I dont use wrenches

[timesrgood?]

I am just an average person not a mechanic and I use wrenches a lot for car work. Unless I have a set of ratchets with 10 different size sockets waiting, like I would wrenches. I find pulling sockets on and off and looking for their sizes etc a time waster, going back and forth between diferent size bolts.

Like another person said, the wrench applies force much more in line with the bolt head, there is less chance of rounding, tilting. Most of my car work seems to involve real tight bolts, sometimes already rounded off by someone else, so I tend to use wrenches more for those. It takes all kindsa tools according to the situation.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

But seriously, anyone who doesn't think he needs wrenches hasn't turned enough of them. Every tool has it's place.

I agree. While i don't use mine nearly as much as ratchets and sockets, i still use them a lot, and have a need for all different types.

 

[SpiderGearsMan]

I don't use manual ratchets

 

[Moose-LandTran]

I don't use manual ratchets

I need a more powerful 1/2" ratchet. Don't want an IR hammerhead, but would like another IR. Hummmm..

Have you got one of these?

 

[SpiderGearsMan]

I have an ir 1/2 in ratchet , not much power

 

[mofo62]

i need a more powerful 1/2" ratchet. Don't want an ir hammerhead, but would like another ir. Hummmm..

Have you got one of these? :d

+1



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[wolflrv]

I rarely used wrenches before I started on my motorcycle restoration, but I can tell ya for sure, regular socket and ratchets won't fit a lot places on a bike! I also invested in my first 1/2" air impact wrench for the project too. Breaking apart 25yr old stuck bolts is a pain! I'm seriously considering forking out the cash for a least a set of metric racheting wrenches though for the rebuild.

 

[dittle fart around]

I use my ratchet wrenches all the time. What's wrong with me?

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

Doing equipment work - mechanical linkage, hydraulics, water systems --- I'd say about 85/ 90 % of my work starts with wrenches first - many jobs will use nearly every wrench from 7/16 up 1 1/2 in the same job, plus a 36" pipe wrench and a 6 foot cheater bar..... Sometimes my ratchets / sockets and air tools can sit untouched for a week or more.....

 

[ryan_289]

I use both as the need calls for. I like using wrenches. There is also the rare occasion that the space is so tight that you need two different wrenches of the same size but different angle on the open end to remove a bolt.