Working on your high-mileage warrior can be a challenge. If your car happens to have lived much of its life in the Rust Belt, wrenching on it is likely to be a nightmare. For the DIY wrencher, this ...

In this video, learn how to effectively remove a stripped lug nut, also known as a rounded lug nut, using a lug nut extractor. The video covers the following topics: - Discussion on stripped lug nuts ...

No screw extractor? No problem. Use a tapered square drive bit to back out a stuck fastener: First, drill a hole in the head deep enough to seat the square drive bit. Use a drill bit with a diameter ...

It’s a novice carpenter’s worst nightmare: you’re trying to tighten or remove a screw and you find the head is stripped. You press the screwdriver or drill bit into the head and try to turn, but there ...

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When I stripped the torx bolt head on the seat post clamp on my Cipollini MCM, and could no longer adjust the seat, I decided to solve this one myself. Since there were no videos on how to remove a ...

Nothing ruins an awesome project faster than a broken bolt. Even those who could qualify for sainthood will immediately spike their wrench into the ground and belt out the kind of language that’d make ...

I ran into a problem while doing a top-end rebuild of the stock 350 Chevy small-block in my 1974 El Camino. I discovered while trying to reinstall a new factory-style balancer bolt and -inch-thick ...

If you've worked on an older car for more than five minutes, you'll know what it is to give a bolt your all with a lefty-loosey, and the head snaps off as if it was the tightiest of righties. Fret not ...

There are quite a few different types of screws and bolts out there for all kinds of crafting and construction jobs and projects. One of the most common types of bolt is the Torx bolt, also known as a ...