Universal Joints Trick

[Waffles]

I wish I would have know about this years ago:

Welcome to the we’ll make it fit bonus trick edition of Tool of the Week. If there were an equal amount of space around every nut and bolt, we would all only need one kind of wrench. The reality is getting the twist to the fastener in just half the battle. What goes together like butter at the factory usually puts up a fight in the garage. Why did they put that bolt up there against the firewall? So folks would buy universal joint drives! Shown are impact and hand cranked varieties of universals, or wobblers, that have collected over time in the Clunkbucket Arsenal of Tools. The least expensive universals are the non-impact u-joint type, which have their own issue of wobbling around every direction except the one they should. Years ago we learned a trick to solve that problem with a short length of electrical tape. Follow a simple step-by-step for improved universal control.

http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week ... al-joints/

[Clayton]

my dad showed me that trick when i was like 4 :happy11:

[RyanA]

Yep, I don't think I've used a "naked" universal since I was 12 or 13. 3M Super 33+ is about the perfect thing to use as it leaves it pretty pliable but just firm enough that your socket on the end of a 36" extension (to take out F body trans bolts) isn't a limp dick.