Pro Tools YOU Need as a Home Mechanic

Perfect. Please also make a video about different types of grease we might need to keep at home for servicing bikes.

If you didnt know, Wera, Hazet, Knipex and a lot of really high quality tool brands are coming from the same german city (or close radius to that) which is well known for steel industry. The next city to that is also very well known around the world for their high quality kitchen accessories ranging from pans and bowls to cutlery like forks and knives etc. I love when an industry branch really has a hotspot of really high quality stuff with tons of knowledge and history, one part because of the competition is so close but the benefit is also employees being swapped around so the knowledge gets mixed up and filteres basically

Another option for torque wrenches is the analog ones. They don't need calibration. And while they are a little more fiddly having to read the bar needle, they are cheaper and for the home mechanic only using it every once in a while, it's not so bad.

If you release the tension on your torque wrench when you store it, it will need less calibrating

seasoned high end car tech's routine.....if possible clean before. Working on clean items has so many benefits...cleaner shop, hands, less tool slippage...etc. tools and parts are less prone to damage. customers and techs happier. creates a touch of class for all.............

That's not a Cobra, that's a Pliers Wrench. And it's not the smallest one. Love the videos, keep it up.

Cool. I already have 90% of the tools here. 😅

One thing I’ve got that I’ve used a lot is a brake piston press in my bike tool box works better than a flat blade screwdriver.

My takeaway is the 5 sided spanner for brake lines. I'll be getting one of those. Edit: the kind shown is discontinued. The replacement is the Park Tool MWF-3. It's called a "flare wrench"

I quite like the Decathlon chain whip thingy, it's a lump of metal like a spanner but with a flat end with pegs in it that slot between the teeth of 11 / 12 /13 / 14 tooth cassettes (at least my old BTwin version does). Sub £20, even an idiot (hello!) can use it.

Where has that Hub cap tool been all my life?! I didn't even know it existed

1. Torque wrenhes 2. If your riding off road, a derailleur hanger alignment gauge. 3. Good quality hexes.

We share the Icetoolz cassette tool, the Wera hex set, the Park master link tool, the park cable cutters and the Knipex adjustable plyers. Of course that's just the tip of the iceberg with tools like the Abbey HAG hiding at the bottom.... far away from my wife's knowledge of how much they really cost compared to what I told her they cost.

That was great! Thanks.

Thanks for the vid 👍

Thanks. Very helpful.

Brilliant stuff

Excellent vid, thanks!

For chain tools I’d recommend the smaller park tool one. You don’t want to crank down on the chain tool that’s how you damage the pin. If you have to crank hard it’s not aligned properly. If it’s all lined up it doesn’t take that much effort to break the chain

A really handy video well worth a watch.