I was a mobile mechanic for 34 years and used punches like that for bushings and seals. For smaller blind hole bushings I tap threads in them and us a bolt to pull them out. Good tip!
Back in the day, we had a strange tool called a "CHISEL" that did the job :-) Having said that. I love it when people give us the ideas they have for repurposing old tools. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us :-)
Yep I have a set of 3 very small thin chisels that I used for that type thing ,Some guys use to laugh your a heavy equip mechanic you got all these big ass wrench's some almost 3 feet long, an sockets the size of small pumpkins an then you got these lil tiny wrench's an chisels that look like miniature play stuff ,
Good deal.I never stop learning something daily. I am a Heavy Equipment Mechanic Field Service for near 30 years.I keep my mind open to new stuff.Thanks for posting.
good on you Gilby !! here's one, for especially you. i r not a mechanic, by trade, but can fix most anything. To remove broken bolt/stud in a metal piece: grab a copper pipe, or sheet metal of COPPER, and form to fit in the threaded hole, of which the stud/bolt is broken. place it in hole, making for enough room as possible, in the middle. OK, now your ready to tig/mig weld, put welder on slowest feed setting, and fill the hole with molten weld metal. copper will not adhere to steel, and when you got enough in there, drill/tap and remove stud....
@@petersack5074 Good stuff, I watched a machinist remove some broken exhaust manifold bolts and he just stacked weld up, the copper would make it so much easier. Thanks.!
@@petersack5074 , the above method is for when the bolt breaks off down inside an you got nothing to grab a hold of , beats drilling an trying to use an extracter,. Also it's a great trick if you have a hole that you need to fill in if you can put a copper plate behind it then weld away , works great for hyd Motors that Mount to a 2 ear plate , you will see this in a lot of farm an industrial Applications
On the punch (or chisel or star drill) when a “mushroom’ starts to form on the head from repeated hammering, it is important to grind off the edges of the “muffin top”. The flared steel is very stressed and unstable and prone to splintering. By grinding off the splitting edges of the “cap” the risk of shrapnel flying off is greatly reduced. Years ago, hammering an old star drill into concrete, an edge shard shot off into my hand. Deep! Fortunately, it was not into my eye or someplace that tweezers and magnet couldn’t reach. Since then I always wear safety glasses and all striking implements have their heads ground clean.
I was thinking the same. In the army, that was a chargeable offence if you got something in the eye caused by mushroomed punches. I speak from experience!!! LOL
Great hack.You can also run a bead of weld around the inside of the bushing as well. Yes,even works on brass bushings. Don't need a pretty bead,just the heat. After it cools and srinks,it will fall right out.
Thanks for showing. There used to be a lot of different shapes of cold chisels. They are good for a lot of jobs where you quickly need to make a clean cut in metal. One can do a lot of useful stuff with a chisel. Most of it is forgotten, in old books. That was 150 years ago, when all they had where chisels, files and (overhead belt driven) drill press, lathe and shaper.
Yah no shit - I STILL use chisels for fine finishing work in wood, etc....hard to implement chisels on stainless. Maybe Brass or Muntz.....no fine work in galvanized really...
Good tip. Another method father in law thought me is to use a welder to put a spot weld or two on the inside of the bushing... The heat expands the bushing in the hole...and when it cools...the bushing shrinks and falls out easily. Great trick for tough pressed in outer bearing races.
Thank you for sharing this knowledge. I do want to point one thing out that you were doing wrong, and that is when you were cutting the notch into the chisel you were pointing it up allowing the grinding wheel to run onto the chisel. That is very dangerous as the grinding wheel can grab onto the Chisel and cause injury. Always let the grinding wheel run off of an object. This advise it's coming from someone that learned the hard way!
There is no substitute for experience passed on to the less educated. So damned simple but now you have a valuable asset to your tool box. Thanks a bunch for passing this along~!!!!!!!!
You can do the same thing by simply grinding the end of the punch at a 45 degree angle. I have a full set of punches ground that way. Always have the right size for big to small bushings. They also work well for helping to get a broken bolt out of a blind hole after you have drilled a center hole.
Making your own tools and thinking outside the box is part of being a good mechanic. Sadly companys don't pay extra for that; most times and come to expect your "magic tricks" all the time.
@@theinkbrain Lol...Ok, thefinkbrain. Precisely my point young squire! I do appreciate your gracious and well contrived dicktum in supporting me in the sentiment of how this DISCERNING "innovation", though no secret to a very select and small order of elderly mechanics, machinists, and engineers, ...etc, IS in and of itself, by any definition, completely discerning, thusly further emphasizing, AND ironically expanding, my previous implication, of which was thoroughly mistaken for a squirrel humping a potato, that nobody listens to the Old Mechanic, machinist, or engineer.
The even better part is that you actually think an old mechanic actually said not to tell anyone about this, and went through the trouble to comment on it.
@@diygaragetx Not in-particularly. Just found it humorous how your Title implied "I can't be trusted" and "My "Kung-Fu" is not very strong", and all packaged into one click-bait title that all translated to climatic entropy. Its Fantastic!
Thank you, thank you kindly. These videos and kits are intended precisely for you and people like you. The average working man (or woman) with average tools, who doesn't mind dirty hands to save money. A lot of the methods and procedures we show you are not how we have performed them in OUR electrical rebuild shop for the last 30+ years. But we are NOT trying to exhibit our high horse "mechsnob" abilities. If you have a primo tool box... great. You already know where to use those tools. Please read our mission statement. alternatorstarterrebuildkits.com/about-us/
Way back in 1982 I as an apprentice, had a similar problem and no journeyman could provide me with a solution, I then did what you did, I cut the bush using my Leather/Gasket Hole Punch! Was nicknamed The Twins after that.
"@@keinokfarang851 They knew you couldn’t be trusted with their knowledge." Sadly, if that is your reply, . . . I'll need to correct you and your attitude, keeping knowledge a secret is useless, knowledge is power, especially when it is free, and should always be passed out and passed around, as such! !
So here I am at work looking for my automatic center punch. I couldn't find it so I just grabbed one of these and a hammer. Never said a word, never mentioned center punch nothing. 2 hours later this dudes in my recommendations grinding a center punch.
You guys still oblivious to the fact that google listens to your microphone and knows everything you ever look up? Hell at n t has a record of every phone call made on its phone lines since 1985. You never spoke about something to someone w your phone on or near you and then soon as you open fb or TH-cam you have an add for what you were talking about?
