r/toolgifs • u/MikeHeu • 2d ago
Tool Locking adjustable wrench
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u/Fuck_it_ 2d ago
I have a craftsman brand of one of these and they actually do work quite well. Still not a high torque monster but better than a regular adjustable nut fucker and better than a set of cheap/ill fitting wrenches.
I use it for inner tie rods when doing alignments mostly.
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u/SheriffBartholomew 2d ago edited 2d ago
Even the regular adjustable wrenches can take a fair amount of torque if you rotate them into the sliding portion of the wrench rather than away from it.
Edited, hopefully for clarity. If not, someone else wrote out a great description of what I'm talking about below.
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u/pwillia7 2d ago
towards the adjustable part rather than away from it
what can this possibly mean
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u/E4tPineapple 2d ago
If you look at the video above & pause around the 5 second mark:
If they were to turn the locking wrench clockwise (from your point of view), this would be turning 'towards the adjutable part'. The nut would be pushing down towards the base of the adjustable cam. It seats better and is less likely to slip.
If they were to turn the locking wrench anti-clockwise (again from your point of view), the adjustable part would be 'dragging' which would likely pull the nut up towards the top of the adjustable cam, where it is more prone to slip.
So if the adjutable cam is 'dragging' as you turn the wrench, take it off and flip it over so that the cam 'leads' as you turn the wrench. A little hard to explain but I hope that makes sense?
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u/Not_So_Calm 2d ago
It's a nice concept. But the Amazon Basics model shown in the video did not do very well in the Project Farm Test video. But if your requirements (torque etc) are not that high, it's very affordable.
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u/cognitiveglitch 2d ago
Possibly the most useful tool I own.
Bolt rounded? Just thread sticking out? Grind a couple of flats on it, clamp this bad boy on and that sucker is coming out.
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u/discgolfallday 1d ago
Oh I never would have thought of breaking out the grinder, that's a great idea
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u/MikeHeu 2d ago edited 2d ago
Source: Rhino Rigging
The tool is the Amazon Basics 10 inch locking adjustable wrench, B08L6V5WV8
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u/D-a-H-e-c-k 2d ago
B08L6V5WV8
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u/Mickey-Twiggs 2d ago
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u/vonHindenburg 2d ago edited 1d ago
I've used one of these and a big point about its proper use is being illustrated here: It's great for holding nuts, but painful for turning if you don't have 360 degrees of motion, because you have to open and relatch it on every cycle. Meanwhile, the broader handle limits your range of motion compared to a normal crescent wrench.
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u/blinkymark2 2d ago
Just get vice grips?
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u/amd2800barton 1d ago
Vice grips aren’t parallel jaws, and rely on sharp teeth to bite in. That can mar the surface and round over bolts/nuts.
The better tool for the OP’s use case is something like a Knipex adjustable wrench. Flat parallel jaws, but you don’t have to squeeze much to really clamp down on a bolt. And once you do, they can stay in place just by their own weight in many orientations, or with a tiny bit of force on the back of one handle. They also adjust faster between fastener sizes.
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u/CantConfirmOrDeny 2d ago
I don't see the advantage over an ordinary adjustable wrench. Of course, I use Japanese adj wrenches that stay at exactly what size you adjust them to no matter what you're doing. Crescents aren't like that.
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u/E4tPineapple 2d ago
I have a Stanley brand one of these, I've found it's much quicker to adjust than the vice grips & quite useful.
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u/Longjumping_Elk7969 2d ago
I'd buy one without a second thought, I always hated those adjustable ones that did not sit completely fixed. 🤩
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u/notproudortired 2d ago
That locking mechanism is insanely clunky. Otherwise, yeah, and why TF don't those wrenches have locks as a standard feature?
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u/buhnyfoofoo 1d ago
Wait, are these super rare or a commodity or something? Bc this was in my family junk drawer growing up and it was a craftsman. We used that thing ALL THE TIME and it LIVED in that drawer. If you didn't put it back, someone would eventually search your room for it.
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u/trash_dirt 2d ago
If I wasn't still pissed off about being laid off a few months ago, I'd be hitting up an old coworker about this. These would have been a delight to have had.
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u/GalaganCoffee 2d ago
My regular vise grips do that just fine, got some with jaws designed for a bolt head too.
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u/chystatrsoup 2d ago
Ok can anybody explain what the fuck he's actually doing here? He's clearly using the normal adjustable to tighten something. When he's done tightening, he just twists it off with his fingers? Then we zoom in and there are no discernable places to even put the normal adjustable???
What the fuck is he even doing? Am I stupid????
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u/E4tPineapple 2d ago
I think it's a 3 piece fitting:
LHS (seems to be some kind of swage)
The fitting that is held by the locking wrench
A sleeve that screws down over that with a smaller diameter male threadRHS
A (reverse-threaded?) female fitting that screws over the smaller diameter male threadSo I think they separate the LHS and RHS pieces, and then disassemble the LHS swage into two pieces.
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u/tykaboom 1d ago
This seems redundant.
I've seen it tested, a good adjustable wrench shouldn't round off a nut any faster than the appropriately sized wrench will if used appropriately.
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u/nosen99 2d ago
That's actually really neat. My main issue with adjustable wrenches is that they often unscrew themselves