Tools

[cernunos]

I've been having to do some repair work to our Wrangler YJ and it just made me want to post a reminder about PB Blaster, a really great solvent in a can that helps with corroded fasteners. I've got some really stubborn bolts in the 4-wheel drive vacuum shift mechanism and I had to go out and get some PB because all my tools are at my Brother's place since we sold the shop. I've used the PB for years and I just can't say how great it is. This is one tool everyone should keep around. What kind of special tools does anyone else keep on hand that would be a neat addition to solve stubborn, difficult mechanical problems? Oh, little GS500 and the GStwin forum...how I love you both.

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[callmelenny]

I love that stuff too


I first encountered PB Blaster in the marine engine world where the mechanics I knew called it Weasel Piss.

I recently found the perfect little screwdriver for adjusting the air mixture screw on the carbs while the bike is running. It came in a $2 eyeglass repair kit and fits under the carbs easily and is easier to use than a right angle screwdriver.

[se7enty7]

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I recently found the perfect little screwdriver for adjusting the air mixture screw on the carbs while the bike is running. It came in a $2 eyeglass repair kit and fits under the carbs easily and is easier to use than a right angle screwdriver.

along those lines.... the BEST screwdriver for that you can buy from sears... it's a fingertip screwdriver thing...  theres about 3 to a kit... and works awesome.

[scratch]

Hm...I just use the tip of one of those screwdrivers with the interchangable tips.

[cernunos]

Yeh, I have several different eye-glass screw-drivers lying around waiting to be called to duty. Everyone should have a set of scribes too. I don't mean the people who stand around taking down your every spoken word, but the slender picks with various pointed and hooked ends that make otherwise tedious jobs, such as o-ring removal, a breeze. I have an old set of dental tools also which come in handy from time to time. Love the little vertical twin and its forum.

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[scratch]

Old dental picks work great. Ask your dentist for his old ones that they don't use anymore or are going to throw away.

[manofthefield]

An impact driver (the kind that you hit with a hammer) is great for freeing stuck screws, especially those slippery phillips heads.

[cernunos]

One of my impact drivers is over thirty years old and still works just like new. It's a craftsman wouldn't you know. Love the Baby bike and this forum.

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[davipu]

a big hammer and a really big hammer