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Category: mechanics

Mechanics: drum brakes, part 1

By Jack Posted on July 31, 2025 Posted in mechanics Tagged with drum brakes vs disc brakes, parking brake

Self-tutoring about mechanics: the tutor begins about drum brakes. During an auto repair saga, I’ve had to disassemble, then reassemble, a parking brake which is a drum brake. I’ve studied drum brakes but never worked on them. Therefore, I had …

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Mechanics: penetrating oil test

By Jack Posted on July 28, 2025 Posted in mechanics Tagged with corroded bolt, stuck bolt

Self-tutoring about mechanics: the tutor mentions a great resource. Trying to unstick a bolt – see my posts about it here and here – I was using WD-40 as penetrating oil. Since the process was taking so long, during a …

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Mechanics: unsticking the bolt

By Jack Posted on July 27, 2025 Posted in mechanics Tagged with stuck bolt

Self-tutoring about mechanics: the tutor mentions success removing a stuck bolt. In yesterday’s post I mention a very difficult bolt that was so stuck, I rounded its corners trying to remove it. Next, I had to file edges back on …

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Mechanics: a rounded, stuck bolt, part 1

By Jack Posted on July 26, 2025 Posted in mechanics Tagged with corroded bolt, rounded bolt, stuck bolt

Self-tutoring about mechanics: the tutor mentions an ongoing situation. My son’s daily driver has a mechanical issue I am trying to fix, which involves unfastening a very hard-stuck bolt. Yesterday, trying to remove it, I rounded it off. I was …

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Mechanics: yogurt containers

By Jack Posted on July 18, 2025 Posted in mechanics Tagged with improvisations

Self-tutoring about modifications: the tutor mentions one to the homemade lifters. I mention in my post here about some lifters I improvised for vehicles. Trouble was, two people were needed: one to guide while the other drove onto them. Otherwise, …

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Mechanics: buying a tool vs improvising, part 1

By Jack Posted on July 10, 2025 Posted in mechanics Tagged with improvisations, tools

Self-tutoring about mechanics: the tutor mentions an improvisation. I don’t have a proper floor jack, just a tire-changing one that doesn’t comfortably lift the car high enough to get the jack stands underneath. The clear idea would be to buy …

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Mechanics: o-rings, gaskets and washers, part 1

By Jack Posted on July 4, 2025 Posted in mechanics

Self-tutoring about locations meant to be sealed: the tutor mentions o-rings, gaskets, and washers. While washers have numerous potential uses, such as spreading the force of a tight fastener across more material or absorbing vibration, some do work to provide …

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Mechanics: how to disconnect a Dodge red-tab connector

By Jack Posted on May 20, 2025 Posted in mechanics Tagged with connectors

Self-tutoring about mechanics: the tutor mentions a very helpful video. Diagnosing a situation on my wife’s vehicle, I encountered an electrical connector I needed to disconnect to do a test. I was pretty sure its red tab is a side-sliding …

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Yard work, mechanics: lost manual

By Jack Posted on May 11, 2025 Posted in mechanics, yard work Tagged with documentation, manual

Self-tutoring about yard work: the tutor mentions a side track to find documentation. Yesterday, after a few days away from it, I had to return to yard work. This time of year, things can get away quickly: with some plants …

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Mechanics: cork gaskets

By Jack Posted on April 24, 2025 Posted in mechanics Tagged with gaskets, seals

Self-tutoring about mechanics: the tutor mentions cork as a gasket material. A lot of mechanical issues, it seems, might come down to seals and/or gaskets. Hopefully one can buy a replacement, but sometimes one might need to improvise one. I …

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