joshkpoetry t1_iu8nnbf wrote on October 29, 2022 at 12:34 PM

Reply to comment by TubbyBeefpile in [Help] Please advise on how to safely remove an old garage door spring (existing guides are all for new styles of torsion spring) by moron_that_later

Good tip, but I have several pairs of the same vise grips because the buddy I loan them to is myself.

I eventually find them, but it has turned out pretty useful to have a few pairs distributed around the place.

One pair lives by the lawnmower gas can and exists mainly to adjust the mower deck height, for example.

erogbass t1_iu9h0ru wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:28 PM

Lol how destroyed are the bolts for the height adjustment after years of using vice grips on them?

joshkpoetry t1_iua5zau wrote on October 29, 2022 at 7:24 PM

They're a little rough, lol.

Not that bad--they're more like spring-loaded pins. They had plastic hook-shaped handles to make pulling them out of height selection holes, but most of those hooks have broken off.

So I'm not using the vise grips to turn nuts/bolts. Just for grip while pulling.

Still, they're a little chewed up, lol.