Wrench Connectors

[Fedwrench]

http://www.ezred.com/Product_Pages/WC100.htm

Ok, I'm not sure how useful these may be but, I'm slightly interested in them. EZ Red has them in SAE and MM. They're designed to connect two wrenches together for access or as a length enhancer. They could also be used as low profile hex drivers. Interesting, very interesting the possibilities one could come up with aside from shearing them in half trying to create a 3 foot wrench.

 

[chewy7]

they might come in handy. sae too lol
http://www.ezred.com/Product_Pages/WC200.htm

 

[bchee]

Now that is pretty cool.
That's something that I would actually consider innovative.
If the price is right it could be one of those tools that sits in your box unused for a long time, then one day saves your ****.

 

[diesel research]

I wouldn't like being forced to use open end and do not like the old standby method.

 

[chewy7]

you could use a double box end wrench

 

[diesel research]

How about a crow foot/breaker bar/snap on extension connectors/and or extensions?

 

[Old Donn]

GearWrench and Craftsman make a similar product, without the magnet. I've got the GW set, never used them.

 

[bchee]

GearWrench and Craftsman make a similar product, without the magnet. I've got the GW set, never used them.

Are you sure we're talking about the same product?

 

[Stephenw]

 

[diesel research]

Should post a pic of how the open jaws fit after doing that a few times. Maybe even a before and after "contact point" test (assuming they don't break off). The results are usually not pretty.

 

[Zrexxer]

Should post a pic of how the open jaws fit after doing that a few times. Maybe even a before and after "contact point" test (assuming they don't break off). The results are usually not pretty.

It's done every single day in agricultural/heavy equipment shops. The "result" is usually that the job gets done.

 

[Stephenw]

Should post a pic of how the open jaws fit after doing that a few times. Maybe even a before and after "contact point" test (assuming they don't break off). The results are usually not pretty.

Note that the wrench is Snap-on.

 

[crewchief888]

It's done every single day in agricultural/heavy equipment shops. The "result" is usually that the job gets done.

^^^^


it's about getting the job done,
myself, ive never broken or spread a wrench doing this.

 

[Stephenw]

Obviously the cheater picture was for demonstration purposes, but the wrench has seen actual use as pictured several times.

Here it is today...

 

[Fedwrench]

GearWrench and Craftsman make a similar product, without the magnet. I've got the GW set, never used them.

Nope. the closest thing Gearwrench has are the square drive adapters that allow you to turn a ratcheting wrench into a ratchet. Craftsam has those and sockets with a hex head that can be used with a ratcheting wrench.
The EZ red wrench connector is a double sided hex connector allowing you to link two different sized wrenches together. Completely different from anything Gearwrench or Craftsman.

 

[Fedwrench]

Note that the wrench is Snap-on.

Absolutely, and I bet the GM training facility in Burbank (if it's still there) still has two broken snap on wrenches from when students linked two wrenches together as pictured and broke the open end clean off. I wish I could have taken a picture of that, it was priceless.

 

[MadMark]

They look good for putting two wrenches at a 90 degree angle to get at a bolt under something.
You could even try to make your own with bolts or hex stock, but you would have to harden it.
I guess the magnetic feature is essential, or you would be dropping wrenches and that would be frustrating.

I would buy a set if they were not expensive. seems like a good alternative to indexible ratchets. Thanks to Fedwrench for posting.

 

[sberry]

Just more junk for the few times it would be applicable and I would want to use the box end likely anyway.

 

[DaleK]

So you can spend some good $ on something you might someday maybe use, or you can wait until you need one and spend 2 minutes making it.....

 

[mrholeshot]

I like it. Reminds me of the angles I can put my Gearwrench sep belt tool in.

 

[Old Donn]

Are you sure we're talking about the same product?

Yeah. Not exactly, but pretty close.

 

[diesel research]

It's done every single day in agricultural/heavy equipment shops. The "result" is usually that the job gets done.

Worked heavy equipment, that's how I discovered "how to break a wrench".