@@k5guy been telling people for like over 5 years and most people think I’m some sort of conspiracy theorist ... meanwhile... it’s the stone cold truth.
Great information. I work on commercial mixers a lot. Like those used in commercial kitchens and bakeries. This will save me lots of time. Thank you for sharing.
Pushing out a bushing from a blind hole, I've always used a different trick. Fill the hole with grease, make a wooden piston that just fits in the bushing, and hit it into the hole with a hammer, the hydraulic pressure pops the bushing out, usually first hit. No damage at all. But, it only works on a blind hole such as a flywheel.
I get it now, its a small gouge, right? I'd be tempted to harden the point by heating it to straw White, and dipping it. In gunk, any remarks? Clever device all right
Such as bread and a bolt to back out pilot bushing on a flywheel works Everytime pak it full of bread Tite take the bolt push all the bread Yu can pay in it and drive bolt into hole untill it's out
@i. rob Mud, wet toilet paper. u name it. Cutting the bushing with a chisel is not new to me. May be I should listen to my colleagues and start making the videos. I am sure you also know a lot of stuff. Basically it comes down to, when there is a will, there is a way. The job needs to be done.
Back then we overhauled and adjusted everything from fuel pumps to generators, starters and voltage regulators, you name we worked on it and made our own tools because I don't remember many factory tools back in the early 60's outside of a dial bore gauge, vainer caliper and a few micrometers and a dial indicator to check end play and a few different electrical meters a good valve seat grinder and a valve reface machine.
Everyone talking about why is he telling everyone, bro if youre good at what you do, you cannot be replaced.An older cat once told me everyone should just take care of their own job the people who dont lose it. Cada quien cuiada su trabajo!
I'm not sure if I like the video or the comments more on this most excellent video. Thanks for posting this and, thank you for all the hilarious comments! Liked and subscribed, now to forward to all of my friends and family that will enjoy it.
Thanks for sharing man,,,,Im a journeyman plumber 32 years and would have loved to learn this when I started.,,,,keep up the good work,,,more vids please,,,helps the youngsters who want to master something,,,God bless You Tube
Davis we were different many years ago we helped everyone in the shop the same as the older mechanics helped us, it is different today, all about me, what a failure!
Thanks, this looks like a good trick to know. I'm currently doing up an Isuzu diesel engine (it's been about 10 years since I last took on a full engine rebuild) and everything seems to require specialized tools, from removing and replacing the cylinder liners to the camshaft bearings. So I'm basically having to build my own tools as I go.
I'd have to go find one to make certain of the name, (50 years of wrenchin' means a lot of stuff to forget), but I think what you made yourself is called a gouge punch, maybe a gouge chisel. Your Ryobi bench grinder reminded me of the Ryobi my wife came home from a garage sale with, (yes, my wife buys me tools when she finds them. She's a keeper!). I had the Ryobi for a couple of years, then discovered old 1 hp dual shaft table saw motors, bought several for ~50.00, added 25.00 worth of arbor adapters and ended up with some kickass grinders/buffers. The Ryobi sat on the bench for several months until I ran across a 6" diamond grit I had bought for a project which didn't work out. As I was deciding where to store it, I saw the 1/2" arbor marking on the blade and thought, 'The Ryobi has a 1/2" arbor...' I put the diamond blade on the Ryobi and it has been incredibly useful. I never thought it would be a 1/10 as useful as it is. I use it to cut square notches in sheet metal, or thicker quickly, and with better accuracy and quality. Need to cut a slot in the end of a bolt or shaft, it is the tool to use. If you have an old grinder just sitting, give it a try, you will NOT regret it.
This is one of a few ways to do this, for those of you that didn't know well now you have just learned one method. "Thanks for sharing " For all the negative comments shame on you, you must be the types that know everything before you know it. 42 year career as a licensed Millwright and still learning new tricks. You will never know everything except for teenagers .
yes. '' IF YOU LOOSE AN OPEN MIND, then you mays well be a dead man....for '' where there is life, and an open-mind, like a child, LEARNING NEVER STOPS.....'''
You are right on the old mechanic part. My dad showed me that trick 65 years ago. You can also do the same thing with a broken bolt or stud by drilling in the center and cutting down the narrowest side of the broken bolt and you only bother a very small part of the threads. But you still have a decent amount of threads left to use. Used to do that when I rebuilt old flathead engines when the head bolt stud broke off and it was a blind hole.
I literally saw this video a week ago and I used this trick to remove a broken spark plug in a 4.7l dodge head. blew my friend mind. thanks for this awesome tip
informative video, good sound, speaks in a clear and concise manner. it is refreshing to see someone who not only know what he is doing, but is also able to translate those ideas on video
Good video. I would think this would be common sense. Just like drill bits I never throw them away until they are to small. I just keep sharpening them with my bench grinder from 2" bit all the way down to a tiny bit as small or smaller than 1/8". I never throw drill bits away and love it when people just give them to me, because they think they're no good anymore.
I am SO surprised when I learn tradesmen cannot sharpen drill bits .. it's a simple skill i learned at 11 years old .. I've been given dozens of free dull drill bits over the years ..heck I've sharpened them on a mini grinder with my foot on the grinder's trigger :)
Plumbers call that approach “caping.” Basically you cut an internal cylinder - blind bushing, frozen piece of pipe - then peel it away from whatever is around it. The sharpened punch hack is a new twist - thanks for passing that on.
Nice idea, gotta love it when you make your own tools. I've been using an old broken screwdriver to do the same thing, but your idea would work better and cause less damage to the outer housing.
spelunkerd - to tell you the truth, what you just stated, it really doesn't make any sense at all because if a screw driver does the same for you as a cut center punch then why you want to risk a valuable experience you already have accumulated over time with the tool you are using and it works for you vs. while you want to experience a new possibility that you really doesn't know it works by only a reference seen for the first time on a video? whats goin on❓
Ha ha, OK I understand your point. Really I don't think we celebrate creative thinking enough. Most of us get caught in a rut at work, doing things the way we always do them, not ever trying to come up with better ideas. Then when a new idea comes along, we often wonder why we didn't think of it first! Great ideas aren't necessarily perfect, they take time to mature into their best form. Creative ideas make work more interesting, they challenge the mind to explore the world differently. I'm not naturally creative, but I know enough to celebrate those who are.
