Skye Skye Nott Junior Moderator Location: Vancouveh Join Date: 12/18/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 476 Rally Car: Xratty |
Is this an OK deal? $14 with shipping...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Flexible-Nut-Driver-6mm-BMW-Tool-Mini-Coop-Repair-Tools_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43998QQitemZ4611974720QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW Looks on harbour frieght, northern tool etc couldn't find any. www.rallyrace.net |
For stuff like that I like Hazet.
http://www.hazet.de/eng/katalog/suche_3.asp?F=425&H=50&U=50 You can find more here... http://www.hazet.de/eng/index.htm |
Skye Skye Nott Junior Moderator Location: Vancouveh Join Date: 12/18/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 476 Rally Car: Xratty |
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It depends on how much you plan to use it.
The quality of that "just a nut driver" isn't important at home. If you're on a rally and pull out some piece of junk tool it might not work when you need it most. As the old saying goes: "You get what you pay for." You can drink Coors, or you can drink Guinness. It's your choice. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/15/2006 06:11PM by Jens. |
Skye Skye Nott Junior Moderator Location: Vancouveh Join Date: 12/18/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 476 Rally Car: Xratty |
There's buying decent tools, and then there's wasting money.
I fail to see how one nut driver can be 5x better than another. If it does fail, during it's rough life as a convenient hose clamp tightener, I have a back up plan ready - use a screwdriver. Skye www.rallyrace.net |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Senior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Jens Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Well you know best. > > Now just how long have you been building that > rally car? > > How long have YOu NOT been building anything faintly resembling a rallycar (since even to a guy with a prematurely dessicated brain all shrivelled and black, indistinguisable from a prune, it is obvious that the reference was to a rallycar, not whatever inane and idiotic other stuff you might be doing between your ravings on SS.com and here) which might Just running your stupid mouth? Moron, go away. Go beg your wife to quit her job so you can move. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/15/2006 09:13PM by john vanlandingham. |
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GB Gord B Ultra Moderator Location: Ontario, Canada Join Date: 01/17/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 80 Rally Car: None at this time |
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chris Chris Hamilton Ultra Moderator Location: San Francisco Join Date: 02/15/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 32 Rally Car: Arm Chair |
Skye Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > There's buying decent tools, and then there's > wasting money. > I fail to see how one nut driver can be 5x better > than another. Sometimes these things do make a difference, but its usually only to people with "I earn my living with Snap-On (tm) tools, please don't ask to borrow them" stickers on their tool chests. For tightening hose clamps, and for the rest of us, those with "Ass, Grass, or Gas: No Free Rides" bumper stickers*, $7 sounds pretty reasonable. -chris *extra credit if you are wearing a vintage, tattered & worn "Give Hinkley a Second Chance" T-Shirt. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Senior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Oi!
http://www.ccw-tools.co.uk/ Cooling-System-Tools - Flexible Hose Clip Nut Driver 6mm Flexible Hose Clip Nut Driver 6mm - Product Code: VS061 Flexible Hose Clip Nut Driver 6mm Flexible shaft drivers with 5, 6 or 7mm socket. Comfortable, high grip, textured handle. For more details or to buy at CCW-Tools click Here List Price: £7.58 Our Price: £3.70 - You Save: £3.88 (All prices are inclusive of VAT) Product Code: 5015 more info Cooling-System-Tools - Flexible Hose Clip Nut Driver 7mm Flexible Hose Clip Nut Driver 7mm - Product Code: VS062 Flexible Hose Clip Nut Driver 7mm Flexible shaft drivers with 5, 6 or 7mm socket. Comfortable, high grip, textured handle. For more details or to buy at CCW-Tools click Here List Price: £7.58 Our Price: £3.70 - You Save: £3.88 (All prices are inclusive of VAT) Product Code: 5016 more info I'll see if I can get some Poms to send some over. Who wants, and how many? 6mm hex for VW-Audi-BMW-Germanski Ford 7mm hex for Volvo-Saab Use these and you'll never use screw drivers on hose clamps again. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Skye Skye Nott Junior Moderator Location: Vancouveh Join Date: 12/18/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 476 Rally Car: Xratty |
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sagsert Mustafa Samli Elite Moderator Location: Arizona Join Date: 01/10/2006 Age: Ancient Posts: 824 Rally Car: Gaylant VR4 |
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Skye Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- Hey Brainiac, > There's buying decent tools, and then there's wasting money. > I fail to see how one nut driver can be 5x better than another. You can't figure out a scenario where a quality tool might be a better choice? Let me help you. Picture yourself having to snake a flex driver between a bunch of v-belts and/or wiring harnesses to get to a fuel or coolant hose clamp. Better yet, try that silly plastic covered piece of crap you want to buy around a hot exhaust manifold. On a 1 to 10 scale of degree of difficulty those scenarios might be a 6. Now add a tiny rock, or tiny piece of metal, or damaged threads to the hose clamp which makes it require lots of torque while the tool is flexed into an "S" shape. The degree of difficulty becomes a 10. Try that with a POS tool that will bend into a pretzel. Yeah, my tool box is filled with Snap-On, Hazet, etc. It also have a little Proto and Craftsman and other crap that I purchased before I knew better. > If it does fail, during it's rough life as a > convenient hose clamp tightener, I have a back up > plan ready - use a screwdriver. If you can get to the hose clamp with a screw driver or a socket and extension, then why waste ANY money on a flex driver? What is it with you guys out west? Is there stupid dust in the air coming off the Pacific? I looked up Hazet's online catalog for you. If crap is all you want, then buy crap. Don't bitch at me when you're on a rally and you need a REAL tool. Sheesh..... Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/16/2006 07:26AM by Jens. |
Hey,
Something that werks good is the "wobbly socket" aka UJ socket. Pop it on a speed handle ( or brace, depending on your heritage). More uses than the screwdriver dealy.Plus you can get more crank on it if need bee. I Stick an 'O' ring over the UJ part so its not so wobbly. They are the shit. Rich Howard Indianapolis, Indiana 1967 |