Gripwrench

[PoorOwner]

Anybody use one of these beauties? What do you use it for?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006L9PO?smid=A1IZCISXTFZ9OX&tag=yahoo-tools-mp-20&linkCode=asn

Years ago I started working on cars (I had no tools at all) but someone said this will loosen a filter. Good luck, once some oily residue gets on it there is no more grip..

I think am going to throw it away, it's taking up space.. unless someone know what these things are used for (I have no need open jars with it)
Lassoing your pets does not count!

[64merc]

I bought a 2pc set one time at Sears on impulse because it was on sale. I keep one in the kitchen for the Mrs. to use on jars. Usually she forgets that it is there and never uses it. I don't think I've used the larger one even once. I won't get rid of it because that is when I'm going to need it.

[Willy Victor]

They look good hanging on the peg board.


Willy

[ImportTuner]

I use it all the time; to open the damm spaghetti sauce jars ...

[biggsean]

I have a craftsman version, and I occasionally use it when I'm torquing down a cam pulley bolt. I have one person hold the cam gear steady with the strap wrench, while I use the torque wrench to tighten the nut that holds the cam gear on the camshaft.

[Kevin54]

I use it all the time; to open the damm spaghetti sauce jars ...

That's what I need one for. It must be the new way the FDA requires the lids to be tighter these days for safety concerns for the public, because i find that almost any jar lid is torqued down past tight:lol_hitti Darn near takes me and the wife to open any jar anymore. :mad:

[PoorOwner]

so I am not the only one struggling then, the other night the wife ask me to open the spagetti sauce.. I wanted to show off by opening it quickly, but it didn't work, took some creative clamping and cursing..

But I always have this as a real grip wrench..
http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/images/large/20r_lg.jpg

I guess it will do damage if not careful.

[lbgradwell]

They work passably well (if uncontaminated with oil, etc.) on plumbing fixtures you don't want to scratch up...

[vjquan]

I have the C-man ones. Thought they would work on oil filters only to find that they stretch too much and I end up running out of room. They hang on my peg board now waiting to show their worthiness.

[Stuey]

I too have a Cman version. Like the ones you guys have, my strap wrenches make good jar openers.

[cruiser808]

For auto work, a POS. Out of desperation I bought the Sears version to remove a round ball shaped accumulator from an ATE abs system because the conventional 8mm hex hole to remove it was stripped (it was on tight!!). The Grip Wrench just slipped round and round so back to Sears it went. I ended up notching the accumulator and pushing it off the master cylinder counter clockwise with a hammer and chisel.