*_Textbook knowledge can be great but sometimes, life knowledge prevails. And having someone that's done that job for a lot of years comes in handy, too._*
Years ago I did machine repair. I made so many different tools. Trick was to grind and cool imedeately. I made so many tools. I'll say "great job". Some old fashioned skills are STILL the best!!
Seen this trick done, works very well. Have also seen guys run a die grinder down the bushing to thin out the bushing, helps when hammer, less impacts and less force needed, makes the job that bit safer again
Great tip man! Always a real problem getting bushes out of a blind hole. Don't listen to the idiots, glad you're sharing these tips mate. All the best from Australia🇦🇺😎
I use a slice of bread, a socket extension, and a mallet to remove the pilot bearing on flywheel's. Creates a hydraulic effect and pushes out the bearing as you hammer in the bread. Never thought bread would be a tool for parts removal lol.
Dan H squirt grease into pilot bearing all the way flush with the outside and burp it to remove air. Then find a bolt, round stock or anything that fits almost snug to the bushing and hit with hammer to hydraulically push the bushing out.
Nice defenetly works. What also works, if you have access to a tig welder all you have to do is run two beads 180 degrees apart across the inner race. That makes the race shrink and fall right off.... have been doing it for over 20 years...
worked at Steves Transmission Orlando, Fl back in mid to late 80s and he used that tool on all his transmissions. came with a set of transmission punch sets and works just like your punch. I use the same for many engine repairs.
Don't tell anyone.... But, they actually used to make chisels for that.... I have a couple of them, I assume factory, but my dad or grandpa might have made them... I've made a couple myself. With a chisel that is made to be a bushing splitter, they work much faster and you don't need near as big of a hammer!!! Just saying.....
I have a small round nose Cape chisel that I have used for years for that purpose. Also good for making lubrication grooves in new bronze bushings when repairing antique machinery.
Great video, i bet you could use that on a stubborn freeze plug, i had one that just wouldn't move for the longest time, i think that would of done job much quicker.
Nice job.When holding the punch if you reversed your hand the hammer will hit your Palm instead of the knuckles. I sometimes forget to use the other hand as a guild instead of a target.A lot less painful. Thanks for the idea.
Good job. 1.2 m hits , if everyone had sent you their 2 cents in cash ....... Had to comment when I saw the numbers. I agree, got a box full of " special tools " for that one app.
I've seen a few people comment about a puller etc. When its later in the night and the parts stores are closed and you loaned your puller out or misplaced it, this will make the difference in moving foward with your project or coming to a stand still.
Done similar grinds on old punches, drifts, and things I will be canned over! When you need you need, nothing is off limits, nails, files, drill bits, screwdrivers, if it gets the job done it works!
Making a tool like that would come in handy...working on recessed wood door jam lock-set hardware....instead of squaring the wood corners with and installing rounded metal hardware...you'd be able to round the corners of the wood nicely for the round hardware to fit.
@@AC.IPHONE15 Whooooa, there, horsie! You are out of line. This is all about embracing making do with what you have, not "buying" this shit at exorbitant prices. Wanker? Holy fuck! Guys like this are what TH-cam is all about......did you drink too much Brandy before commenting like that? Or just wake up an asshole?
I use a outside muffler chistel but cool trick sometimes you have to MacGyver a tool to get the job done ive made little things like that you can leave vehicle hanging on your lift all week sometimes you cant get the right tool so you make thats a good mechanic
@@Bunnytoes666 thank you this video probably helped. less experienced mechanics so now we have this ignorant person that probably works in a office so sick of these keyboard warriors that dont know what they are talking about
I’ve been doing that for years, figured it out myself, got several of those re-designed punches in my tool box along with other re-designed tools for other jobs
damn I didn't realize I was that old..also if you have a welder you can just run a bead zig zag if you like on the inner side of the bushing and throw water on it to shrink works well to
Remove hardened valve seats in Chevy heads that way also. 3 evenly spaced quick welds, seat draws inward, almost falls out and you don't fornicate up the metal surrounding the seat area.
I’ve used the welding idea, but I would like to know if a hot glue of some kind that would work. Don’t forget to buy a Diamond Chisel , it’s made for this purpose. .,!
@@robertleftwich1122 Of course just stop by. the craft shop pick up a glue gun and a bix of those popsicle styx .Tough jobs like this and many others with a breeze
A friend of mine (RIP) bought two from the MAC tool guy and gave me one 45 years ago. I still have it, although it's almost worn down. *Super* handy tool.
Hey, Great tip! But while you're grinding that tip for it's new job, grind off that mushroom head growing on the other end of that punch. Those little steel flakes can shatter and fly off at amazing speed when struck by a steel hammer and can ruin an eye. It's just cheap, easy insurance.
danfhowe well Dan, you're half right. You wouldn't really get shrapnel in your fingers from using it. I've had to made a punch out of tool steel in a pinch. Had to have the shit done that day at a specific time, and misplaced the needed punch. Yes, it did chip, however my fingers were perfectly fine.
Tool steel will mushroom out too. My own personal preference is to use a brass hammer. I've had a piece of hardened steel (approx ⅜"x⅜") break off and shoot through my Tyvek suit, work uniform, and under shirt. It ended up about a half an inch under the skin right next to my belly button and was not fun to pull out. Ever since then, I'll only use a brass hammer or a brass dowel.
Thanks for the tool you have to love Old people for they are cool, As a kid I took hacksaw blade and had sawed a Pilot Bearing out of the back of a crankshaft and what a surprise years later when an old Guy working on cars for 40-50 years show me how to remove one with Grease, A rag, punch and hammer in the blink of an eye and with ease , What took a while only took him one tap with the hammer and it pops out with no damage and could be reuse Thanks
I am an Aircraft Mechanic. I snapped off a heater hose fitting (Steel) on front of aluminum Chev TPI Vette intake. An Auto Mech Buddy told me to take an old long pin punch, sharpen tip to tiny screwdriver/chisel tip; cut a slit in whats left of pipe thread fitting with hacksaw blade, then cave it i like you did with that bushing. SAVED MY ASS! This tool you made is better yet ...both are ingenious!! I still have my old tool; buddy died 1+ years ago...Mike Mcabe, shop Owner, Old Fort, NC...RIP...
I gave it a thumbs up & subscribed. I don’t want to miss anything cool. I doubt I’ll be rebuilding the transmission anytime soon . Need to replace the brushes in my alternator, popped the hood looked at all the mess under there, belts etc. etc. Closed the hood & fixed my toaster. Something got fixed at least. Take care and happy holidays...
