fasteddy
Web Wheeler
Reged: 01/30/01
Posts: 12704
Loc: Flat Creek, GA
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Re: I wish I'd thought of that...
12/24/11 09:12 AM
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Here's another one. It's called a butterfly wrench. Think of a box end crow's foot. It's cut in half straight across the box end and the square drive end, and hinged at the "heel" of the crowsfoot, so it opens up to put it around the hydraulic line fitting or inner tie rod end or PS pump hose, then you pin the opened end together with the box end completely around the hex. Much better than a flare nut crowsfoot (grips 5 flats, 2 of them poorly). Super much better than an open end crowsfoot (grips only two flats, which is why I call an open end the "round off" wrench). So cool....
But this may be better. It's like a tiny bicycle chain with two sprockets, each with a ratcheting hex box end. You also get adapters to fit the hex, like smaller hex inserts, male and female square drives for the ratchet or other drivers, assorted fastener drivers like torx, sq drive, phillips, etc. Say you want to get to the upper BH bolts on the v6. Put the 15mm insert in the bike chain driver and put it over the bh bolt head, and drive the other end with the impact, and out it comes. A true around the corner wrench with no swing restrictions on the driver. I put this one right up there with wobble extension bars and cordless electric impact tools...
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"If you can't be a good influence, don't worry, you can still be a horrid example."
Edited by fasteddy (12/24/11 09:21 AM)
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