Tag: Qualvecom

If an engine is fitted with a serpentine belt and the associated ribbed drive pulleys, then care has to be taken when removing these pulleys, particularly the main crankshaft pulley. A traditional puller is likely to damage the outer edge of ribbed drive pulley. This new puller from Laser Tools (part number 7114) is specifically

Qualvecom has introduced a comprehensive range of cables from Telco, which are manufactured to the highest of standards. Telco offers a full range including: accelerator, clutch, hand brake, speedo and gear selector cables. Telco cables are manufactured and tested to OEM matching quality. Application listings are available on TecDoc under the Cofle brand. Available from

Clamping Washers are used by many manufacturers to hold in place underbody heat shields and sound deadening materials. They are light weight sprung steel washers that push on to and grip a simple, coarsely threaded stud that is permanently attached to the vehicle body. Unfortunately they can be tricky to remove once corroded without breaking

Holding a wheel hub steady when working on a drive shaft is one of those jobs that require a third hand. But not with this wheel hub holding tool from Laser (part number 7090). Simply bolt it across a couple of wheel studs or bolts and it holds the hub steady while the axle nut

Fitting Voss-type connectors to plastic air-pipes has suddenly become much easier. These air-pipe grips from Laser Tools are specifically designed for this job. The grip area holds the pipe securely and without damage, allowing the connector to be pushed in without kinking the pipe. Five sizes of plastic pipe can be accommodated — from six

If you have to get access to a hose clip, or other fixing buried deep in the engine bay, long-reach pliers can be very useful. But by their very nature the handles open a greater distance than the jaws. This can be very cumbersome, and for something like a large hose clip it means using

Motorcycle owners — you know the routine — remove the seat, remove the side panel, the gearbox filler cap is in there somewhere? Well if you can see it you can probably get to it with this flexible, narrow-necked funnel from Laser Tools. Although the funnel was designed specifically to gain access to motorcycle gearbox

Soda Blasting is an environmentally friendly, chemical-free, cleaning process using specially formulated granules of bicarbonate of soda and controlled amounts of compressed air. This soda blasting pistol from Laser Tools (part number 7137) works with a workshop compressed air supply and gives impressive results with no damage to the substrate. Soda is a very soft

Locking vice-grip pliers are always useful but sometimes you just need a little bit extra persuasion, especially with rusty and corroded parts. These new locking pliers from Laser tools have a slide-hammer built in. And what a difference this makes! The tool is a high quality and very robust set of vice-grip pliers which is

Struggling to separate seized and corroded twin wheels on HGV and LGVs? Laser Tools has the solution. A familiar problem in the HGV or LGV workshop: twin wheels stuck together due to corrosion and dirt contamination. This new twin wheel separator set from Laser Tools offers a speedy solution to the problem. The tool is

Laser Tools has launched a new soft-faced dead blow hammer, which has a multitude of uses, but its size and weight make it ideal for use when trying to remove road wheels that are seized solid to the hub through dissimilar metal corrosion (alloy wheels on a steel hub) The useful 10.5 lb weight (4.76