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Old 02-25-2006, 05:36 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Having the right tools - An anti-rant

Today I went out and bought a set of metric open wrenches. 8-15mm, 17mm, 19mm and a 19" breaker bar. Before I had been using my fathers standard measurement tools. I was even forced to use an adjustable wrench (TOOL OF THE DEVIL) to tighten the bolts on my trunk struts. After I bought the wrench set, I went back and tightened all of the bolts in THIRTY SECONDS. Before with the adjustable wrench, it took me 15 minutes plus.

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Old 02-25-2006, 05:42 PM   #2 (permalink)
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you shouldve got racheting wrenches
that mightve been a tool overload though
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Old 02-25-2006, 05:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I have a nice set of ratcheting metric wrenches. It's just that I had NO metric open wrenches.
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Old 03-03-2006, 06:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
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http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...00&tab=des#tab

Not a bad price, the sockets are nice too...

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...nics+Tool+Sets

Nice too.
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Old 03-04-2006, 02:42 PM   #5 (permalink)
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In my wrenching-for-a-living days I had a pretty decent snap-on load (gave it to my kid). Deciding to play again, I went to Ebay and managed to do quite will rebilding my SAE pile to work on the Lola, but to do the SE-R and being broke by then I went to Northern Tool. There, you can do quite decent polished combinations and original brand ratchet combinations for incredibly decent prices. They are most definitely NOT Snap-on, but those and a few things from Harbor Freight do okay for keeping up with one car. Sears now does decent polished stuff (Can't stand the rough edge stuff), but if you're patient you can do Snap-on (or Matco) for less than across the counter for Sears. NOBODY makes a U-joint like Snap-on for the sockets.
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dont for get the 21 (ball joint nut) and 22 (front control arm bolt)

I had to use "The Tool of the Devil" today for that ball joint. they are pieces of sh*t...
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the pinless matco ball sockets are nicer than the snap-on, i have both, bought the snap ons a while back but the new matcos are superior.
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Old 03-10-2006, 08:41 PM   #8 (permalink)
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The only tool a real mechanic needs.

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Old 03-10-2006, 10:04 PM   #9 (permalink)
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The only tool a real mechanic needs.

Seriously, do those things even work?
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