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Old August 30th 13, 03:26 AM posted to rec.autos.tech
Vic Smith
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What's the biggest open end wrench you've used? Any dimension.
Nut size, length, or wrench weight.

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Old August 30th 13, 03:33 AM posted to rec.autos.tech
Nate Nagel[_2_]
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On 8/29/2013 10:26 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
> What's the biggest open end wrench you've used? Any dimension.
> Nut size, length, or wrench weight.
>


Probably a Heyco 36mm back in the day when I had a really crappy job for
a while as a machine setup guy. I'm sure that's not a record though.

I really did like those Heyco wrenches, for the record. They looked
just like scaled-up versions of the wrenches that used to come in the
BMW factory toolkits (also made by Heyco) but black oxide rather than
chromed. They looked really thin and flimsy, but stood up to lots of
use and abuse (slugging with an engineer's hammer to break loose stuck
nuts etc.) without any failures at all, but were still much lighter than
a comparable e.g. Craftsman wrench.

If I didn't already have most of the wrenches that I could reasonably
see myself needing, I might seek some of them out. It's a shame that I
wasn't more affluent when I left that job, I'd have been tempted to just
roll my whole toolbox into my car on the way out the door, and told them
to keep the deposit. (would have been wrong of me to do that though, so
I still probably wouldn't have.)

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Old August 30th 13, 04:25 AM posted to rec.autos.tech
AMuzi
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On 8/29/2013 9:26 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
> What's the biggest open end wrench you've used? Any dimension.
> Nut size, length, or wrench weight.
>


Special Snap On 1-1/4 open end, other end is a 1-3/16 flare.
16" overall, 1lb 12oz.
It fits a specific application, not an every day tool.

About 8:00 on this wall:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/TOOLWALL.JPG

Mine's 40+ years old.

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Old August 30th 13, 10:05 AM posted to rec.autos.tech
Vic Smith
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:25:18 -0500, AMuzi > wrote:

>On 8/29/2013 9:26 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
>> What's the biggest open end wrench you've used? Any dimension.
>> Nut size, length, or wrench weight.
>>

>
>Special Snap On 1-1/4 open end, other end is a 1-3/16 flare.
>16" overall, 1lb 12oz.
>It fits a specific application, not an every day tool.
>
>About 8:00 on this wall:
>http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/TOOLWALL.JPG
>
>Mine's 40+ years old.


Love old tools that still work. Looks like you got some nice ones
hanging there. Looks like I'm seeing a lot of reamers or seat tools,
but don't know.
Reminds me of the "This Old House" section where one of the guys shows
a tool and the others try to figure out what it is.
Best part of the show, usually.

I just took apart a washing machine, and the tub nut is 1 11/16.
Didn't have that wrench, and probably wouldn't have mattered.
Had to dremel 2 sides almost all the way through and we still couldn't
budge it. Big channel locks got a good grip and could be hammered,
but no go. Finally shattered it with a hammer. Corroded solid to
the trans shaft. I ordered a cheap "special" wrench for that nut that
should work when I put it back together with new parts.
But a deep socket with an impact wrench would be best.
We'll see. I know I'm going to use anti-seize on the shaft threads.

My kid told me the biggest he uses is an 1 1/2 for Chevy trucks.
Inner tie rod. Think my first Craftsman wrench set went that big, but
maybe it was 1 1/4. The set I have now only goes to 7/8.

I was a boilerman in the Navy and beat on slugging wrenches a lot.
Handhole plugs on headers and manhole dogs on drums.
Those were 3 or 3 1/2" nuts. Specialty wrench.
Navy probably had them made up, but maybe not. Lots of boilers
outside of the Navy.

But the wrench I remember most was another "specialty" wrench.
A gland nut wrench for blast furnace gas powered generators we put
back in service at U.S. Steel in '68. They were ancient, probably
dating back to the teens or 20's. Electric rates spiked and
management decided to get them going again.
Those gland nuts were about 2 feet across. Wrench weighed about
500 pounds. No big deal. The hammer was much heavier, and swinging
it wore you out.


