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JayL
08-12-2008, 04:33 PM
Can someone please explain a bit more how to use these accessories. Are these useful and on what situations.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/ProductDisplay?partNumber=00999795000P&mv=sl&langId=-1&storeId=10153&productId=40078867&catalogId=12605

Thanks .....
philw
08-12-2008, 07:40 PM
I can see how the angle drives would come in useful but it would have to be a very hard to reach spot. I can't remember a situation where I would have used them. I use drive adaptors very, very rarely and I would think the extra length on these would be a problem.
The 1/4 thumbwheel can be useful but if you have a thumbwheel ratchet you really wouldn't need this.
One thing is for sure, I won't be rushing out to buy these.
JayL
08-12-2008, 08:25 PM
Do you think the 3/8 angle drives will be useful if together with crowfoot wrenches?
vssjim
08-12-2008, 08:40 PM
I have a 1/4 angle drive like that that was made by Lisle, it is probably 25 years old and I only use it about once a year but when you need it nothing else will work.
Merkava_4
08-12-2008, 10:07 PM
That's some gimmicky junk Jay; you need to lay off of the Sears site for awhile. :lol:
cruiser808
08-12-2008, 10:58 PM
That's some gimmicky junk Jay; you need to lay off of the Sears site for awhile. :lol:

I second Merkava's statement. I've been wrenching, designing and engineering for over twenty-five years on large coastal construction projects (and even working my own cars too) and I never needed that stuff. Forget about it.
JayL
08-12-2008, 11:18 PM
That's some gimmicky junk Jay; you need to lay off of the Sears site for awhile. :lol:

LOL. Yeah. You know I'm in a slightly better position now because I already acquired most of the basic mechanic stuff I will need plus a bit more. Thanks to all you guys because somehow I had stretched my budgets and got its worth and more because of the valuable information you all shared. :beer:
wrenchr
08-13-2008, 07:19 AM
El Junko!!!!!!!!!!!
Uncle Buck
08-13-2008, 09:40 AM
I have had the angle adapter in my hands a year or so back but I just could not bring myself to buy them, they just did not pass the sniff test for me.
ImportTuner
08-13-2008, 10:02 AM
I have had the angle adapter in my hands a year or so back but I just could not bring myself to buy them, they just did not pass the sniff test for me.

Sniff test ... they didn't have the new tool smell ... :):)
wrenchr
08-13-2008, 10:18 AM
Sniff test ... they didn't have the new tool smell ... :):)

Yah it is sort of like the color test!!
If it is brown drink it down, if it is black send it back!!!!