Tool sharing
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:35 am
Hey guys,
For those of you who are mechanically inclined liek myself, and just HATE handing over your vehicle to others who take money to do work you can do yourself I am starting this thread.
This is to post which tools you own and are willing to borrow to your fellow offroaders, or to request help from each other to install much anticipated mods and upgrades. We can share our tools, share our skills and share our time off of the dunes by helping one another save some well earned dirhams to go towards our next upgrade.
Only serious posts please as this will be a great way to gain knowledge and equipment for and from each other.
Up to now I have the following, which are available to any of you at any time if you so see fit:
6 ton jack/axle stands x2
a big black and decker ratchet set ranging from 10-32mm ratchet heads along with a mini breaker bar and two different size spark plug socket heads, about 12" of extensions and a flexi joint for hard to reach places
mechanics mirror
mechanics magnet
36mm 1/2" drive impact socket for most jeep front axle shaft to hub bolts (very elusive in the UAE apparently)
Grinder
Jigsaw
hacksaw
loads of hand tools (screw drivers, hammers, spanners in 6-19mm, so n and so forth)
12 point ratchet heads in 1/2" drive from 8mm to 22mm for certain speciality nuts and bolts
20 ton bottle jack
2 arm adjustable gear puller
Turkey baster (don't ask)
Norbar truetorque torque wrench rangin from 60Nm to 300Nm (about 44ft lbs to 230 ft lbs)
some spare tubing, wires, relays, fuses, lubricants and penetrants
grease gun with zerk fitting and insert fitting. great for greasing chasis and suspension components
a good selection of suspension nuts, bolts and other fittings
switches
spare bulbs
BIG cheater bar (really helps with the axle nuts)
a good selection of torq heads and keys for the fiddly little torq screws
Haynes manual fro 93-2001 grand cherokees.
some misc components that may never come in handy but are always good to keep.
So what about the rest of us?
For those of you who are mechanically inclined liek myself, and just HATE handing over your vehicle to others who take money to do work you can do yourself I am starting this thread.
This is to post which tools you own and are willing to borrow to your fellow offroaders, or to request help from each other to install much anticipated mods and upgrades. We can share our tools, share our skills and share our time off of the dunes by helping one another save some well earned dirhams to go towards our next upgrade.
Only serious posts please as this will be a great way to gain knowledge and equipment for and from each other.
Up to now I have the following, which are available to any of you at any time if you so see fit:
6 ton jack/axle stands x2
a big black and decker ratchet set ranging from 10-32mm ratchet heads along with a mini breaker bar and two different size spark plug socket heads, about 12" of extensions and a flexi joint for hard to reach places
mechanics mirror
mechanics magnet
36mm 1/2" drive impact socket for most jeep front axle shaft to hub bolts (very elusive in the UAE apparently)
Grinder
Jigsaw
hacksaw
loads of hand tools (screw drivers, hammers, spanners in 6-19mm, so n and so forth)
12 point ratchet heads in 1/2" drive from 8mm to 22mm for certain speciality nuts and bolts
20 ton bottle jack
2 arm adjustable gear puller
Turkey baster (don't ask)
Norbar truetorque torque wrench rangin from 60Nm to 300Nm (about 44ft lbs to 230 ft lbs)
some spare tubing, wires, relays, fuses, lubricants and penetrants
grease gun with zerk fitting and insert fitting. great for greasing chasis and suspension components
a good selection of suspension nuts, bolts and other fittings
switches
spare bulbs
BIG cheater bar (really helps with the axle nuts)
a good selection of torq heads and keys for the fiddly little torq screws
Haynes manual fro 93-2001 grand cherokees.
some misc components that may never come in handy but are always good to keep.
So what about the rest of us?