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Old August 30th 13, 04:44 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
jim beam[_4_]
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On 08/29/2013 08:25 PM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 8/29/2013 9:26 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
>> What's the biggest open end wrench you've used? Any dimension.
>> Nut size, length, or wrench weight.
>>

>
> Special Snap On 1-1/4 open end, other end is a 1-3/16 flare.
> 16" overall, 1lb 12oz.
> It fits a specific application, not an every day tool.
>
> About 8:00 on this wall:
> http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/TOOLWALL.JPG
>
> Mine's 40+ years old.


where the heck's your campy wheel dishing tool dude?


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Old August 30th 13, 05:41 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
AMuzi
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On 8/30/2013 10:44 AM, jim beam wrote:
> On 08/29/2013 08:25 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>> On 8/29/2013 9:26 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
>>> What's the biggest open end wrench you've used? Any
>>> dimension.
>>> Nut size, length, or wrench weight.
>>>

>>
>> Special Snap On 1-1/4 open end, other end is a 1-3/16 flare.
>> 16" overall, 1lb 12oz.
>> It fits a specific application, not an every day tool.
>>
>> About 8:00 on this wall:
>> http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/TOOLWALL.JPG
>>
>> Mine's 40+ years old.

>
> where the heck's your campy wheel dishing tool dude?
>
>


They are above the truing stands (out of photo) with the
Wheelsmith, Park, Var and Minoura dish gauges, nipple
drivers tensiometers and a host of spoke keys for normal and
Martian wheel systems.

p.s. Do you know the application for that Snap On wrench?

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Old August 31st 13, 03:36 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
jim beam[_4_]
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Default Tool Talk - Big Wrench

On 08/30/2013 09:41 AM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 8/30/2013 10:44 AM, jim beam wrote:
>> On 08/29/2013 08:25 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>> On 8/29/2013 9:26 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
>>>> What's the biggest open end wrench you've used? Any
>>>> dimension.
>>>> Nut size, length, or wrench weight.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Special Snap On 1-1/4 open end, other end is a 1-3/16 flare.
>>> 16" overall, 1lb 12oz.
>>> It fits a specific application, not an every day tool.
>>>
>>> About 8:00 on this wall:
>>> http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/TOOLWALL.JPG
>>>
>>> Mine's 40+ years old.

>>
>> where the heck's your campy wheel dishing tool dude?
>>
>>

>
> They are above the truing stands (out of photo) with the Wheelsmith,
> Park, Var and Minoura dish gauges,


oooh, aaah... i like var and campy. hate park - many of their tools
are great, but wheel dishing tool sucks. it's unfortunate one is such a
necessity with their ts2's total inability to consistently center.


> nipple drivers tensiometers and a
> host of spoke keys for normal and Martian wheel systems.
>
> p.s. Do you know the application for that Snap On wrench?


tell me master...


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Old August 31st 13, 03:49 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
AMuzi
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Default Tool Talk - Big Wrench

On 8/31/2013 9:36 AM, jim beam wrote:
> On 08/30/2013 09:41 AM, AMuzi wrote:
>> On 8/30/2013 10:44 AM, jim beam wrote:
>>> On 08/29/2013 08:25 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>> On 8/29/2013 9:26 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
>>>>> What's the biggest open end wrench you've used? Any
>>>>> dimension.
>>>>> Nut size, length, or wrench weight.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Special Snap On 1-1/4 open end, other end is a 1-3/16
>>>> flare.
>>>> 16" overall, 1lb 12oz.
>>>> It fits a specific application, not an every day tool.
>>>>
>>>> About 8:00 on this wall:
>>>> http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/TOOLWALL.JPG
>>>>
>>>> Mine's 40+ years old.
>>>
>>> where the heck's your campy wheel dishing tool dude?
>>>
>>>

>>
>> They are above the truing stands (out of photo) with the
>> Wheelsmith,
>> Park, Var and Minoura dish gauges,

>
> oooh, aaah... i like var and campy. hate park - many of
> their tools are great, but wheel dishing tool sucks. it's
> unfortunate one is such a necessity with their ts2's total
> inability to consistently center.
>
>
>> nipple drivers tensiometers and a
>> host of spoke keys for normal and Martian wheel systems.
>>
>> p.s. Do you know the application for that Snap On wrench?

>
> tell me master...
>
>


Quite an elegant tool for Chicago-built Schwinn OPC cranks
and headsets. A 15" adjustable wrench works, but this one
just feels good in the hand (the price only hurt once and
briefly)

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