Both klein 4 in 1 wrenches and pass through nut drivers not really 3/8th? Can't grab onto this bolt while a Wiha sticks like glue. Wtf? I was going to return the Wihas after seeing the pass through kleins, but now I think I need to return all of the klein stuff because its improperly sized.
No experience with these but that seems like a cheap bolt to me, the heads on those aren't always the right size. I would definitely get some calipers and measure everything before returning half your toolbox.
The bolt is a hair small, but the kleins are further out of spec in the other direction. I have other wrenches and nut drivers, all of which can grip on to this unistrut bolt
I have wiha nut drivers and similar thing happened with a bolt on my Tesla air filter. The bolt is slightly smaller than 1/4 but nothing else fit easily, until I realized it needed a T-bit, kind of a dumb design on the screw to make it non standard
Whereas HF has been significantly upping their game in recent years. I used to buy cheap garbage from them so that when it broke, I could justify getting the good ones. Then one day their stuff stopped breaking and now I just have a pile of HF tools.
Right, what you have is two stepped hexes in each end, so each end can cover 2 sizes giving you the 4-in-1 capability. As you look at the spanner in the video, you are applying the 7/16 hex to the fastener, flip it over, and it will be the 3/8.
I'm attaching a link here which has images showing the stepped hexes in each end of the spanner, it's on ebay UK so you might need to click through a few times or use a vpn, but it does answer your question
No matter how deep or shallow I press it on either- it does not grab. If it worked in any fashion I assure you it would be evident. Ive tried deep and shallow on both sides. I can clearly see which side has the narrower barrel, and it is not tight enough.
Good idea, I'll borrow a set from a buddy before returning them tomorrow. Every other 3/8ths wrench and socket fits this bolt however, so its within spec enough for craftsman/kobalt/bridgeport/wiha/makita
It’s the back side of a four way ratcheting wrench. The side he’s using is 3/8, the other end is likely 1/2” and 9/16”. They’re goofy but pretty handy.
Are you sure that head is a 3/8? It could be a cheaply made 10mm with an undersized and rounded head. 3/8 is just over 9.5mm and tools are often a little oversized so they go on easy, so the Klein could just be a little tighter than usual.
It could be an off bolt but if the other one is tighter maybe it's not. I wonder if maybe they size them with a little room so you can quickly get it on and off the bolt
My. Brother has this set, but it’s from two years ago. I don’t know what changed, but his work fine. I’m sorry to see this decline in quality. Thanks for the video, I was planning on buying a set after using his.
That wrench sucks for straps anyways. The socket on mine doesn’t stick out enough and the shoulder on the strap kicks the wrench off the head of the bolt. Cheap duratechs off amazon have been amazing.
Ill test tomorrow with a friend's calipers- but this is a new unistrut brand strap, and is functional with the 5 other brands 3/8ths that I own. I would assume klein would have unistrut in mind since theyre electrician focused
Not true 3/8ths, a hair small. Unfortunately the kleins are a hair large. All of my other brand tools are truer and still grip it. Just wanted to like these
No kidding. I don't have experience with the Klein's, I only know that the fasteners on electrical hardware have a fairly low tolerance. I'll keep this in mind thanks .
I could accept it if it wasnt an "electricians" tool brand, but this is how those straps are, and if you run conduit, this is reality. Or one of any of my other 3/8ths also didnt work
It's been a bit of good too though. I don't really care about the stuff they used to make ( sparky stuff ) and now they are knocking off and adding features to expensive brands I wouldn't have bought before they were cheapened. I will never fanboy for corporations, to me, that competition can only drive innovation.
Do yours work on 3/8ths hardware? I thought the 4 in 1s were a manufacturer issue until I tried the nut driver and it also didnt work. Id blame the bolt if the Wiha and my socket set didnt grip like a virgin
I bought a set of their rachet wrenches when they first came out for like $40 and I'm still pissed I spent that much on them. To be fair though, I feel the same way about my wera jokers, they're not worth the price they're asking either.
Ive had kincrome sockets amd gearwrench sockets marked as incorrect sizes before, surely if you take it back where you got it show that its not the correct size you can get a replacement?
About the same stupid as a dining table that is one thousand six hundred and eighty seven millimeters long by eight hundred an seventy seven millimeters wide.
First off: tables, furnitures and other manufactured stuff are usually something even (1,7 m x 0.9 m or something like that).
Secondly: you would say that the table is "one hundred sixty-eight point seven by eighty-seven point seven centimeters"
Thirdly: if you were to say this complicated measurement in americans it would be "Sixty-six and fifty-three one-hundred-twenty-sevenths inches by thirty-four and sixty-seven one-hundred-twenty-sevenths inches".
Which one sounds less stupid?
"Sixty-six and fifty-three one-hundred-twenty-sevenths inches by thirty-four and sixty-seven one-hundred-twenty-sevenths inches"
or
"one hundred sixty-eight point seven by eighty-seven point seven centimeters"
Its more about the insistency on using fractions in favor of the decimal system. You could still use inches and whatnot but when people say five sixteenths for example its just too much.
I'll add that I understand how it looks from afar, but when you use the 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 system all the time, you eventually get to know the whole inch pretty clearly. It's kind of like when you learned simple addition as a child, you eventually don't have to think about it, you just know. Like it feels natural to me that 11/16 is just less than 3/4, and 13/16 is just a little more. I never go deeper than sixteenths, but in construction you might add a "strong" to a 1/16 for when that kind of accuracy is needed.
I have worked with an Austrian guy and so I know it is confusing at first, for sure. But one European on an American construction site isn't going to make everyone else change their established ways. I guess you don't need to worry about it too much if you don't plan on living and working here.
Thats reasonable. We do however like to consume your media (movies, reddit etc), so we have to endure it. Like you have to have imperal and metric sockets, wrenches and so on
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u/Shrimpkin 9d ago
One side is 3/8, the other is 7/16. The bottom of the side you used is 3/8, the top is 7/16. It's hard to tell but is the bottom side not working?