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APEmike · March 9th, 2016, 01:41 PM

Ive got a bunch of old snap-on tools that are at minimum a decade older than I am. By far better than anything else I have. You can REALLY tell the differences with extensions, and box end wrenches. Cheap extensions flex and twist (and snap) easily, even without using a cheater bar. And on the open end of box end wrenches the cheaper ones you can SEE them flexing open, usually just before it rounds off the nut or bolt... Same thing happens with the sockets, The flats aren't machined to a tight enough spec and the metal is sub-stnadard so it flexes and slips. When a socket slips on to a nut and grips solid like a wrist-pin in a connecting rod, youve got a good tool.

March 9th, 2016, 01:41 PM	#24
APEmike ninjette.org member Name: Michael Location: Tehachapi, CA Join Date: Oct 2014 Motorcycle(s): 2014 Ninja 300 Posts: 160	Ive got a bunch of old snap-on tools that are at minimum a decade older than I am. By far better than anything else I have. You can REALLY tell the differences with extensions, and box end wrenches. Cheap extensions flex and twist (and snap) easily, even without using a cheater bar. And on the open end of box end wrenches the cheaper ones you can SEE them flexing open, usually just before it rounds off the nut or bolt... Same thing happens with the sockets, The flats aren't machined to a tight enough spec and the metal is sub-stnadard so it flexes and slips. When a socket slips on to a nut and grips solid like a wrist-pin in a connecting rod, youve got a good tool. __________________________________________________ I ride because therapy is too expensive, and less fun.