Halfords pro range: was crowfoot stuff

Graham Thackrah gthack at geog.ucl.ac.uk
Tue Mar 5 14:46:14 EST 2002


> > > Their ratcheting spanners are nice too, very slim profile compared to
> > > other ratcheting spanners available. They don't look very serviceable
> > > though, which is a pity.
> >
> > Yeah, but have you broken one yet?  I haven't, and they've taken some real
> > punishment - especially the 13mm long, which has received the ultimate
> > accolade of residence in my back pocket whenever I'm in an engine bay.
>
> These Halford ratcheting wrenches sound a lot like gearwrench here in the US.
>  Love mine... abuse the hell out of them and they don't show any indication
> of wear.  Saves gobs of time for those bolts you would otherwise be
> repositioning your box end a few hundred times to remove.

ok, so that's crowfoot wrenches *and* ratcheting spanners for the must
have tool list:) I guess they are both dead handy for when normal
access using a socket and drive is limited, par for the course on a
turbo I5? Any others worthy of mention?

Graham.




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