Submariner1
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having really struggled getting off this nut. Really constrained access, no room to use a socket ratchet and using a ring spanner, no clear visibility, upside down with your hand bent double ... with it slightly bent at an angle so it cleared the lower suspension arm and only circa 8 degrees of movement at a time ..... ugh!
This dam nut took nearly 30 mins to undo.
...... sure we have all been there!!
I always baulked at paying out for ratchet spanners, when I already the same sized combination spanner.
A real pain. So I got this with a flexible offset ratchet combi. From Cromwell Tools circa £11 20% off this month.
Absolute dream tool, I had the other rusty one off in 2 mins, and the new part back on in 1 minute.
The flexi end just made it perfect.
Note this post is not for all the experienced mechanic type posters, who have all the tools under the sun. But more for the inexperienced, who are trying to do jobs with a minimal tool outlay.
Sure its not Snap-On quality but works
So worth it. Wish I had got the set.!
Note there is a similar set that does three nut sizes in the same ratchet hole .. not sure how that works, and not for me, as I cant see how they cant grab the nut as well.
This dam nut took nearly 30 mins to undo.
...... sure we have all been there!!
I always baulked at paying out for ratchet spanners, when I already the same sized combination spanner.
A real pain. So I got this with a flexible offset ratchet combi. From Cromwell Tools circa £11 20% off this month.
Absolute dream tool, I had the other rusty one off in 2 mins, and the new part back on in 1 minute.
The flexi end just made it perfect.
Note this post is not for all the experienced mechanic type posters, who have all the tools under the sun. But more for the inexperienced, who are trying to do jobs with a minimal tool outlay.
Sure its not Snap-On quality but works
So worth it. Wish I had got the set.!
Note there is a similar set that does three nut sizes in the same ratchet hole .. not sure how that works, and not for me, as I cant see how they cant grab the nut as well.