Safety tip clean up the mushroomed top. You may hit it one day and have a piece of that metal shear off and impale itself into your body. Ask me how I know
It does happen and it did not impact me in my hand. I hit a mushroomed punch and shrapnel went everywhere including a piece that impaled itself in my bi-cep, tore through my shirt lightly cutting my stomach. You can say it does not happen but the fact is it does and you should take care of your tools and maintain them. The more probable thing is you do not use your tools enough to have a mushroomed topped punch. Ask a blacksmith why they clean up mushroomed tops.....
ian sutton no video that was before the days of cell phones and cameras everywhere. Most people may never have a mushroomed punch shrapnel and for the most part most people do not use their tools more than weekend mechanic. Does what I describe happen often I do not know maybe you have been lucky but it can happen. One reason you always should wear PPE when hitting metal to metal. Maybe you have been lucky to have it never happen to you but what is a minute on the grinder to prevent it. Also mushroomed tools can be sharp and last thing you want to do is get cut by one at work and have to fill out the recordable injury forms over such a minor preventive fix. I only shared the above out of safety of operator and if it saves one person an eye injury because they were not using PPE I think it is worth it for such a quick simple fix.
All those times our dads told us to wear eyepro and earpro and we never listened till that one day it happens. My neighbor who I have been teaching how to be his own mechanic on his vehicles is the say way. I do not need gloves, you wear hearing protection when you do that or mow/weadeat, or I am just doing this why do I need eye protection.... I chuckle most times and say because some guy like you thought why would I need to wear that it never happens to me till it does. I have scars and nearly deaf in one ear to prove why PPE actually while not looking cool is well worth it and works. Now days the PPE is actually not bad. Funny thing is I probably have less time of experience than most at some of stuff but I have the experience of Murphy paying a visit that is for sure. Back to my neighbor I caught him the other day under his car with just a floor jack holding it..... Total facepalm moment! This is why I listen to people with experience because they usually have something valuable to say and never assume I know everything because I do not.
...had an old timer who told me about his neighbor doing the same thing. His wife and kids left on Friday to go visit the grandparents for the weekend. When they got home on Sunday her husband (their Dad)'s then lifeless body was still warm under the car! Not a good weekend. : ('
I love this little trick,and your 8"" harbor fright grinder... But, most of all i really like that Connecting rod and piston Tatoo on your arm ... That is cool as help.. you are a real bolt turner for sure.. Texas
again another great tip and there are a lot of them which you will find on the amazing you tube channels thank you sir for sharing.........................................................the oldtimer...
I,ve done for years. Then I found 3 sizes of this tool at a tool supply store. But thumbs up to all who make their own tools. I havee many such tools.👍
I was a mobile mechanic for 34 years and used punches like that for bushings and seals. For smaller blind hole bushings I tap threads in them and us a bolt to pull them out. Good tip!
Back in the day, we had a strange tool called a "CHISEL" that did the job :-)
Having said that. I love it when people give us the ideas they have for repurposing old tools. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us :-)
Exactly.
Yep I have a set of 3 very small thin chisels that I used for that type thing ,Some guys use to laugh your a heavy equip mechanic you got all these big ass wrench's some almost 3 feet long, an sockets the size of small pumpkins an then you got these lil tiny wrench's an chisels that look like miniature play stuff ,
I guess everybody knows now to not tell him a secret.
One dum sumbitch
Good deal.I never stop learning something daily. I am a Heavy Equipment Mechanic Field Service for near 30 years.I keep my mind open to new stuff.Thanks for posting.
good on you Gilby !! here's one, for especially you. i r not a mechanic, by trade, but can fix most anything. To remove broken bolt/stud in a metal piece: grab a copper pipe, or sheet metal of COPPER, and form to fit in the threaded hole, of which the stud/bolt is broken. place it in hole, making for enough room as possible, in the middle. OK, now your ready to tig/mig weld, put welder on slowest feed setting, and fill the hole with molten weld metal. copper will not adhere to steel, and when you got enough in there, drill/tap and remove stud....
or, just pull out the copper, and visegrip, pipe wrench the broken piece out....
@@petersack5074 Good stuff, I watched a machinist remove some broken exhaust manifold bolts and he just stacked weld up, the copper would make it so much easier. Thanks.!
@@petersack5074 , the above method is for when the bolt breaks off down inside an you got nothing to grab a hold of , beats drilling an trying to use an extracter,.
Also it's a great trick if you have a hole that you need to fill in if you can put a copper plate behind it then weld away , works great for hyd Motors that Mount to a 2 ear plate , you will see this in a lot of farm an industrial Applications
On the punch (or chisel or star drill) when a “mushroom’ starts to form on the head from repeated hammering, it is important to grind off the edges of the “muffin top”. The flared steel is very stressed and unstable and prone to splintering. By grinding off the splitting edges of the “cap” the risk of shrapnel flying off is greatly reduced. Years ago, hammering an old star drill into concrete, an edge shard shot off into my hand. Deep!
Fortunately, it was not into my eye or someplace that tweezers and magnet couldn’t reach. Since then I always wear safety glasses and all striking implements have their heads ground clean.
I was thinking the same. In the army, that was a chargeable offence if you got something in the eye caused by mushroomed punches. I speak from experience!!! LOL
Great hack.You can also run a bead of weld around the inside of the bushing as well. Yes,even works on brass bushings. Don't need a pretty bead,just the heat. After it cools and srinks,it will fall right out.
Thanks for showing. There used to be a lot of different shapes of cold chisels. They are good for a lot of jobs where you quickly need to make a clean cut in metal. One can do a lot of useful stuff with a chisel. Most of it is forgotten, in old books. That was 150 years ago, when all they had where chisels, files and (overhead belt driven) drill press, lathe and shaper.
Yah no shit - I STILL use chisels for fine finishing work in wood, etc....hard to implement chisels on stainless. Maybe Brass or Muntz.....no fine work in galvanized really...
Good tip. Another method father in law thought me is to use a welder to put a spot weld or two on the inside of the bushing... The heat expands the bushing in the hole...and when it cools...the bushing shrinks and falls out easily. Great trick for tough pressed in outer bearing races.
Very useful video. I’ve been using those for years working on Cat transmissions. Good tip for the young mechanic.
This is perfect timing. I was cleaning out the tool box and found a couple old punches, and now they are destined to be "new" again. Great video.
