Thoughts and advice on Spanners

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kevstar said:
Check you all posh n clean, geeze a peek in yer drawers o_O.....funny you mention aldi I tend to buy the workzone
boxes of washers/springs/o rings/fibre washers ect ect cheap but always handy to have also all there gear has a
3 year warranty, I bought a cheapo drill from them as my Dewalt charger got damaged, for 25 quid its been great
buy :)
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You'll have to wait cos I'm at work tonight :oops:
 
I have a mix and match set of scrap iron. Never paid more than a fiver for a set at local car shops many years ago and never broke a spanner. I have several half sets of sockets and a couple of odd handlemibobs for em.
I prefer a cruise to snap on.
 
I have an interesting new tool, hopefully it works!

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kevstar said:
Check you all posh n clean, geeze a peek in yer drawers o_O.....funny you mention aldi I tend to buy the workzone
boxes of washers/springs/o rings/fibre washers ect ect cheap but always handy to have also all there gear has a
3 year warranty, I bought a cheapo drill from them as my Dewalt charger got damaged, for 25 quid its been great
buy :)
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Tidy drawer
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Untidy drawer
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Don't fit in a drawer
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Other stuff
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:D
 
If you're buying bigger sockets, consider going up to 3/4" drive. I made that decision when I twisted three 4" extensions (1/2" drive) to breaking point on eurobox 32mm hub nuts. There's little point in having the sockets if you can't deal with the torque that those nut/bolt sizes can need.
 
I've got an eclectic mix of spanners - from the usual suspects :)

I've also got some Aldi stuff, which is cheap and cheerful, and frankly, brilliant value for normal everyday stuff ... and no great financial loos if you break one ;)

The only caveat I'd suggest with cheaper spanners is to avoid the plated ones - the plating comes orft, and sticks in your fingers :mad: - ask me how I know :rolleyes:

If you want a recommend for spanners, I'd suggest Stahwille - they are so good i reckon my great grand kids will be using them
 
I've got a number of older spanners I picked up as a job lot off Ebay which are handy because it doesn't matter if I break them and they can be filed out to fit particular nuts, as several of them have. For everyday use I have quite a few Teng items including a 1/2" and a 1/4" socket set and a set of stubby spanners. There's a Draper brand 1/2" impact socket set and a Neilsen 3/4" socket set. Teng tools seem reasonably tough, and are a good compromise between cheap soft spanners and something like Snap On which I can't afford. There's a deep impact socket set and a set of ratchet ring spanners whose brand I can't remember, and a load of offset ring spanners. And that's most of what keeps the Land Rover going. I've not bought Halfords spanners because I was disappointed with them back in the 1980s - sockets whose internal points came off, spanners whose jaws spread, ratchet wrenches where the square bit snapped off and so on. They must have improved a good deal in recent years because so many people on here like them.
 
Bobdog said:
Poof! :p
A cranked fan spanner hooked on one of the pulley bolts and levered over the socket works as well ;)
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Guilty as charged :D

I do have a decent set of fan spanners so I could have done that, I work at a desk and am a bit of a weakling though so I’ll take all the help I can get!
 
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