I found this tool on the interwebs. It looks like a clever way to get into a tight spot. An internal chain connects the two fittings. It says 'impact ready' but I doubt that. Anyone use one of these?
Clever wrench extension?
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Targeted advertisements on Amazon, Facebook, Twitter have been shoving this tool in my face for the better part of a year now. I'm curious..., but haven't found myself needing a chinese 24" offset ratchet... I'd be curious to know what it looks like inside - must have a quarter turn of lash depending on what the mechanism.
that's gonna have to be really stout internally if you expect me to believe its going to deliver the same torque I'm putting on the human end down to the nut. Might work great for just spinning on/off but anything past that and I'm skeptical. T = F x d and all that.
I agree it is probably weak. What I need it for is a particularly difficult oil filter. My buddy has a 1980 TA with a 1978 400 that also has the wrong headers on it. Someone left the original 301 headers on and they just make a 400 impossible to work on. I need to be able to slide a cup wrench in past the headers and just get it loose. There is no other way. No room for anything else.
I would wonder about the sides. Is it all one strong piece? Or cheaply pressed together? It looks like it has a sleeve slipped over it. I hope that is not the retaining part. And what grade of chain? What kind of gears inside? Chinesium? I saw an open view and I can't find it now. But it looked cheap. FWIW I also see much better looking models that are three to five times more expensive. You get what you pay for. Maybe if this tool works for what I need it, that can justify buying a better model. Let me get it, try it, and I will make a report.
I've not tried one of those, but these are handy for using a ratchet on the end of a wrench:
This wrench extension doesn't ratchet but fits in many places and accepts a ratchet. Comes with the other piece too. Life saver:
And I've never even seen one of these in person:
This wrench extension doesn't ratchet but fits in many places and accepts a ratchet. Comes with the other piece too. Life saver:
And I've never even seen one of these in person:
