joel63
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I don't know, but there just seems something odd about the electrical connecter.
Snap-On Flank Drive Plus Adjustable Wrenches?
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I don't know, but there just seems something odd about the electrical connecter.
Not seeing it? Care to elaborate further?
If you're referring to the odd shape on the 90 degree fitting on the whip, that's standard for a DiversiTech whip (which this is).
I’ve always thought the Bahcos were a bit soft. My most used has lots of dings and folds on the edges of the jaws. I’ve got 5 or 6 8” wide jaws. One pair the jaws were so out of square I couldnt slide it backwards off a fastener. Too frustrating to even be a beater, its just an emergency back up.
The knurls are especially soft, often need filing back down after rolling them in after using as a hammer.
Love these enough that my most used set opens 2-3mm more than. Specs say 38mm, I get to 40-41. Just a bit more use and I’ll get to the 44(ish) hex I do a lot of and need multigrips for.
Pro tip: with a new one, take the screw out, stretch the spring a bit for more preload, and loctite the screw back in. They have a habit of loosening themselves and disappearing under stuff.
Perhaps bumping a semi-old thread but I went to pick one of these up today. Dear god are they awful.
One refused to smoothly open and close, one seemed semi-okay, and one of them had such a wobbly jaw it was a total joke.
Pretty sad these are being sold at all.
KnurledNut
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I typically like Klein tools, but I had the same experience with those adjustable wrenches. The tolerances were pretty crude. I wish Klein would focus on improving the quality of their key tools instead of trying to put their name on everything imaginable.
Shifters have always had slop in the worm .........putting graduations on them is just plain stupid ...........even the 1980s Chinese ones were OK ,the big complaint was the jaws were machined with a bit of wear allowance ,and when new would jam on the fastener by a wedge action........could be very annoying.
Retired dozer fixer
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Do any of you people actually use any of these wrenches that all you can do is ***** about how they are made? Most pictures I see on this forum are shiny clean wrenches and sockets. My tools earned their keep by providing me a way to earn a living and now a nice retirement. None of mine are still shiny and pretty. They aren’t junk either just well experienced. Just because you don’t want or need a crescent wrench doesn’t mean that they are all junk or don’t have a place in a toolbox
Tired of the whining
I use the attached wrench almost daily, and it's starting to develop a crack on the jaw. I'm looking for a replacement, and for the price of a new tool, I would expect the jaw to be at least as tight as this wrench presently which has been abused probably for decades.
If people buy a tool there is an expectation that is will be at a bare minimum functional. The above wrench is not. Excusing manufacturers for cutting pennies and making pliers that don't even have aligned jaws is crazy. The fact one of the wrenches on the shelf would not even open or close without jamming makes it completely useless.
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Wow, that Klein in the video above is sad. I've got adjustable wrenches by just about everyone but Snap On; the Iregas have the nicest machining and least slop of all that I have. You can buy the Channellock version and then cut off the goofy blue grip if you like as the handle is fully finished underneath.
Yup. I laughed cause the Kobalt's they had next to them for far less actually felt great and cost less.
I'm no tool snob. I just want it to function.