Thank you for sharing this knowledge. I do want to point one thing out that you were doing wrong, and that is when you were cutting the notch into the chisel you were pointing it up allowing the grinding wheel to run onto the chisel. That is very dangerous as the grinding wheel can grab onto the Chisel and cause injury. Always let the grinding wheel run off of an object. This advise it's coming from someone that learned the hard way!
There is no substitute for experience passed on to the less educated. So damned simple but now you have a valuable asset to your tool box. Thanks a bunch for passing this along~!!!!!!!!
These little garage hacks come in handy more often than you think.
Can wait til you share some more. Thanks for the Vid.
You can do the same thing by simply grinding the end of the punch at a 45 degree angle. I have a full set of punches ground that way. Always have the right size for big to small bushings. They also work well for helping to get a broken bolt out of a blind hole after you have drilled a center hole.
Making your own tools and thinking outside the box is part of being a good mechanic. Sadly companys don't pay extra for that; most times and come to expect your "magic tricks" all the time.
America will remain great as long as they keep making guys like this.
Like what? "Ones" that don't respect what "old Mechanics" say?
@@TH-camSupportServices As long as independent innovation is valued and undiscerning numbskulls like you are kicked to the curb.
@@theinkbrain Lol...Ok, thefinkbrain. Precisely my point young squire! I do appreciate your gracious and well contrived dicktum in supporting me in the sentiment of how this DISCERNING "innovation", though no secret to a very select and small order of elderly mechanics, machinists, and engineers, ...etc, IS in and of itself, by any definition, completely discerning, thusly further emphasizing, AND ironically expanding, my previous implication, of which was thoroughly mistaken for a squirrel humping a potato, that nobody listens to the Old Mechanic, machinist, or engineer.
The even better part is that you actually think an old mechanic actually said not to tell anyone about this, and went through the trouble to comment on it.
@@diygaragetx Not in-particularly. Just found it humorous how your Title implied "I can't be trusted" and "My "Kung-Fu" is not very strong", and all packaged into one click-bait title that all translated to climatic entropy. Its Fantastic!
I see a lot of negative comments from "high-horse mechanics". I am a simple "garage-joe" and I appreciate your video Sir, cheers :)
..and me..who owns the right tools.
Warning to the high horses : Be careful not to throw your shoulder out of joint patting yourself on the back.
@@rebuilderinabox lots of know-alls on.. new word wanted how about mechsnob!
Thank you, thank you kindly. These videos and kits are intended precisely for you and people like you. The average working man (or woman) with average tools, who doesn't mind dirty hands to save money. A lot of the methods and procedures we show you are not how we have performed them in OUR electrical rebuild shop for the last 30+ years.
But we are NOT trying to exhibit our high horse "mechsnob" abilities. If you have a primo tool box... great. You already know where to use those tools. Please read our mission statement. alternatorstarterrebuildkits.com/about-us/
Simple aint the word for it, especially if you call yourself a mechanic idiot...
Way back in 1982 I as an apprentice, had a similar problem and no journeyman could provide me with a solution, I then did what you did, I cut the bush using my Leather/Gasket Hole Punch! Was nicknamed The Twins after that.
They knew you couldn’t be trusted with their knowledge.
"@@keinokfarang851 They knew you couldn’t be trusted with their knowledge." Sadly, if that is your reply, . . . I'll need to correct you and your attitude, keeping knowledge a secret is useless, knowledge is power, especially when it is free, and should always be passed out and passed around, as such! !
So here I am at work looking for my automatic center punch. I couldn't find it so I just grabbed one of these and a hammer. Never said a word, never mentioned center punch nothing. 2 hours later this dudes in my recommendations grinding a center punch.
The same sort of thing has happened to me. Very strange.
You guys still oblivious to the fact that google listens to your microphone and knows everything you ever look up? Hell at n t has a record of every phone call made on its phone lines since 1985. You never spoke about something to someone w your phone on or near you and then soon as you open fb or TH-cam you have an add for what you were talking about?
@@bvictory5698 tis the truth.
Welcome to the 1984 spy state...
@@k5guy been telling people for like over 5 years and most people think I’m some sort of conspiracy theorist ... meanwhile... it’s the stone cold truth.
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More often than most people would like to believe the conspiracy theory is the truth.
Brilliant. I've used an air cut off too many times trying to remove stuck bushings. Nice job.
The Sacred Brotherhood of Illuminated Mechanics are going to punch you for revealing this !
Great information. I work on commercial mixers a lot. Like those used in commercial kitchens and bakeries. This will save me lots of time. Thank you for sharing.
Pushing out a bushing from a blind hole, I've always used a different trick. Fill the hole with grease, make a wooden piston that just fits in the bushing, and hit it into the hole with a hammer, the hydraulic pressure pops the bushing out, usually first hit. No damage at all. But, it only works on a blind hole such as a flywheel.
How to dig a pilot bushing out, without digging! I like it.
I get it now, its a small gouge, right?
I'd be tempted to harden the point by heating it to straw White, and dipping it. In gunk, any remarks?
Clever device all right
Such as bread and a bolt to back out pilot bushing on a flywheel works Everytime pak it full of bread Tite take the bolt push all the bread Yu can pay in it and drive bolt into hole untill it's out
@i. rob Mud, wet toilet paper. u name it. Cutting the bushing with a chisel is not new to me. May be I should listen to my colleagues and start making the videos. I am sure you also know a lot of stuff. Basically it comes down to, when there is a will, there is a way. The job needs to be done.
.....over on bleeping jeep they even did this with white bread instead of grease.
Magic stuff mate. I'm a Brit Army Tank mechanic and that is the bees knees. I can definitely use that. Cheers.
Ceppin' you'll need to grind a jackhammer bit for tank repair jobs. ;)
Been doing that for most of my career....used to cut the starter end bushings out to replace them back when starter overhaul was standard practice.
Back then we overhauled and adjusted everything from fuel pumps to generators, starters and voltage regulators, you name we worked on it and made our own tools because I don't remember many factory tools back in the early 60's outside of a dial bore gauge, vainer caliper and a few micrometers and a dial indicator to check end play and a few different electrical meters a good valve seat grinder and a valve reface machine.
im also a transmission machanic been using that trick for 20 years glad to know you sharing cos it con be realy difficult if you dont know the tricks
Everyone talking about why is he telling everyone, bro if youre good at what you do, you cannot be replaced.An older cat once told me everyone should just take care of their own job the people who dont lose it. Cada quien cuiada su trabajo!
