Quote Originally Posted by batsheva View Post
hope the LBS can show me where I am going wrong - hope it is something simple and not something I just havent got the hand strength to do
Even if you don't have the hand strength right now, trying is good. That's how you build up hand strength.

At least on a bike you won't run into the problem of a bolt being tightened so much that standing on the end of a 3 foot breaker bar doesn't give you enough force to loosen it . That was a common experience for me with car tires... I'm pretty strong, but I'm not strong enough to break loose a bolt that has been tightened with an air wrench.

Most things are easier with an in person lesson. It *will* get easier!