 

[usdemt]

It would be much better IMO if they skipped sizes, so that you could use a 7/16ths with a 1/2 wrench for the extension. I know that most of us probably have way more than one 1/2 wrench, but for odd metric sizes that I only carry one of they would be useless unless you had another wrench, or try and use a socket.

 

[crewchief888]

Worked heavy equipment, that's how I discovered "how to break a wrench".

i learned how to break tools before i started wrenching on const eq.

but ive never broken a wrench by double wrenching. the one failure that sticks out in my mind was a SO 5/8" 12pt comb wrench that i broke,
not in the box end,
or open end,
the wrench broke mid handle.

it took repeated blows with an 8lb sledge before it happened.

after i got the bolts out, i discovered some jackass had locktighted them.

ive snapped a couple open end crowsfoot with a long breaker bar on them.

i think the key to not breaking wrenches when double wrenchimg is realizing when to stop, and find another way.
IMHO finding solutions to (sometimes difficult) problems is the mark of a good mechanic.

 

[tonydanzah]

anyone find these for sale? None of the vendors ezred lists has them in stock

 

[dodge610]

Same here I E Mailed Tool Topia to see if they had them or could get them. And what the price would be ill post what they tell me when i hear from them.

 

[wornoutoldman]

yet another million dollar idea.......that I didn't have.......

 

[MaximRecoil]

It would be much better IMO if they skipped sizes, so that you could use a 7/16ths with a 1/2 wrench for the extension. I know that most of us probably have way more than one 1/2 wrench, but for odd metric sizes that I only carry one of they would be useless unless you had another wrench, or try and use a socket.

They do skip sizes. Look at the picture. For the one on the far left, it is 8mm on top and 9mm on bottom. The next one is 10mm on top and 11mm on bottom, and so on. The same applies to the SAE set, i.e., 1/4" on top and 5/16" on bottom, and so on.

I'm wondering about the wrench used in the illustration. Why does it have what appears to be a set screw in the side of it? What purpose would a set screw serve on a box wrench?

 

[Fedwrench]

anyone find these for sale? None of the vendors ezred lists has them in stock

They're new it will take a month or two to get online.

 

[pmohr]

I'm wondering about the wrench used in the illustration. Why does it have what appears to be a set screw in the side of it? What purpose would a set screw serve on a box wrench?

That looks to be an adjustment or disassembly point, looks like a ratchet wrench.

 

[tonydanzah]

They do

I'm wondering about the wrench used in the illustration. Why does it have what appears to be a set screw in the side of it? What purpose would a set screw serve on a box wrench?

that hows kabo and ezred ratcheting style wrenchs are.

 

[Lotek]

Absolutely, and I bet the GM training facility in Burbank (if it's still there) still has two broken snap on wrenches from when students linked two wrenches together as pictured and broke the open end clean off. I wish I could have taken a picture of that, it was priceless.

It's still there, though they have downsized in recent years, was there last month for new model diesel and electrical classes. The wrenches are probably still there, they never throw anything away.

Can't say I haven't done it, but I don't make a practice of it.

 

[4x4gearhead]

How about a crow foot/breaker bar/snap on extension connectors/and or extensions?

I have those snap on 90 degree adapters and youd be surprised how useful they can be, at a few points i would form sort of a breaker bar with them with my 24" bonney 3/8 ext. this was more of a reaching in operation than a "its too tight so ill abuse an adapter" type of situation.

 

[usdemt]

They do skip sizes. Look at the picture. For the one on the far left, it is 8mm on top and 9mm on bottom. The next one is 10mm on top and 11mm on bottom, and so on. The same applies to the SAE set, i.e., 1/4" on top and 5/16" on bottom, and so on.

I'm wondering about the wrench used in the illustration. Why does it have what appears to be a set screw in the side of it? What purpose would a set screw serve on a box wrench?

Woops, I dont know what I was looking at, but I saw it all wrong. The way they did it is exactly what I was trying to say

 

[tonydanzah]

so these are finally for sale

 

[ndoran]

or use grade 9 fastners