Comment on If you can find the oil filter, I'll give you a quarter. If you can get it out after the lube tech tightened it to 325 lbft, I'll give you sixty bucks.

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• naeap@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not a mechanic, so please bear with me
  What the living hell is that thing of a tool? Oo

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  • NielsBohron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m no mechanic either, but it looks like you can tighten the chain around a stuck cap and then use the red handle as a lever to apply a large amount of force, “unsticking” the stuck cap

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    • naeap@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks!
      Yeah, I still can’t really visualise how this is working
      I get that you use the chain and the handle as a lever, but I just can’t wrap my mind around how this can work, without the chain just slipping around the stuff I want to unscrew.
      How do I get the chain like stiff, when I get it in place?

      Really sorry if I’m kinda slow here …

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      • NielsBohron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No worries! I don’t think the chain needs to be stiff, just tight. From what I can tell, these are called a chain wrench, and I found a demo video.

        Hope that helps!

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      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Pushing on the lever tightens the chain, so the harder you push, the tighter it grips.

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