Brand new adhesive cartridge spoiled again? These things last for months and years if you crunch a spax screw into the grommet.
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Adjusting valves is not that difficult: apart from a few wrenches, all you really need is a feeler gauge, a little brain power and a lot of patience.
Rusty slotted screw is up to ruin the weekend? Prevents further work? The blade of the screwdriver should then be razor sharp. We show you how.
Sometimes you need force: For example, when slotted screws in light metal have seized up.
No compressor to press the piston out of the brake calliper?
A grease gun and DIY adapter are an alternative.
No fresh lock nut left on the shelf? Borrowed Nord-Lock by your thieving colleagues and the Loctite bottle is bone dry? Cotton can help.
Thread a tricky screw from behind through the chest into the eye? Works perfectly with half a meter of binding wire.
Installed billions of times – and just as often incorrectly adjusted: Wheel bearings with two tapered roller bearings. Adjustment requires fingertips, brain and a screwdriver.
Thread messed up? Sure, it’s always the others’ fault. But how do you repair it when Helicoil and other remedies are out of reach?
No hotplate to heat the wheel bearings to a bite-sized temperature? No hot air gun? How about the gas stove from your camping equipment!
