Zip Tie Tips & Tricks

[alrman]

One of those simple every day consumables we all wished we invented!
So many ways to use them - what do you do with them that is out of the ordinary?

Here's one - Skid Steer drive chain joining link tool

 

[willie59]

You darn skippy I wish I had invented. LoL


Spring compression tool.

 

[alrman]

Not bad ATCO, 12 mins to reply complete with a picture as well! :notworthy :drinkup

 

[willie59]

LMAO, I just noticed I placed that spring next to the "Danger - Avoid Death" decal. Bah ha hahahaha :lmao

 

[Lee-online]

Yep, use them for all kinds of things.

Holding the chain so i can measure it and cut it to length.

 

[Steve Frazier]

Ummm Lee, that's not a piece of heavy equipment, you're disqualified :wink2

 

[mitch504]

I just use them for everything I can't find the right hardware for. They are one of the handiest things ever invented.

 

[Dualie]

used the for everything from holding a fake tail on a horse to compressing springs, holding drive shafts on trucks after the been removed for towing, they one one of the more handy inventions. Buy them 1000 at a time from the local supply house.

 

[Nige]

Yep, use them for all kinds of things.

Holding the chain so i can measure it and cut it to length.

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You'd fail scrutineering Lee - the R-Clip (lockwired as well of course) is missing out of the rear axle nut .......

Nice sticky Metzeler Racetec M3's on it as well. What is it..?

 

[Lee-online]

You'd fail scrutineering Lee - the R-Clip (lockwired as well of course) is missing out of the rear axle nut .......

Nice sticky Metzeler Racetec M3's on it as well. What is it..?

Of course the R clip is out, I was installing a new chain and sprockets. Once the chain is connected then the tension can be adjusted and the axle nut torqued to 80 ftlbs. That was my GSXR750 before a nasty high side totaled it.

 

[WaterDoc]

They make great boot laces in a pinch. Also work good when you forget your belt. And for some of use, we need heavy equipment to hold our pants up

 

[InsleyGuy]

I bought a cannister of assorted colors and sizes to keep on hand for color coding multiple hydraulic lines. Oil won't hurt them and they stay on forever. We used to change attachments on a hydro-axe once in a while..could never remember which line went where.

 

[Wick]

Very handy to hold together a rose joint or ball end on various machine linkages to keep em going until a replacement can be obtained - throttle linkages etc, same as a bit of "cocky" wire but more flexible. also as emergency hose clamps on low pressure applications.

 

[RonG]

I have had some so long that they are getting brittle and crack and break when you bend them.They are made out of grey material whatever it may be.Ron G

 

[OldandWorn]

Wow...so many uses over the years but no pictures. If you are using them outdoors for a permanent installation make sure you use the black ones as they are UV resistant.

 

[RonG]

I have one holding the windshield wiper linkage together on my old '83 Dodge pickup and ran it for years that way.It is still holding and has outlasted the grommets that the Dodge dealer sells to fix it.Ron G

 

[jughead]

Wow...so many uses over the years but no pictures. If you are using them outdoors for a permanent installation make sure you use the black ones as they are UV resistant.

a-men on using the black ones out side in the weather

 

[Randy88]

Don't forget to get the ones that you can take apart and reuse, some days they are worth their weight in gold, the cheap ones don't work as well to take back apart as the better ones with the little tab on them. The only thing more usefull than zip ties is tile tape, way better than duct tape, it won't rot or decay in the elements, if I'd have invented that stuff, I could be sipping mixed drinks on a warm beach right now instead of working for a living in the cold and soon to be snow.

 

[pointrow]

Hey keep quiet about the tile tape. Best to keep it secret.

 

[OldandWorn]

Hey keep quiet about the tile tape. Best to keep it secret.

Yeah, good stuff