Extra long FLAT spanners?

[top drive]

Looking for some extra long - 400-450mm flat/raised ring spanners sometimes called gearbox spanners or aviation spanners. CAM and AUX belt on my van are down the side of the wing panel and although i can get them with a combi and a cheater bar its prone to slipping - the tensioners ****** tight.

All i seem to find are Tool truck brands $$$$ 150GBP or more , or cheap cheap like bergan - 20 quid for a set - doesnt seem to be much in between. my experiances with bergan tools is the sizings not very good - which on a long multi point ring spanner makes it useless. Will butcher some old combis i have before i give them any more money !

got about 70GBP to spend - if it gets me a decent set. BUT not if 70 quid gets me a rebranded bergan set.

any recomendations - that i might be able to get in uk.

i need a 15,16, 17 and 19 at a minimum

 

[Harrison2]

try these:http://www.ebay.com/itm/MAC-NEW-MET...rg=20140107083349&rk=1&rkt=10&sd=251342655801

not all your sizes but your mac dealer should warranty them if they ever break.

failling that look up gearwrench, the only low end brands lik you said are bergen and sealey but both are rather poor quality.

could you not get a couple of old spanners and make some by cutting and welding them.

 

[Wakefield]

Like XDHFM long flat boxend wrenches?
There might be a cheaper Genius version that looks similar.

 

[top drive]

something along those lines , the mac ones look good but the 15mm is non negotiable - i need my alternator belt off when i get home from here to change out alternator and steering pump bearings - sounds like someone filled them with sand.

hacking up some old spanners and welding onto a bar is a back up if i dont find anything.

i must say i like the look of the sealey premier spanners - which are on special at 50 bucks for the set. they look nothing like the bergans so i might take a punt on them - i dont see them getting heavy use like my combis

 

[Unmarked Bill]

Grind down a cheapie and you have a special tool just for your alternator.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Old timers called them "tappet wrenches". Not many know what a tappet is anymore !

 

[Rico.]

got about 70GBP to spend - if it gets me a decent set. BUT not if 70 quid gets me a rebranded bergan set.

any recomendations - that i might be able to get in uk.

i need a 15,16, 17 and 19 at a minimum

Go to ebay uk and do a search for Sealey AK6311

They are the 6 piece professional series from Sealey, much better than the Bergen or the
Seigen cheap ones. They are a good middle of the road quality and although not Snap-On
quality still have a lifetime warranty.

There are a couple of sellers at the moment selling the whole 6 piece set for only £50
They normally go for around the £80 mark.... The RRP is around £150
I've been thinking of picking up a set myself.

Sizes include 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19mm

 

[shockwave]

Look and see if u can get some gearbox wrenches from gearwrench or u can also try mountain has the deep spline flex wrenches that are great

 

[yaidunno]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-GENIUS-...68781682?pt=US_Hand_Tools&hash=item415333db72

 

[Skin]

Old timers called them "tappet wrenches". Not many know what a tappet is anymore !

Yes, for a skinny flat opened end wrench but for what the OP is describing he seems to want a zero degree high performance/extra long box end wrench. I think by flat he meant he doesn't want an angled offset.

 

[Farmall450]

Old timers called them "tappet wrenches". Not many know what a tappet is anymore !

This is what I was thinking, though I thought they were only open ended!

And I'm 15, certainly not a old timer!

 

[top drive]

rico - good man - those do look good.

FFX are doing them for 47 quid free postage and they will be home for me on thursday

Skin - your right its long ring spanners with zero offset that i want - i have about an inch clearance between my inner wing/strut mount and my pulleys - a normal combi wrench will fit with the open end , but when you stick a cheeter bar on and lever on the tensioner (as its very highly sprung) its prone to slipping off.

im sure the sealey will cover me for what i need - im not taking off alternators all day every day but when i do i want to do it right - and anyway - if it arrives and its a poor fit out the box like a set of bergan impact sockets it was bequithed with then they will be sent back.

 

[amolaver]

not sure if genius are available in your neck of the woods, but the wrenches yaidunno linked to (non-ebay link http://www.mltools.com/genius-tools-de-706m-6-piece-metric-extra-long-box-end-wrench-set) are very good quality. so if the sealey's don't work out, i'd give the genius a try. been real happy with mine for just those kind of limited access jobs.

ahm

 

[top drive]

look good to me , FFX also had an Lboxx 136 i need for my Gop250 and some nice prices on Wera Hex keys, Irwin T bars and 1/4" hex bits for my torque wrench.

Free postage to boot.