How to measure a bolt pattern and wheel hub ?The bolt pattern on your vehicle is one of the first, if not the first, criteria to consider when determining whether or not a wheel will fit your car. While many different bolt patterns are used on vehicles today, it's pretty easy to unde...
One of the most common questions in the automotive industry is "How To Measure A Wheel?". Check out LMR's guide explaining all you need to know!
Your local hardware shop can provide you with a wrench that fits the bolt you wish to adjust skateboard wheels. There’s no need for a skate tool; they’re only more handy than having many full-sized tools. Only a few sockets and wrenches are required. Depending on your wheel’s screws...
Detach the skateboard wheels.You can use several tools to remove the wheels. You can use either of the following – the socket wrench, skate tool, or ratchet. Use the tool to loosen the nuts that hold the wheels. Alternatively, you can also loosen it without tools;click here for more. ...
How to Build Your Everything Really Really Fast: A few years ago, I wrote a short document on methods for rapidly fabricating elements of mechanical systems entitled How to Build Your Robot Really Really Fast. It was catered towards students in MIT's 2.0
Remove the sections: Our flexible rubber couplers are easy to uninstall. Carefully remove the coupler bolt from each unit, one at a time, similar to how you installed it. Be sure to keep the dock sections level and steady, and do not lose any of the bottom coupler pieces. As you remove...
Support the lawnmower on one side (with the air filter facing upwards), or on its rear side, and remove any grass from the underside of the deck with a spatula and compressed air. Check the condition of the blade and the tightness of the blade fixing bolt: for more information about th...
Determine the Bolt Pattern of the Hub. (examples: 8 on 6 1/2" or 5 on 4 1/2" are two common patterns) Determine The Inner and Outer Bearing Numbers. Note whether the bearing use grease or oil bath lubrication. Measure the old hub seal to insure that the I.D and O.D dimensions ...
We took sixteen days to drive Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica and back, and the first half was hell on four wheels. On the way west, we hit the breaking point and when we got to California we decided it’s either stop or go – when we returned home we were...
Using a spoke wrench that is too large will round the corners of the nipples so it is important to use the smallest size that fits over the nipple. Top: an incorrectly fitting wrench that is too large. Bottom: the correct fitting wrench with better engagement. Measure nipple size across ...