Question about pliers

[97nismo]

Picked up a battery service kit cheap on eBay and noticed these pliers inside. How the heck do you use them?

https://shopgraytools.com/products/angle-nose-battery-pliers

Thanks

 

[p_mori7]

They are for holding the square bolt head while you use a wrench on the nut. Their shape and angle makes them fit properly against the flat plane of the top of the battery.

 

[Buster21]

Also sometimes the bolt gets over tightened and the lead gets smashed around the nut so you are unable to get a wrench or socket on it. Sometimes you have to use pliers to grab it.

 

[97nismo]

Hmm thanks guys they will be handy I suppose

I'm sure I would have used them for that, just wasn't obvious when I saw the odd shape

 

[Richard Cranium]

I have used them before and seam to work fine.

 

[M6erfan]

 

[Ramblin Man]

They work well on universal joint c clips. The ones used on outside locks.

 

[FMC1959]

They look a lot like CL Nut Busters.
https://www.channellock.com/414-nutbuster-plier.aspx?

Made to get rounded stubborn nuts that regular wrenches can't grab.

 

[stanleyrleonard]

Here's the Channel Lock version: https://www.channellock.com/307-NUTBUSTER-Plier.aspx

Stan

 

[cgrutt]

 

[kctyphoon]

I never really understood these pliers unless you needed something to work on a severely rounded nut. Seems like they do more harm than good on something in good shape

 

[cgrutt]

I never really understood these pliers unless you needed something to work on a severely rounded nut. Seems like they do more harm than good on something in good shape

They're not made for the nut, they're designed to be used on other side so bolt doesn't rotate and strip the relatively soft battery terminal clamp.

 

[woody 73]

Story I just did today although not battery pliers (they would work ok for the square bolt head), I thought you would enjoy the look of a different pair of pliers that not many see in the "wild".

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=351762

 

[exmaxima1]

I never really understood these pliers unless you needed something to work on a severely rounded nut. Seems like they do more harm than good on something in good shape

Agreed. And it seems to me that if their sole purpose is really to hold the square head of the bolt, they could have smooth jaws (not serrated) to avoid chewing up the plating on the head.

 

[Fedwrench]

They're not made for the nut, they're designed to be used on other side so bolt doesn't rotate and strip the relatively soft battery terminal clamp.

No. The jaws are made to grip severely corroded nuts where no wrench or socket will remove the remains of the nut.