A Little Known Mechanic’s Trick For Removing “Some” Broken Bolts And Screws

 I say "SOME", because it won't work on anything that is seized up usually or anything the engraver can't reach.

I have used this method dozens of times and even got a 16mm hunk of All Thread that was 4 inches long to go through a 2 inch thick hole in solid Stainless Steel!

I was taught this trick by an older guy I worked with for several year named Lynn. He was in the Merchant Marines for many years and finally retired at the age of 76!

May God heap many blessings on him, I learned a ton of things from him over the years and he was just a sweetheart of a guy.

I was out doing the brakes on the front of the Big Red Beast this morning and broke this little 5/16's bolt off, the very last thing I needed to get done before putting the wheel and tire back on when I felt it "go soft" and break off.

I built this engraver out of a box full of parts and ones that got thrown out because they quit working. Grainger wants $450 for them but you can get one from Amazon for aout $85. I don't get anything if you buy one but I am highly recommending them if you do any kind of wrenching. Click on the highlighted link below if you want to get one.

This thing is worth it's weight in diamonds, I'm telling ya.

Anyways, enough with the yapping, here's the video I took.

Interesting Stats On Blogger

I look at my stats every time I log on to Blogger and have found something interesting.... high view counts on older blog posts. Like from 2022 and 2023 as well as the static pages. I always toggle the view for the last 24 hours and wonder how come these counts aren't for the latest 5 posts? No new comments either. Weird.

Pfffft!..... Juneteenth

Sure, recognize it if you want. But making it a federal holiday by the stroke of a pen from a demented meat puppet as a "GIMME" to union and government workers is total BULLSHIT! Probably more fallout from the "auto pen" scandal actually signed into law by the cabal. I wanted to make a cash bank deposit today, but NOOOOOOO! I think I'll just hold onto the cash and use it to pickup a new GAT instead.

Wouldn't it be hilarious if this nonsense got rendered NULL & VOID along with all the (p)Resident Dash's* pardons and E.O.'s, though? 

No one I know that has today off gives a single tiny fuck about why they have today off. They just know they have another paid day off at taxpayer's expense.

 

*(p)Resident Dash -- The four year span of hell between POTUS 45 and 47 

What A Gift!

What kind of friend gives you this?

A damn good one, for sure! 

A guy in my sportsman's club bought the 40th Anniversary Edition 2015 Goldwing off my riding partner before he passed. He sold his old 2007 shortly afterwards. He handed me this tonight after our regular meeting. Worth it's weight in gold!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is the COMPLETE service manual for "The Beast" which is a 2008, and it is in like new condition. Now that my bike is older, it is time for me to start doing some more of the work myself and this will surely help. Like the next time I need tires, I will just bring them the wheels.