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Tool Talk => Leatherman Tools => Topic started by: Niro on March 03, 2019, 12:45:29 AM

Title: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Niro on March 03, 2019, 12:45:29 AM: My plastic bit kit holders are starting to get loose, some of the slots so much that the bits are falling out . Is there anything you can do to fix this? I remember reading something about it some years ago.
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Aloha on March 03, 2019, 01:14:59 AM: What I've done is hold a lighter under the bit card to warm the plastic SLIGHTLY, then press on the area where the bit will slide into. Just don't over heat or melt the plastic :whistle:. Mine were done a while ago and are still holding tightly. Good luck.
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Sam Lim on March 03, 2019, 03:51:16 AM: Mine snapped and broke apart when just trying to do a little squeeze. Didn't thought of applying heat that time.. :facepalm: mine I think may be a little old and quite brittle... Just something to be careful of.
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Raoul Octav on March 03, 2019, 09:02:21 AM: try install a neodim magnet , just an ideea
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: ReamerPunch on March 03, 2019, 10:55:03 AM: Stick some cellotape inside, to make the bits fit tighter.
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Niro on March 03, 2019, 12:12:46 PM: I carry one bit card with my preferred bits. The bit cards are perfect to carry bits in the sheet togheter with the tool. But is there an alternative? Do we have any other ide on how to carry bits.
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: McStitchy on March 03, 2019, 01:55:23 PM: Quote from: Niro on March 03, 2019, 12:45:29 AM
My plastic bit kit holders are starting to get loose, some of the slots so much that the bits are falling out . Is there anything you can do to fix this? I remember reading something about it some years ago.

Yes, that's a well known problem.
What I do to fix it is the following:

1. Remove the loose bit if its still in the holder
2. Heat up a pin
3. Push the pin through the whole compartment layer where the bit is lose
4. Remove any residue on the outside

The bump of molten plastic you'll see on the outside will also built on the inside. That should be enough to hold the bit again.
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Wspeed on March 03, 2019, 01:59:59 PM: Good idea Matt :like: :tu:
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: in_sympathy on March 03, 2019, 02:43:54 PM: Or you could just put a tiny drop of superglue in there and let it dry
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Aloha on March 03, 2019, 03:15:25 PM: Good idea Matt :like:
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Wspeed on March 03, 2019, 03:24:07 PM: Quote from: alexanderre on March 03, 2019, 02:43:54 PM
Or you could just put a tiny drop of superglue in there and let it dry
That could work :like: :tu:
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: McStitchy on March 03, 2019, 03:25:00 PM: :hatsoff:
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: McStitchy on March 03, 2019, 03:26:03 PM: Quote from: Wspeed on March 03, 2019, 03:24:07 PM
That could work :like: :tu:

... :iagree: ... but I'm impatient. And you know what would happen then :facepalm:
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Wspeed on March 03, 2019, 03:38:26 PM: Quote from: MTMatt on March 03, 2019, 03:26:03 PM
... :iagree: ... but I'm impatient. And you know what would happen then :facepalm:
:ahhh we don’t want to see that again Matt :ahhh
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: McStitchy on March 03, 2019, 03:50:39 PM: :rofl: :facepalm:

... go and try glueing a neodym magnet into the XLT bit holder :pok:
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Wspeed on March 03, 2019, 04:00:10 PM: :rofl: Not easy I take it :rofl:
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Poncho65 on March 03, 2019, 04:06:48 PM: That needle trick is a good idea :like: Also the same one I use if I ever have a mashed fingernail to let the blood and pressure off :whistle: Just don't push to hard and let the heat of the needle go through the nail :ahhh :D
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Aloha on March 03, 2019, 04:07:50 PM: :P
Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: McStitchy on March 03, 2019, 06:11:22 PM: Quote from: Poncho65 on March 03, 2019, 04:06:48 PM
That needle trick is a good idea :like:

:salute:

Quote from: Poncho65 on March 03, 2019, 04:06:48 PM
Also the same one I use if I ever have a mashed fingernail to let the blood and pressure off :whistle: Just don't push to hard and let the heat of the needle go through the nail :ahhh :D

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Title: Re: Lose bit kit holder
Post by: Juan el Boricua on March 03, 2019, 07:17:23 PM: Hi Nero. What has worked for me is what Aloha said; I've done mine like that on the removable bit holder and has held pretty well, without any markings or telltale signs. Also, I once did it to one of the 21-bit kit cards by dropping the empty holder in boiling water for 1-minute bursts until I was able to squish it ( it works as well, but takes longer. OTOH, it is burnt proof!). Good luck.