A good use for a crow's foot wrench!

[autoace]

I was doing some routine, tie rod ends today, and went to grab my long 22mm wrench to break the jam nuts free. There was not alot of room on this application, and I saw my Snap-on 7/8, 3/8 drive industrial crow's foot in the drawer. I grabbed a long extension, and long ratchet, worked just great............to break the jam nuts free, since I was turning the ratchet outside of the wheel well, no skinned knuckles. I thought to myself, why the heck have I been using a combo wrench all these years for this:headscrat

Oh well, just a tip, so you can all go get yourself a 7/8 crow's foot wrench.:bounce:

[Moose-LandTran]

I use an 18/24" pipe wrench. It never slips. :D

[BackTracker]

I use an 18/24" pipe wrench. It never slips. :D

Creative!:bounce:

[tatra]

i'll use pipe wrenches "after" the flat are rounded...........saw a guy using them on the brand new components he had just installed on the girlfriend's car ................made them reinstall undamaged parts and another guy do the work and use "professional" procedures..........like i said, used, stubborn and damaged lock nuts, ok. but only after all else fails do the pipe wrenches come out..............as for the crows foot, used em many times for all sorts of jobs..........hat to see them just sitting there all shiny and unused.........no merks in my box............:lol_hitti

[bushhawg73]

I am a fan of crow's feet wrenches. I find more uses for them all of the time. I had to remove a hydro line from the back of a Kubota tractor once. So many things in the way it took almost 20 minutes turning the shorty wrench I had. Bought a crow's foot wrench the next day and it went back together in a few minutes.

[Mr.Nutcase]

any tools are to help.... that they they are made.....

[superautobacs]

How about an adjustable tie-rod wrench:
http://www.abit-tools.com/ippin_images/etc2/ktc_taiMonXX/ktc_taiMonXX1.jpg
http://www.abit-tools.com/ippin_images/etc2/ktc_taiMonXX/ktc_taiMonXX2.jpg

..or a butterfly wrench:

[Moose-LandTran]

i'll use pipe wrenches "after" the flat are rounded...........saw a guy using them on the brand new components he had just installed on the girlfriend's car ................made them reinstall undamaged parts and another guy do the work and use "professional" procedures..........like i said, used, stubborn and damaged lock nuts, ok. but only after all else fails do the pipe wrenches come out..............as for the crows foot, used em many times for all sorts of jobs..........hat to see them just sitting there all shiny and unused.........no merks in my box............:lol_hitti

I use them as a last resort. I try a wrench first, when that doesn't work i go to the pipe wrench. I've yet to have it not work. (My 36" one works GREAT! :D) Usually i'll get the car on a ramp, wire brush the track rods threads and spray them with WD-40 before trying to loosen the lock nuts, makes a huge difference. When that fails, out comes the pipe wrench.

[tatra]

we are on the same page moose..........:thumbup:

[tatra]

hey super, what make are those?..........googled and only came up with butterfly impacts..........

[superautobacs]

hey super, what make are those?..........googled and only came up with butterfly impacts..........

Import brand. Mostlikely Taiwanese. I'm aware of EZ-Red importing them. I'm sure there are more importers out there. http://www.denlorstools.com/home/dt1/page_18439_430/ez-red_specialty_tools_butterfly_socket_set_medium.ht ml