I'm not sure if I like the video or the comments more on this most excellent video. Thanks for posting this and, thank you for all the hilarious comments!
Liked and subscribed, now to forward to all of my friends and family that will enjoy it.
I once told this guy where I buried my gold. A week later he quit his job and now makes TH-cam videos all day.
Been doing this for years. Good on you for showing the others a helpful trick
Thanks for sharing man,,,,Im a journeyman plumber 32 years and would have loved to learn this when I started.,,,,keep up the good work,,,more vids please,,,helps the youngsters who want to master something,,,God bless You Tube
Davis we were different many years ago we helped everyone in the shop the same as the older mechanics helped us, it is different today, all about me, what a failure!
I too pride myself on being a master of rigology like this. Good job! Thanks for giving me one more idea.
Thanks, this looks like a good trick to know. I'm currently doing up an Isuzu diesel engine (it's been about 10 years since I last took on a full engine rebuild) and everything seems to require specialized tools, from removing and replacing the cylinder liners to the camshaft bearings. So I'm basically having to build my own tools as I go.
I'd have to go find one to make certain of the name, (50 years of wrenchin' means a lot of stuff to forget), but I think what you made yourself is called a gouge punch, maybe a gouge chisel.
Your Ryobi bench grinder reminded me of the Ryobi my wife came home from a garage sale with, (yes, my wife buys me tools when she finds them. She's a keeper!).
I had the Ryobi for a couple of years, then discovered old 1 hp dual shaft table saw motors, bought several for ~50.00, added 25.00 worth of arbor adapters and ended up with some kickass grinders/buffers.
The Ryobi sat on the bench for several months until I ran across a 6" diamond grit I had bought for a project which didn't work out. As I was deciding where to store it, I saw the 1/2" arbor marking on the blade and thought, 'The Ryobi has a 1/2" arbor...'
I put the diamond blade on the Ryobi and it has been incredibly useful. I never thought it would be a 1/10 as useful as it is. I use it to cut square notches in sheet metal, or thicker quickly, and with better accuracy and quality. Need to cut a slot in the end of a bolt or shaft, it is the tool to use.
If you have an old grinder just sitting, give it a try, you will NOT regret it.
This is one of a few ways to do this, for those of you that didn't know well now you have just learned one method. "Thanks for sharing " For all the negative comments shame on you, you must be the types that know everything before you know it. 42 year career as a licensed Millwright and still learning new tricks. You will never know everything except for teenagers .
yes. '' IF YOU LOOSE AN OPEN MIND, then you mays well be a dead man....for '' where there is life, and an open-mind, like a child, LEARNING NEVER STOPS.....'''
Been doing that for 30 + yrs. Great idea for those people that get stuck on a project don't know what to do
Dude, this has been used for ever.
You need to clean up the striking end of your chisel!😁
That's a good tip, thanks for sharing! Good tool from Montgomery Wards lives on.
i must be old because i have been doing this for years and have a few punches in my box now. but great video keep it up
You are right on the old mechanic part. My dad showed me that trick 65 years ago. You can also do the same thing with a broken bolt or stud by drilling in the center and cutting down the narrowest side of the broken bolt and you only bother a very small part of the threads. But you still have a decent amount of threads left to use.
Used to do that when I rebuilt old flathead engines when the head bolt stud broke off and it was a blind hole.
Yeah they sell a kit for studs
In marine field I used heat wrench a lot.
Aluminum blocks or lower unit bolts
I literally saw this video a week ago
and I used this trick to remove a broken spark plug in a 4.7l dodge head. blew my friend mind. thanks for this awesome tip
But how do you get the replacement back in if the diameter is smaller than the bearing race?
Awesome, thanks for posting, going to remember this one.
informative video, good sound, speaks in a clear and concise manner. it is refreshing to see someone who not only know what he is doing, but is also able to translate those ideas on video
I know guys that will not modify tools, makes no sense to me , great idea . thanks
nomosushi nomo SNAP-ON Tool Trucks love those guys that buy those specialty tools😂💰
That's what Harbor Freight tools are for.
Priceless tool. Will save someone hours of frustration
Good video.
I would think this would be common sense.
Just like drill bits I never throw them away until they are to small. I just keep sharpening them with my bench grinder from 2" bit all the way down to a tiny bit as small or smaller than 1/8".
I never throw drill bits away and love it when people just give them to me, because they think they're no good anymore.
I am SO surprised when I learn tradesmen cannot sharpen drill bits .. it's a simple skill i learned at 11 years old .. I've been given dozens of free dull drill bits over the years ..heck I've sharpened them on a mini grinder with my foot on the grinder's trigger :)
Plumbers call that approach “caping.” Basically you cut an internal cylinder - blind bushing, frozen piece of pipe - then peel it away from whatever is around it. The sharpened punch hack is a new twist - thanks for passing that on.
Nice idea, gotta love it when you make your own tools. I've been using an old broken screwdriver to do the same thing, but your idea would work better and cause less damage to the outer housing.
spelunkerd exactly my friend. I could have used this trick last week.
spelunkerd had a bit of damage I had to smoothe out.
spelunkerd - to tell you the truth, what you just stated, it really doesn't make any sense at all because if a screw driver does the same for you as a cut center punch then why you want to risk a valuable experience you already have accumulated over time with the tool you are using and it works for you vs. while you want to experience a new possibility that you really doesn't know it works by only a reference seen for the first time on a video? whats goin on❓
Ha ha, OK I understand your point. Really I don't think we celebrate creative thinking enough. Most of us get caught in a rut at work, doing things the way we always do them, not ever trying to come up with better ideas. Then when a new idea comes along, we often wonder why we didn't think of it first! Great ideas aren't necessarily perfect, they take time to mature into their best form. Creative ideas make work more interesting, they challenge the mind to explore the world differently. I'm not naturally creative, but I know enough to celebrate those who are.
*_Textbook knowledge can be great but sometimes, life knowledge prevails. And having someone that's done that job for a lot of years comes in handy, too._*
Years ago I did machine repair. I made so many different tools. Trick was to grind and cool imedeately. I made so many tools. I'll say "great job". Some old fashioned skills are STILL the best!!
That is the coolest tool bearing removal
Sometimes there is very little space at bottom of cup for internal puller
Neat idea! I've used a cape chisel for the same use for over 40 years. But I will give it a shot. I'm privy to any thing if it makes the job easier.
