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Probably the two most useful to me is the 12v 1/4" ratchet and the 12v impact driver; and I use the impact more than the ratchet. I've got the Milwaukee 18v impact driver where I can plug in 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 drivers, but that thing easily hurts 6mm bolts. But I just got it in December. I've also got a Milwuakee 3/8 impact wrench and that thing is stronger than my old Snap-On 18v 1/2 impact. The SO needs a full charge to take off the 165lb-ft lug nuts, the 3/8 has taken off things I've tighten to over 180lb-ft. After using it, I'm not sure I want to get the 1/2 18v Milwaukee. I'd be afraid I'll be hammering things too tight.
I've got so many air impacts that I really don't use anymore.
I keep telling myself I'm going to get some air and cordless tools, but I keep on doing things the old fashioned way. Those cordless ratchets sure look handy for loosening stuff on the 6.0's hard to reach spots.
I might have to get one of those. Glad you mentioned it.
$29.99 for a 24" adjustable wrench with 2.5" jaw opening. I think I paid $50 for it in 2016. Can't go wrong for $30.
Probably the two most useful to me is the 12v 1/4" ratchet and the 12v impact driver; and I use the impact more than the ratchet. I've got the Milwaukee 18v impact driver where I can plug in 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 drivers, but that thing easily hurts 6mm bolts. But I just got it in December. I've also got a Milwuakee 3/8 impact wrench and that thing is stronger than my old Snap-On 18v 1/2 impact. The SO needs a full charge to take off the 165lb-ft lug nuts, the 3/8 has taken off things I've tighten to over 180lb-ft. After using it, I'm not sure I want to get the 1/2 18v Milwaukee. I'd be afraid I'll be hammering things too tight.
I've got so many air impacts that I really don't use anymore.
I never bought into pneumatic tools because I never invested in a compressor that could handle them. The portable Makita unit I have can't even keep up with my Binks spray gun which requires something like 7.5 cfm at 50 psi. I'm constantly having to wait for it to catch-up when I spray panels or texture a room.
I have the M12 3/8 cordless ratchet too, and use it all the time. I finally broke down after watching DieseltechRon for a few years. I thought "What do I need that for?" But I sure am glad I have it now. Kinda like the M18 1/2" impact I got last fall so I could remove the oil rail nipples. All those years I broke lug nuts with a 1/2" breaker bar and used a cordless drill to screw the nuts the rest of the way off/on. Yeah, I'm REALLY glad I have it to use on lug nuts. And it will loosen them on half charge.
I break the nut with the mongo Harbor Freight crescent wrench I bought the very first time I ever pulled the fan. And that mongo wrench has come in handy for all sorts of things since then.
Originally Posted by AL`
I might have to get one of those. Glad you mentioned it.
Originally Posted by Fuzzpuss
$29.99 for a 24" adjustable wrench with 2.5" jaw opening. I think I paid $50 for it in 2016. Can't go wrong for $30.
I have a couple of 24" adjustable wrenches with 2.5" jaw openings... not from HF, but the same general size and shape. Over the last 30+ years that I've had these twin wrenches, they have come in handy to solve a variety of unexpected problems, including using them in tandem to twist and straighten heavy wall boxed metal tubing.
The adjustable head seemed too big and ungainly to safely slip behind the engine fan, but the typical automotive tool flat plate Ford fan wrench kits (I have one by Lisle) are too short and flimsy.
So I use the wrench below for the fan nut, which has all the leverage of length (28"), and all the nut flat contact area of the 24" Crescent type wrench, without the bulk and mass of the adjusting head, and without the flimsiness of the fan kit flat wrench.
It is assuring to have the exact right wrench fit over the nut, which removes the concern of rounding the corners of the hex, as can happen when the jaws are not set quite right with an adjustable head, or there is so much slack in the helical screw of the adjustable head that the size changes between setting and fitting.
Yes. The angle between the short piece and the long one is adjustable so you do not have to remove anything. One tip, once you find the angle that works, mark it so next time you will not need to 'hunt' for it. See the photos.
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