HF stubby wrenches

[Kirbot]

Ran over to HF this morning and got em

The tolerances on the open end seem dead on with my regular fd+ snap on wrenches


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Good deal for made in China.
I thought for sure they were india like a lot of the HF wrenches. (which still aren't horrible at all, just not finished very well)

 

[90zcar]

Does this mean China is the new "Taiwan" and now India is the ****** one? Haha


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[CutterFarms]

In my opinion they should go up a few more sizes, but definitely cheap enough.

 

[90zcar]

In my opinion they should go up a few more sizes, but definitely cheap enough.

That's where crowsfeet come in then!


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[hancock1701]

I recently replaced the stabilizer links on my car, and needed a stubby. I finally got by with a normal wrench, but it took a lot longer to position the wrench, and to fight to get it out when I'm done tightening. I just got the metric Tekton stubbies, for about $18 on Amazon, going all the way from 10 to 19mm, unlike the HF set that skips sizes. The size I needed for that job was a 17mm, which is not in the HF set.

 

[Adam.C]

I bought the SK made craftsman stubbies when they first came out 25 years ago or so. Never used them once.

I bought a few individual Snap On ratchet stubbies, 8, 10, 13mm. I don't use them tons, but I do find them helpful. If you have to assemble something off the car, I use these. Taking batteries out, something you can hold downs with long threads- these are good. I use the ratchet side mostly. And not having a reverse selector is fine.

I would not recommend buying regular stubbies at any price. I would buy ratchet stubbies, but I wouldn't pay retail SO price for them. The nice thing about the SO version is the open end is nice and small- no lobster claw. But to be honest, I've never encountered a situation where it would have been an issue.

 

[90zcar]

I recently replaced the stabilizer links on my car, and needed a stubby. I finally got by with a normal wrench, but it took a lot longer to position the wrench, and to fight to get it out when I'm done tightening. I just got the metric Tekton stubbies, for about $18 on Amazon, going all the way from 10 to 19mm, unlike the HF set that skips sizes. The size I needed for that job was a 17mm, which is not in the HF set.

Pros n cons I guess. This set however had the sae ones also so......
If I ever need say a "17mm" I'll just buy one


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[shanny19]

I recently replaced the stabilizer links on my car, and needed a stubby. I finally got by with a normal wrench, but it took a lot longer to position the wrench, and to fight to get it out when I'm done tightening. I just got the metric Tekton stubbies, for about $18 on Amazon, going all the way from 10 to 19mm, unlike the HF set that skips sizes. The size I needed for that job was a 17mm, which is not in the HF set.

I have both tekton sets, and the quality is great for the money. But the SAE set skips 13/16 and 7/8. So don't totally give tekton a pass on the skippage nonsense.

 

[abvw]

I have a set of Mastercraft that goes from 10mm to 22mm. The stubbies have the exact same dimension as their longer counterparts, minus the overall length, thus they should be able with withstand the same amount of torque (not like they ever see that much anyways)

 

[90zcar]

Here is a closeup to show the stamping/chrome. I may do a torque test with a pipe on the end on the 11mm wrench with some measurements to see the amount of jaw spread on a nut locked in a vise

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[hancock1701]

I have both tekton sets, and the quality is great for the money. But the SAE set skips 13/16 and 7/8. So don't totally give tekton a pass on the skippage nonsense.

Half a pass then! I actually just reorganized my HF sockets today in my portable box and realized that HF includes 16mm in their sockets, but not their wrenches. And then, the 1/2 in. sets don't go to 22mm, but 3/8 shallow does. But then 3/8 sets don't have 18mm. Very weird!

 

[90zcar]

I found a 17mm stubby on eBay and made an offer for 2.50 and it was accepted.
So yeah now my set is pretty much complete
So for under 15 bucks I have a nice complete set of sae/metric up to 17mm
Williams 17mm



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[90zcar]

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