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Or, and hear me out here this might sound crazy just use a ratchet.

if ya gotta go grab a ratchet, might as well use it 1st, or go grab a power tool an get 'er done son..... that things are a gimmick.

Fine. Send me that SnapOn. I’ll dispose of it for you.

I've known several mechanics that own the baddest of the bad torque wrenches and just use an impact gun on everything, personally I do everything by hand and rarely use one, because most of the damage I see is caused by impacts, I've seen cracks on intakes and exhaust flanges, rounded and stripped fasteners, stamp marks, bent and squished parts, all from too many uga dugas. When you do stuff by hand long enough you get a good feel for when things are tight enough, and when you do mess up you can feel it before it gets bad. You really only need a torque wrench for the most crucial fasteners, and only sometimes, if you have new parts and new fasteners, go ahead and grab that puppy, if you're doing a junkyard job, goodntight is good enough.

I have grown to love a 24” non flex. Otherwise I totally agree.

THOSE ARE THE BEST TORQUE WRENCHES !!!!🔧 EFF YOUR FATER IN LAW…

I use it for reaching into very difficult areas where a regular wrench will not go

It is a copy of the Koken design,Koken came out with them at first which they had a patent on it that expired

I use the click style but I periodically verify accuracy with digital torque meter and adjust is necessary. If it's something delicate or critical, I'll test before use.

The parts guy, is the failed mechanic who could not make it on the shop floor.

Because og quality

As soon as I hear the word “fastener” you become a try hard to me. Why do I and have I never heard that term used for nuts/bolts/screws in real life. Only from RUclips “gurus”. Fasteners is a basic term that points you in the right direction at the hardware store.. but what are you fastening. It’s just a dumb fucking term and worse use of that term I don’t care what anybody says.

The more I work on things the more I hate switching out sockets and extensions. I also realized that I lose a lot of shit when I am continuously swapping shit off of my ratchet. So for me personally, having redundancy in my ratchets is a must!

12 point is perfect for a blind spot ! Get the angle right and rotate the socket a smidge to lock on the fastener. Tight spots! Go with the 12 point

The problem with the click type torque wrenches is that the majority of people don't know how to use them properly. There are several points to mind when using one that most people either don't know, or just don't follow.

thats an expensive torque wrench~

Any decent engine builder has a torque wrench checker and checks the torque wrenche befoe every build.

Does anyone else make hard handle ratchets like snap on? I hate the soft handles but I’m not a pro and don’t necessarily need snap on. I love the hard handles that I used to borrow in the shop. I’ve seen on Reddit people buy the snap on ones and put them on icon stuff but I just wanted to buy one..

Lol, You can make these yourself from a deep socket. Having a milling machine and a carbide endmill helps

What’s your maximum?

I bet your dad would be happy you are using his tool box and taking pride in it. Very cool.

Probably both made by western forge in CO.

I never knew 12 points were popular in the 1920s. Most old bolts I see that aren’t 6 points are 4 points or square headed. I’ve never seen an old bolt or nut in 12pt

Just had to rebuild my dad's 1970 FM70, small body 3/8, and it is back in action.

No its not. A can make one myself in the mill

Can they be used for o2 sensors ? 😆

I've never found any flare nut tool that comes close to Snap On. If you need it, it's worth every penny.

Can be done with a $5 1/4 hex extension rather than this screw driver than requires payments.

I take 1 regular sized one 2 different sized breaker bars and a 1/2" high torque milwaukee impact

His tool should have been recalibrated.

Injector Line socket...a must have

Only Snap On and Koken make quality versions of this socket. Snap On uses their proprietary chrome nickel molybdenum boron steel and Koken uses chrome molybdenum steel. The others, like Lisle, are using cheap, soft, brittle chrome vanadium steel and are making them in chynna.

It's not worth the Snap On price. There are cheaper sets out there that will give the same result the 1 in 1000 you actually need it.

I have a lotta 1/2 rachets, and I love my longer handle ones. I try to have at least 4 length options per drive size. Oddly enough the stubby 1/2” drive flex snap on is my favourite for running stuff in or out. Never thought I’d use it at first.

Horse shit ,deep socket milled out

Fuck that i will make one

It’s worth it if you need it.

nop

i mostly use 6 point, but i have seen some master mechanics around racing that almost always have a 12 point on their tool for 'everything' .. pretty sure the thinking is theyre faster and easier to get on a bolt from any position ..

ive used them for years, you can get some of them set wrong fairly easily, imo its also compulsive to click fasteners multiple times which i think throws the accuracy of the actual torque off somewhat if youre not real careful about how youre handling it, especially with a giga-monster way oversized wrench .. most of these nuances are avoided with a deflector type, you push it to torque and your done and you can see visually not to go past spec .. so i get where the guy was coming from, its safer for a green engine builder to use an old manual type ..

26" 1/2 for me is so nice to have. It sucked paying for it but it sure is nice to have lol. But i usually only ever use that or my shorter 1/2 the rest i kust use impacts or electric ratchets. But i work on semis so for us we have alot more room to work with

Waiting on the trolls to comment on one particular fact. Lol. Great video sir.

That extra long handle has saved me tons of time. Dont use it much , but gets those rusted EGR cooler nuts busted off without taking the entire hood, cab, fuel tank off.

Nah, if you lost your smaller flex head, you'd by fine. Now with that being said, I myself also have a crap ton of ratchets 😂

Snap ons only get salty when use off shore shit

I know some mechanics that when it comes to the nasty tight bolts and nuts, they hide their Snap-on, Matco, Mac, etc... ratchets, and they pull something like this or a Pittsburgh. So don't feel bad.

half inch set if fail proof but would 3/8 do the same trick?

Agreed, i own that one, a mac, a proto, a plomb, silver eagle, an sk with no driver square in the back and i made my own from a 4" Matco 1/4" extension in a snap on mini flathead driver body.

Notice your protos. Found almost a full set of 3/8 12p, in an old rickity toolbox, at the ole antique store a while back fer 5 shmeckles.

I have 8 short handle 1/2 different makes... Never used 1 😂😂 I always go for 3/8