Piccies as promised

[Richard Beels]

Gearwrenches are avail in the US as well.  My brother gave me a 6 piece 
double box-end set for Christmas - $50.  They're made for Danaher by one of 
their endless supply of Taiwanese companies.

Some US Tool Maker Info:
Danaher also makes Craftsman and Matco tools.  Stanley makes MAC, Proto, 
Husky (Home Depot) and used to make Craftsman until 1994.  Snap-On makes 
the Kobalt tool at Lowe's.  Danaher & Stanley apiece do about $30 billion 
in revenue annually.  Can't recall Snap-On's sales.  MAC, Proto, Husky are 
all made from the same forgings in the same plants.


At 10:41 1/18/2001,  quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk was inspired to say:

>http://www.isham-research.freeserve.co.uk/quattro/tools.jpg
>
>These things fit into the 'Real Neat' [tm] category.  I've been using
>'Gear Wrench' ratchet spanners for over a year - they're imported into
>the UK by KD from Taiwan.  They have all of the good attributes of
>Langline wrenches, and then some, and apparently none of the faults.
>They have 5 degree (72 click) resolution and have been incredibly
>reliable in the field.  10mm for all sorts of things, 13mm for
>hydraulic pump and alternator adjustment, and 17mm for those &$@*ing
>Type 85 bumper bolts.  There's even a stubby 13mm for the rear
>alternator pivot bolt and some exhaust nuts.  Halfords have now
>produced a little kit (pictured towards the top right) that turns the
>10mm and 13mm ratchet wrenches into 1/4" and 3/8" socket wrenches - but
>several millimetres thinner than the real thing.  At the top of the
>picture is something even neater - it turns the 10mm ratchet wrench
>into a hex bit ratchet wrench.  It's pictured with the 6mm bit used for
>the cam cover on an I5.
>
>At the bottom is the lineup I use for torqueing up the cam wheel bolt
>on I5s.  On the ur-quattro especially, clearance is a real issue and I
>find it impossible to get a normal setup onto the bolt with the
>auxiliary radiator still in place.  The adaptor in the middle is a
>one-off; I found it in stock at Hayway Tools but they've no idea where
>they got it from or where to get more like it, and I've had several
>enquiries.  Does anyone recognise it?  Clearance is a _real_ issue
>and conventional step-down adaptors just don't fit.


Cheers!