivets? Can someone make any recommendations? I tried drilling it out and pushing it out from the other side but no luck. The head is rather big. Is there a specialty tool for removing rivets other than a regular drill bit to make the process easier...

My fuel door came off my car which was riveted in. I was thinking of drilling out the old rivets and replacing them with rivet nuts, so a threaded bolt could be used. Does it make sense to put an O-Ring under the lip of the river nut to help create a water tight seal? Although I guess it...

I see people spray Fluid Film/Surface Shield/Wool Wax onto their vehicles. This is great and all. But I noticed they can come in very big buckets, up to 5 gallons. Has anyone on here attempted to soak parts in a bath of these fluids? Meaning if I have say for example an outer tie rod or some...

Is there an electric hammer type tool device that I can use that whacks things very hard. Whenever I try to remove ball joints, pickle forks take up a lot of space and cumbersome in low clearance situations, screw presses get cocked to one side or the other, or just don't fit around arm the...

I'm seeing lots of conflicting information on the internet on the accuracy of torque sticks. Torque sticks seem like a great tool to use, if accurate, would speed up the assembly process greatly. I have an older generation electric Milwaukee impact wrench. I see some sources online state they...

Hi All, I recently discovered ignition wrench sizes 13/64 inch and 15/64 inch. Clearly the tooling exists to get within 1/64th of an inch. This got me thinking if there were other X/64 inch wrench sizes that are manufactured? I can see situations for other X/64th inch wrenches. For example 14...

Hi. I'm looking to apply surface Shield at home on my vehicle. However I don't have an air compressor. Half decent ones seem to be very expensive. Would it be possible to just use an electric sprayer without an air compressor? I've also heard that there are inner cavity attachments available...

Can someone please recommend a motorized electric torque wrench? A tool were you input the torque value you want to tighten the fastener to, and then pull the trigger, and it automatically torques the wrench for you via a motor to the specified torque. No manually wrenching with your hands to...

Hi. I have a unibody frame vehicle. I'm trying to use a quick jack lift system. The only polyurethane blocks I have that have slots in them for pinch welds, the slot in the block is not wide enough. I also have some flat blocks that are a flat surface. Can I lift a unibody frame car from the...

Hi All, I was going to remove a bearing from a bore with a lip on one end of the bore. Are these type of bearings single use bearings? In order to remove these type of bearings, it would seem that you would have to press them out on the side with the lip, by pressing on the space between the...

I'm trying to remove this metal ring (red arrow). It's keeping the piece of metal (blue arrow) in. There is a "+" shaped slot. The piece of metal that is rectangular in shape with shoulders sits in one of the "-" slots within the "+" slot. The metal ring (red arrow) goes around a slot cut into...

I have a 2005 Camry. The OEM sway bar links have no wrench flats towards the bottom of the stud of the ball joint. They are 100 % round. I know most sway bar links, this area has a wrench flat, with an Allen head at the top of the stud. You can either put an Allen head in the top of the stud or...

Hi, Has anyone ever had a use for old wrench sizes for modern day automotive applications? I was thinking for rusty fasteners that have decreased in overall size, maybe an old sized wrench would good to have around? I live in the states and work on imported cars that mostly have metric...

Hi All, I'm debating buying a used snowblower or lawnmower and had a few questions. I would never buy a brand new car because of the price depreciation. I'm not at the point in my life were I can afford that. Maybe one day though, it would be nice. Someone like me is better off just buying a...

I find myself spending time, double checking I got the right size wrench on bolts. Once I think I have found the right size, I go one size lower and one size higher to confirm. I then have to look online, or my service manual, the required torque for said nut/bolt. I was thinking of a better way...

So I was wondering what's the largest and smallest bolt/nut you have come across in passenger vehicles. As far as diameter of the bolt head or nut. What application where they used in? I think axle nuts tend to be rather large, but am not sure if there's larger bolts used elsewhere? I think...

I'm debating if getting a right angle impact wrench is worth it when I already have an impact wrench? I thought of getting one for tight spaces where a normal impact wrench is to big to provide access. I was thinking of getting either the Milwaukee or Kobalt ones. Anyone have a right angle...