While some automakers are leaning into easier repairs and owner-friendly tweaks, others seem to be quietly heading in the opposite direction. Mercedes, for instance, is aiming to make headlight ...

While Mercedes aims to make cars easier to repair, BMW has patented roundel-shaped screw heads that push owners to dealer-only servicing and repairs. BMW patented a roundel-shaped screw head requiring ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

While there may be no practical way to qualify such a claim, one could likely still argue that the Phillips head screwdriver ranks among the most frequently used hand tools in modern history. And if ...

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A countersink is often essential when working with screws to ensure the head of the screw is flush with the surface. Depending on your chosen material, the best countersink bit will enable you to ...

Screws may be commonplace, but that doesn't mean they're simple. A screw is any shaft with a corkscrew groove carved around its surface and, regardless of their design, screws are usually used to ...

The Volkswagen Group of America has issued two recalls over Q5 vehicles produced with 2.0-liter turbocharged I4 engines with potentially loose cylinder head cover screws. Comprising 2022 through 2024 ...

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