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New beefy mini/pocket pry bar with strike cap Don't know who makes it, no brand label or anything, got it from my Mac guy Pictured with a Mac pocket pry bar for size reference

I like the bright blue. Might have to get one. My dark red Wilde bar gets all grimy and turns almost black and becomes hard to find under the hood or in a pile of tools. I really wish they sold the 8" bar in the orange Lang rebrand

Only ratchet wrenches I have that are reversible are my kabo made XL doublebox flex Most used are the XL doublebox no-flex, with only one end ratcheting. My set is the Mac Expert Also have a bunch of nonreversible combos. Set of GW, usa SK x-frames, tekton stubbies, and 21, 22, 24mm...

Had a coworker close to retiring that messed up his elbow and had surgery on it. He told me after the injury, whenever he swung a hammer, he got shooting pain up his arm... so he used an air hammer more often. He had no pain with an air hammer, was kind noisy though Being a mechanic is...

I've run into 12mm Allen on chrysler vehicles, rear suspension bolts on 300/charger, the engine oil cooler/filter adaptor on the muli-air 2.4

I once did a front wheel bearing on an audi a8 where the bearing bolted to the knuckle but the hub was separate and press fit into the bearing. There was no way of sticking the bearing in a vice and knocking out the hub do to design, like I normally would. And I don't have a slide hammer, so I...

I pulled the knuckle to do press in bearings. Stick the knuckle in a vice and knock out the hub with a hammer. Press out the old bearing, press in the new using adapters from SIR tools hub/bearing kit and h-frame press. Use new hub if I can find one. Otherwise, cut/air hammer the inner race off...

I use whatever they order at work, I think it's normally non-chlorinated, works for me, recently carquest from Advance. There was one brand that was a bit weak, may have been US Pro. Recently we got a few boxes of carquest non-flammable. That was like minal spirits in a can, had them send it...

Most used for me would be a toss up between the older fuel impact driver (non-surge) 2553 and the 3/8 stubby impact for automotive work Also have the fuel hammer drill and high speed ratchets in 1/4 and 3/8 at work. Next purchase would probably be a 1/4 long neck ratchet At home I've only got...

Astro long tapered .498 air hammer bit from x-mas

I think 12 points sockets were used way back when early ratchets were weak sauce. Breaker bars were used, so 12 point ment less swing to get the next bite on the nut/bolt. Same reason most box end wrenches are 12 point. Stronger ratchets killed most of that need as others have said, some...

The few times I've run into axles really seized in hubs, it required more than 5 seconds of air hammering. More like 30 seconds full throttle with snappy ph3050b, all my weight into it. Then heating up the hub with torch, back to hammering. Back and forth a half dozen times. To point where I...

Bought some for the same purpose. Mine are VIM, I have no complaints

1/2" is best for lug nuts and hardware that size found on most suspensions, brakes are a bit of a mix. Good mid-torque should have the power for 80% of that unless you're talking an old rusty beater or hd truck. The mid will be smaller/lighter than high-torque. So question is. Do you want 100%...

Had to buy a new socket for promaster van axle/spindle nut. 46mm Rear hub/bearing blew out