That is a neat trick and saves surrounding material.
Seen this trick done, works very well. Have also seen guys run a die grinder down the bushing to thin out the bushing, helps when hammer, less impacts and less force needed, makes the job that bit safer again
In the days before TH-cam, the apprentice was expected to steal the master's secrets. Nobody wants to pay their dues anymore.
Great tip man! Always a real problem getting bushes out of a blind hole. Don't listen to the idiots, glad you're sharing these tips mate. All the best from Australia🇦🇺😎
Thabks man, Glad you liked it!
These old machinist and mechanics have been talking to you a lot lately lol, neat trick
Not after this.
Thanks for going to the trouble of making this video I,m sure it will help a lot of people out.
I use a slice of bread, a socket extension, and a mallet to remove the pilot bearing on flywheel's. Creates a hydraulic effect and pushes out the bearing as you hammer in the bread.
Never thought bread would be a tool for parts removal lol.
I'm gonna try that , thanks
I use bread to stop water running down the pipe when soldering copper.
Use grease for that.
+dhy5342 to stop water or pushing out a bearing?
Dan H
squirt grease into pilot bearing all the way flush with the outside and burp it to remove air. Then find a bolt, round stock or anything that fits almost snug to the bushing and hit with hammer to hydraulically push the bushing out.
Been using that trick for years, always gets me out of trouble!
I've known this since I was a kid, I use a old half moon wood chisel.
A real wood chisel would be a bad choice - high carbon steel would crack. You need a more malleable steel.
liked it bro.learning transmissions now at 53.very good to know them.you can write your own meal ticket fixing them.
Wish I would have known that years ago! I worked on factory machinery and would've been handy! Thanks for the tip!
Nice defenetly works. What also works, if you have access to a tig welder all you have to do is run two beads 180 degrees apart across the inner race. That makes the race shrink and fall right off.... have been doing it for over 20 years...
In Mexico the mechanics can do everything with a screwdriver, hammer, pliers & a crescent wrench, including tire mounting 💪
In Cuba as well.
Woody Hayes - those are real mechanics 😂🔨🔧✂️🔪🚬
And it shows!!!
Danny Hemphill - because they can’t swim😂
and shanking when u dont pay
worked at Steves Transmission Orlando, Fl back in mid to late 80s and he used that tool on all his transmissions. came with a set of transmission punch sets and works just like your punch. I use the same for many engine repairs.
Don't tell anyone.... But, they actually used to make chisels for that.... I have a couple of them, I assume factory, but my dad or grandpa might have made them...
I've made a couple myself.
With a chisel that is made to be a bushing splitter, they work much faster and you don't need near as big of a hammer!!!
Just saying.....
Yup, he's right! I've done similar processes to split the bushing to get it out.
Good tool hack ! I am a garage rat, and I love tricks of the trade like this !
I have a small round nose Cape chisel that I have used for years for that purpose. Also good for making lubrication grooves in new bronze bushings when repairing antique machinery.
Strange how the brain works. I swear to God I could smell the grinding.
I got a bit in my eye, even though i had glasses and safety googles on, how strange, mind you i was naked from the waist down
Great video, i bet you could use that on a stubborn freeze plug, i had one that just wouldn't move for the longest time, i think that would of done job much quicker.
Oh man, me too
Rob H That would have been a stroke
ever hear of a cold chisel? works for me.
Nice job.When holding the punch if you reversed your hand the hammer will hit your Palm instead of the knuckles. I sometimes forget to use the other hand as a guild instead of a target.A lot less painful. Thanks for the idea.
Good job. 1.2 m hits , if everyone had sent you their 2 cents in cash ....... Had to comment when I saw the numbers. I agree, got a box full of " special tools " for that one app.
I've seen a few people comment about a puller etc. When its later in the night and the parts stores are closed and you loaned your puller out or misplaced it, this will make the difference in moving foward with your project or coming to a stand still.
neat idea, I will have to take note of that... I like old "grey beard" tricks. Some of them are so simple but so effective lol
Good work, young fella. Be proud of who yoi are and your accomplishments.
Im been a experinced mechanic fer 75 years and i approve this vigjayo
Rick Bean don't you mean this skookum vigjayo? .. Lol
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Rick Bean how old are you?
@@meanerkat4339 - He's 110, wearing diapers in nursing home and can't change it! He need new stool ideas! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Done similar grinds on old punches, drifts, and things I will be canned over! When you need you need, nothing is off limits, nails, files, drill bits, screwdrivers, if it gets the job done it works!
Making a tool like that would come in handy...working on recessed wood door jam lock-set hardware....instead of squaring the wood corners with and installing rounded metal hardware...you'd be able to round the corners of the wood nicely for the round hardware to fit.
@@AC.IPHONE15 Whooooa, there, horsie! You are out of line. This is all about embracing making do with what you have, not "buying" this shit at exorbitant prices. Wanker? Holy fuck! Guys like this are what TH-cam is all about......did you drink too much Brandy before commenting like that? Or just wake up an asshole?
@@Bunnytoes666 No Geoffrey Anthony didn't wake up an asshole he was born an asshole
I use a outside muffler chistel but cool trick sometimes you have to MacGyver a tool to get the job done ive made little things like that you can leave vehicle hanging on your lift all week sometimes you cant get the right tool so you make thats a good mechanic
@@AC.IPHONE15 and what do you do for work obviously not a mechanic so why bash this guy for showing something to get the job done not cool grow up
@@Bunnytoes666 thank you this video probably helped. less experienced mechanics so now we have this ignorant person that probably works in a office so sick of these keyboard warriors that dont know what they are talking about
I’ve been doing that for years, figured it out myself, got several of those re-designed punches in my tool box along with other re-designed tools for other jobs
damn I didn't realize I was that old..also if you have a welder you can just run a bead zig zag if you like on the inner side of the bushing and throw water on it to shrink works well to
Remove hardened valve seats in Chevy heads that way also. 3 evenly spaced quick welds, seat draws inward, almost falls out and you don't fornicate up the metal surrounding the seat area.
@@mk84ldb Acetylene torch works for me, clean too. Heat it up, the hot spot compresses, when it cools it will fall out.
I’ve used the welding idea, but I would like to know if a hot glue of some kind that would work. Don’t forget to buy a Diamond Chisel , it’s made for this purpose. .,!
@@robertleftwich1122 Of course just stop by. the craft shop pick up a glue gun and a bix of those popsicle styx .Tough jobs like this and many others with a breeze
@@mk84ldb ...very descriptive wording, sir...
