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Last year. It came with a set of regular screwdrivers. Today when I installed the Bendix cover with my arthritic fingers it sure came in handy though I don’t know what it is called….

It's a Godsend when you need one.

In shop I started in years ago, we called them Monday Morning Screwdrivers.

I prefer this type.. Gets into smaller spaces, and will screw hold upon extraction..

This is the one I use on the cover..

https://www.mcmaster.com/screw-holding- ... e~slotted/

Cap

I have used screwdrivers like that for years. I picked mine up at the electrical supply house and use it to hold the ground screw or other screws deep inside an outlet or light switch box. They work great when working overhead applying covers on junction boxes etc.

I USED to have one. Sadly, I lost it. I need to get another one. they're super handy.

I got one from McMaster Carr.

Like Tim, I use to have one. It was the two blade slide sleeve type with a really long shaft. Worked great. Somebody wanted it more than I did.


I now have one of the spring clip kind and they work well...just a bit tight for stubby fingers...

Cap wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 11, 2021 7:56 am

I prefer this type.. Gets into smaller spaces, and will screw hold upon extraction..

This is the one I use on the cover..

https://www.mcmaster.com/screw-holding- ... e~slotted/

Cap

I do too, but we have both.

You can also use a dab of EZ Turn fuel proof grease as it's pretty sticky stuff. I've started nuts that I could only get my finger tip on it by putting a dab on my finger tip and sticking the nut to it.

The problem with using sticky grease is that as soon as I put it on my finger my nose becomes itchy and I always use the finger with the grease on to scratch it!

I jam the head of the screw in a short bit of rubber fuel line, then use an ordinary electrician's screwdriver poked down the fuel line. Works a treat.

Allan from down under.

The old trick was slipping a short piece of thin rubber tubing over the end of the screw driver to hold the screw.

Itchy nose to grease issue! Been there! What's worse is when you get a dob of silver anti-seize on your fingers and don't realize it. You get silver all over the place and yourself!