Cool Tools for Home Wrenchers

[John Rinker]

A close second to riding bikes is the joy I find in working with tools of all sorts. This is one of the more effable qualities that make bikes so cool: you can ride them AND wrench them. From an early age, my father instilled in me the great pleasure that can be had in finding 'the right tool for the job.' I've made a handful of tools that work fine, but to use a tool well-made and for the purpose can be a real treat. 

To wit, I recently acquired a bearing extractor and press that I used to replace the bearings on my White hub. I'm not sure what such a procedure would cost in a shop, but I'd be hard-pressed to put a price on the satisfaction that comes from playing with cool tools and tinkering with bicycles in my own workshop. With these nice (and inexpensive) tools, replacing bearings (a first for me) was smooth, fun, and easy.

Incidentally, these came from bearingprotools in the UK.

Cheers,

John

[JohnS]

Thank you John for sharing. I recently changed the bearings in one of my WI hubs using a home made tool which worked, but was not optimal. I can see the value in this one and will order it.

I don't know if others have tried the Hozan JIS 2 screwdriver which Riv sells, but I have and it's rather amazing at how well it works compared to a std Phillips head screwdriver. After all those years of the wrong tool slipping and not really working to finally using a tool designed for the job is certainly satisfying. Well worth the $20.

https://www.rivbike.com/products/copy-of-tool-park-multi-tool-mt-1?_pos=7&_sid=b92c34749&_ss=r

JohnS

[George Schick]

What's different about the way that screwdriver is made that makes it work better than run-of-the-mill tools?  I can't see enough details from that Rivbike photo.

[lconley]

The JIS is basically a Phillips with a shorter point. The are a lot of other detail differences, but the one that matters the most is the length of the tip. If you have a JIS screw, you cannot get a Phillips in deep enough to engage properly, and the Phillips can rotate without the screw and sometimes strip the head of the screw. The JIS screwdriver head will fit deeper into the JIS screw and turn the screw without slipping. The JIS screwdriver generally fits better in a Phillips screw than a Phillips screwdriver in a JIS screw. There is an even pointier version called a Reed or Reed and Prince screwdriver that has the same problem in a Phillips screw that a Phillips screwdriver has in JIS screw. A Reed and Prince screwdriver doesn't work at all in a JIS screw.

Laing

Don't ask me about the difference between machine screws and bolts

[aeroperf]

Um, machine screws tend to be fastened with a screwdriver, while bolts tend to have a nut and be fastened with a wrench.

This leaves open what to call a fastener that uses an allen wrench - most common is capscrew, but bolt is also used.

Real quick JIS explanation from a motorcycle guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpqUhIZ-EJo

The VESSEL JIS +2 screwdriver is $10 from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TG8OTY/

When I discovered JIS and bought a JIS +2 screwdriver, adjusting derailleurs and B-screws became a WHOLE lot easier.
And, yes, there’s a dot on their heads - you just have to look close for it.

aero (mechanical engineer) perf

[lconley]

There is no physical difference between a machine screw and a bolt. How they are used determines what they are called. If it is fastened with a nut, it is a bolt. If it is threaded into something else (like a casting), it is a machine screw. Take a machine screw out of a casting and put a nut on it and presto change-o, the machine screw magically transforms into a bolt. Thus, what are commonly called "head bolts" by millions of people working on American V-8s are actually "head machine screws."  The B-screw is accurately named because it is not fastened with a bolt.

Laing Conley

[Jim Bronson]

"but I'd be hard-pressed to put a price on the satisfaction that comes from playing with cool tools"

Something my wife definitely doesn't understand.  :D

Jim

Leander, TX

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[Jim Bronson]

But what if you install ARP head studs in that same domestic V8, in the interest of more uniform and greater clamping performance?  Then what is it called?

;)

Jim

Leander, TX

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[lconley]

A head stud (which interestingly has no head, which is why it is a stud).

Laing