It's a like for me! 2lbs Hammer always works great too! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
You have made what is commonly called a "cape chisel" , good job.
Myself and othet automatic yransmission rebuilders been doing this for YEARS!. YEARS
A friend of mine (RIP) bought two from the MAC tool guy and gave me one 45 years ago. I still have it, although it's almost worn down. *Super* handy tool.
Yes started mechanic trade in 1974, learned this shortly after, i thought it was no secret...but a great tip.
Use hacksaw blade cut almost thru ,and use a small screwdriver to break it.Lift with a bigger screwdriver
That can work in some situations but not this one with a blind hole. How are you going to get the saw thru lol
James F i cant tell you how to use your skill,you learn from every application.
Hey, Great tip! But while you're grinding that tip for it's new job, grind off that mushroom head growing on the other end of that punch. Those little steel flakes can shatter and fly off at amazing speed when struck by a steel hammer and can ruin an eye. It's just cheap, easy insurance.
Old mechanic should have taught you to grind the mushroom top off of your punch. Dan
danfhowe that would weaken the tool steel, hammer off the chunks that might fly off instead...tool will last longer
If that part of the punch was tool steel it wouldn't mushroom, and you would get shrapnel in your fingers every time you hit it with a hammer. Dan
danfhowe well Dan, you're half right. You wouldn't really get shrapnel in your fingers from using it. I've had to made a punch out of tool steel in a pinch. Had to have the shit done that day at a specific time, and misplaced the needed punch. Yes, it did chip, however my fingers were perfectly fine.
Tool steel will mushroom out too. My own personal preference is to use a brass hammer. I've had a piece of hardened steel (approx ⅜"x⅜") break off and shoot through my Tyvek suit, work uniform, and under shirt. It ended up about a half an inch under the skin right next to my belly button and was not fun to pull out. Ever since then, I'll only use a brass hammer or a brass dowel.
Lol this comment made me laugh
Thanks for the tool you have to love Old people for they are cool,
As a kid I took hacksaw blade and had sawed a Pilot Bearing out of the back of a crankshaft and what a surprise years later when an old Guy working on cars for 40-50 years show me how to remove one with Grease, A rag, punch and hammer in the blink of an eye and with ease , What took a while only took him one tap with the hammer and it pops out with no damage and could be reuse
Thanks
Why would anybody in their right mind would throw away a dull punch all you have to do is re grind the Point and re grind the head if mushroomed.
I knew a guy in floor covering trades...40 years of that...did not know how to sharpen a chisel on a belt sander.
I still all my original punches that I bought in 69, plus a few extra ones I have picked up over the years.
I am an Aircraft Mechanic. I snapped off a heater hose fitting (Steel) on front of aluminum Chev TPI Vette intake. An Auto Mech Buddy told me to take an old long pin punch, sharpen tip to tiny screwdriver/chisel tip; cut a slit in whats left of pipe thread fitting with hacksaw blade, then cave it i like you did with that bushing. SAVED MY ASS! This tool you made is better yet ...both are ingenious!! I still have my old tool; buddy died 1+ years ago...Mike Mcabe, shop Owner, Old Fort, NC...RIP...
I gave it a thumbs up & subscribed. I don’t want to miss anything cool. I doubt I’ll be rebuilding the transmission anytime soon . Need to replace the brushes in my alternator, popped the hood looked at all the mess under there, belts etc. etc. Closed the hood & fixed my toaster. Something got fixed at least. Take care and happy holidays...
Safety tip clean up the mushroomed top. You may hit it one day and have a piece of that metal shear off and impale itself into your body. Ask me how I know
It does happen and it did not impact me in my hand. I hit a mushroomed punch and shrapnel went everywhere including a piece that impaled itself in my bi-cep, tore through my shirt lightly cutting my stomach. You can say it does not happen but the fact is it does and you should take care of your tools and maintain them. The more probable thing is you do not use your tools enough to have a mushroomed topped punch. Ask a blacksmith why they clean up mushroomed tops.....
ian sutton no video that was before the days of cell phones and cameras everywhere. Most people may never have a mushroomed punch shrapnel and for the most part most people do not use their tools more than weekend mechanic. Does what I describe happen often I do not know maybe you have been lucky but it can happen. One reason you always should wear PPE when hitting metal to metal. Maybe you have been lucky to have it never happen to you but what is a minute on the grinder to prevent it. Also mushroomed tools can be sharp and last thing you want to do is get cut by one at work and have to fill out the recordable injury forms over such a minor preventive fix. I only shared the above out of safety of operator and if it saves one person an eye injury because they were not using PPE I think it is worth it for such a quick simple fix.
All those times our dads told us to wear eyepro and earpro and we never listened till that one day it happens. My neighbor who I have been teaching how to be his own mechanic on his vehicles is the say way. I do not need gloves, you wear hearing protection when you do that or mow/weadeat, or I am just doing this why do I need eye protection.... I chuckle most times and say because some guy like you thought why would I need to wear that it never happens to me till it does. I have scars and nearly deaf in one ear to prove why PPE actually while not looking cool is well worth it and works. Now days the PPE is actually not bad. Funny thing is I probably have less time of experience than most at some of stuff but I have the experience of Murphy paying a visit that is for sure. Back to my neighbor I caught him the other day under his car with just a floor jack holding it..... Total facepalm moment! This is why I listen to people with experience because they usually have something valuable to say and never assume I know everything because I do not.
...had an old timer who told me about his neighbor doing the same thing. His wife and kids left on Friday to go visit the grandparents for the weekend. When they got home on Sunday her husband (their Dad)'s then lifeless body was still warm under the car! Not a good weekend. : ('
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I love this little trick,and your 8"" harbor fright grinder... But, most of all i really like that Connecting rod and piston Tatoo on your arm ... That is cool as help.. you are a real bolt turner for sure.. Texas
again another great tip and there are a lot of them which you will find on the amazing you tube channels thank you sir for sharing.........................................................the oldtimer...
Great tip, love these 'secret' hacks 👍. Thanks for sharing.
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I personally know that works, have been using it for years and no elephants
I am a transmission guy myself. I also use the same punch to break open brass pilot bushings !
This trick works well! Thanks for sharing
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I,ve done for years. Then I found 3 sizes of this tool at a tool supply store. But thumbs up to all who make their own tools. I havee many such tools.👍