Here's a weird one...does anyone make a powered open end wrench?

[ColdDuckTime]

A friend of mine has to assemble a zillion gizmos that have (he says) 8mm nuts that have to be run on...that can only be accessed by a wrench on the side.

I did find a couple of ratcheting open end wrenches (Alden - although not in 8mm; SK - looks hard to find in real life) but was curious about something that ran on air or 'lectric. I already have run into those through hole ratchet sets (like the Matco Special Forces sockets) but I guess that those won't work in this application.

 

[chad s]

But you can get a box end of a wrench in there right?

 

[PAToyota]

I'm trying to picture exactly how a powered open end wrench would have to work...

 

[chad s]

I'm trying to picture exactly how a powered open end wrench would have to work...

If it can use a box end wrench, an air ratchet, with an offset chain drive extension like Snap on used to sell, but with an 8mm box end on the open side (instead of a male square drive adaptor) would do it.

 

[shopforeman]

The only powerpack I have ever seen for open end wrenches is the one I have. It's attached to my shoulder.

that's a tough one. Good luck!

 

[strizzy]

Might be a good use to those "ratcheting" open end wrenches.

 

[Rickster]

How about a Dremal with a couple of fat rubber washers? Start the nut and touch the spinning washers to the nut to run it up. Then finish with an open end wrench.

 

[84TurboBuick]

At the plant we use Stanley Industrial stuff to run down tube nuts....its basically an open end powered wrench.

It runs about $25k but hey.....go big or go home.