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Tools & Garage Thread

Lord Humongous

Lord Humongous

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Post em up! Let's see what you working with! We all love tools so share your unique, specialized or just plain handy tools.
 
This is the Lufkin self centering tape measure. Its awesome for measuring tile, hanging shelves or basically any task where instantly knowing the center of your measurment.
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Say something measures out to 29 1/4.
Look at the red marks and you instantly know 14 5/8 is the halfway point.
 
I dont even remember where I got this grease gun fitting. It awesome because by depressing the lever you can securely clip it on to your grease zerk for one handing operation. Really nice for tight spots like UCAs.
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I know you’re talking about specific tools but I have a ton of them and one of my favorite purchases was my Harbor Freight box. It’s not very organized right now but it’s extremely handy to have especially when I just bring the whole thing right next to the truck.

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Tyler said:
I know you’re talking about specific tools but I have a ton of them and one of my favorite purchases was my Harbor Freight box. It’s not very organized right now but it’s extremely handy to have especially when I just bring the whole thing right next to the truck.

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Those roller chest are nice! It's great having everything right there while your working! I have their 26" upper and lower full of stuff. I'm probably going to pickup ther 72" lower and 56" upper when I finally get around to redoing my garage.
 
Lord Humongous said:
Those roller chest are nice! It's great having everything right there while your working! I have their 26" upper and lower full of stuff. I'm probably going to pickup ther 72" lower and 56" upper when I finally get around to redoing my garage.
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I’m kinda growing out of this one and when I move to NY and settle down in a new house I’m sure I’ll get something more like what you have.
 
Tyler said:
I’m kinda growing out of this one and when I move to NY and settle down in a new house I’m sure I’ll get something more like what you have.
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You'll be happy if you stick with the HF boxs. There actually pretty good for the price, that's why you can't use the 20 percent coupon on it lol.
 
Tyler said:
Is that your garage or where you work? Very fancy.
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Wish it was my garage , it's work ,I'd send pictures inside the box but super swamped tad messy tight now
 
i bet you beat those bolts into submission.


i’m having a real hard time with this bearing press though
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vacant.stare said:
i bet you beat those bolts into submission.


i’m having a real hard time with this bearing press though
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That one can be a real bear. You gotta really hunker down to get it to seat right. Try to push as the press pushes back and it should slide into the bearing race. Have your towel ready you'll work up a sweat for sure!
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Lord Humongous said:
That one can be a real bear. You gotta really hunker down to get it to seat right. Try to push as the press pushes back and it should slide into the bearing race. Have your towel ready you'll work up a sweat for sure!
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should i lube the bearing race up? wondering if i it’ll go in easier. i got this pump for christmas. i’m thinking it’ll draw the lube through faster then the press should just bloop right in.

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You can never go wrong with a little lube, just be careful. If it's an older bearing race you may get a little rusty brown lube buildup as the new bearing goes in.

My little tip
Are you familiar with the magic hand? It's like a having an extra helper. Once you get it seated you dont want it to bloop back out. Use your extra hand to keep everything opened up and in position.

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Lord Humongous said:
You can never go wrong with a little lube, just be careful. If it's an older bearing race you may get a little rusty brown lube buildup as the new bearing goes in.

My little tip
Are you familiar with the magic hand? It's like a having an extra helper. Once you get it seated you dont want it to bloop back out. Use your extra hand to keep everything opened up and in position.

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gotta be careful with that it’s super easy to pull the inner race out. last thing you want to deal with is a bearing prolapse.
 
I’m a bit of a garage nerd so post up where you park your chariot!

Here’s mine. Bought the house in April 2019, took about 1200 sq ft down to the studs shortly after so the garage is still a work in progress. It’s a detached 3 car with an attached storage room.

Here’s the Swisstrax flooring install
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No, I'm embarrassed buy the unfinished projects and general disarray.
 
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Single car garage, home gym. Can't even park the Tacoma in the stall and close the door because of the Rogue monster lite rack. Tools? Some here or there. Or somewhere where I put them that I would remember but can't because it wasn't where I thought it was. My garage is generally in a state of: What is going on here.

The most critical tool displayed is my coffee.
 
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This is pretty much my tools. There are more tucked in bins (who doesn't need a 36mm socket) deep wells and little bits in my tool chest but this is the stuff for heavy lifting. Installed my Iron Rock Off Road long arm 4" lift for my WJ using this setup all by my lonesome on the floor of this garage.

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kwill said:
Do you have a build thread on that WJ?
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Sadly no. This was in 2012. Drove it 75k more miles after the install and such before the transmission needed a rebuild ($3500) and 6 months after that the V8 was not looking too good. Sold in 2015 in running condition.
 
Who makes the rollerboard for getting under stuff? That one looks well made and you've reminded me that my mallets have gone missing since the last move.
 
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