Many experts recommend retorquing your car's wheels within 100 miles after a tire rotation to ensure that the wheels are ...

As Charlie Chaplin figured out during his brief assembly-line career depicted in the 1936 film Modern Times, tightening bolts all day can be a real pain. Lucky for Charlie, and for any one of us ...

In the last episode, I was left with a Volvo door handle in my hand, and a deeper understanding of the history of fasteners. So after the philosophy, let's get practical. The most under-used tool in ...

It’s not much of a stretch to say that without nuts and bolts, the world would fall apart. Bolted connections are everywhere, from the frame of your DIY 3D printer to the lug nuts holding the wheels ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A torque wrench tightens nuts and bolts using a very specific amount of twisting force. This is often ...

Ever been strolling through a hardware store or perhaps an auto parts establishment and wondered of the meaning behind the markings on the hundreds of thousands of bolt heads on the shelf? Whether you ...

Few fasteners can beat threaded ceramics nuts and bolts when it comes to withstanding heat, pressure, and corrosive environments. Just don't torque them too tight. Back in the late 1980s, I had my ...