What happens when a broken bolt or screw extraction turns into threads damaged beyond repair? Damaged threads can sometimes be chased and cleaned up with a thread chaser or tap. When they're ...

You’re an “all the muscle you can put into it” kind of guy, and now you’re staring at a broken wheel stud. You can fix tire bolts yourself ... into a much bigger repair bill.

I discovered while trying to reinstall a new factory-style balancer bolt and -inch-thick washer that the previous owner had stripped the threads in the crank, so I could not tighten it to the 60 ...

What happens when a broken bolt or screw extraction turns into threads damaged beyond repair? Damaged threads can sometimes be chased and cleaned up with a thread chaser or tap. When they’re ...