Q: I was adjusting the tracks on my garage door where they attach to angle brackets, and I came across a bolt that I could not loosen. Do you have any hints that might work? A: I have lots of hints ...

[Amon] built an induction heater to break stuck bolts loose. If you work on cars, machines, or anything big and metal, sooner or later you’re going to run into stuck nuts and bolts. Getting them ...

It always seems to work like this -- the fastener that’s hardest to get to is also the one that happens to be rusted into place. Sure, some light torch work, or an impact wrench, would probably make ...

HOUSTON – Spacewalkers’ specially designed tools couldn’t dislodge a balky bolt interfering with repairs Sunday at the Hubble Space Telescope. So they took an approach more familiar to people ...

If you've worked on an older car for more than five minutes, you'll know what it is to give a bolt your all with a lefty-loosey, and the head snaps off as if it was the tightiest of righties. Fret not ...

Spacewalking astronauts find low-tech way to loosen a stuck bolt. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, Sept. 5, 2012 — -- A $100 billion space station saved by a simple $3 toothbrush? It was the ...

After trouble with a stuck bolt nearly derailed the repair of a key instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope today, an astronaut resorted to brute force and pulled the troublesome piece of metal free.