Posted by JayC on November 20, 2009, 1:14 pm
I needed a 9mm open-end wrench to hold the motor shaft during a recent
Kirby teardown - I own(ed) only one, which was suspiciously absent.
Odd, since no machine on the planet (with the exception of the Kirby
shaft) is made using 9mm fasteners. After failing with pliers and
vice grips, my project was on hold until I replaced the missing
wrench. I went on a search, and quickly found that 9mm wrenches
aren't included with wrench sets, as a general rule. It falls with
just similarly elusive 15mm and 18mm sizes, I guess. Anyway, after
looking at a dozen different places unsuccessfully, I ended up at
Sears, where I could get a single 9mm Craftsman wrench for $6.
However, I also found an inexpensive 10 wrench set that actually
included 9mm for only $9, which is what I bought.
The set was made by Evolv, which is evidently a newish line carried by
Sears. The wrenches are polished chrome with a smooth finish and
somewhat feminine lines - very pretty tools. I wonder if anyone has
experience with this brand of tools - good or bad?
JayC
Posted by Tiago on November 20, 2009, 1:51 pm
> It falls with
> just similarly elusive 15mm and 18mm sizes, I guess.
Can't remember which, but I'm sure I own an engine with a 9mm nut
somewhere. Or was I owned? Can't really remember, but regarding 15mm,
all my pedal bycicles had 15mm axle nuts and on my current XR250
Tornado dirt bike the magneto bolt is a 18mm... Really odd is the 11mm
bolts that hold the e-starter motor on all Hondas I messed with.
good luck with your new tools! sometimes buying tools relax the mind
and bring happiness! I just built a chicken house. Too bad I've got no
spare weekend - this or the next week - to go to the public market and
get myself three or four baby chickens, the first guests... No
wrenches were needed in the building of the chicken house. Can't wait
for the first chicken barbecue! Any hints on how to slaughter them not
being beheading the poor thing????
-- T
-> my bike has a thick layer of dust, non-working charging system,
dirt carburetor and an owner who is not so happy about spending hours
on it again...
Posted by I am Tosk on November 20, 2009, 2:38 pm
In article <f04fe007-2c7f-47de-b29f-5d387aa6e979
@c3g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, jwc@sysmatrix.net says...
>
> I needed a 9mm open-end wrench to hold the motor shaft during a recent
> Kirby teardown - I own(ed) only one, which was suspiciously absent.
> Odd, since no machine on the planet (with the exception of the Kirby
> shaft) is made using 9mm fasteners. After failing with pliers and
> vice grips, my project was on hold until I replaced the missing
> wrench. I went on a search, and quickly found that 9mm wrenches
> aren't included with wrench sets, as a general rule. It falls with
> just similarly elusive 15mm and 18mm sizes, I guess. Anyway, after
> looking at a dozen different places unsuccessfully, I ended up at
> Sears, where I could get a single 9mm Craftsman wrench for $6.
> However, I also found an inexpensive 10 wrench set that actually
> included 9mm for only $9, which is what I bought.
>
> The set was made by Evolv, which is evidently a newish line carried by
> Sears. The wrenches are polished chrome with a smooth finish and
> somewhat feminine lines - very pretty tools. I wonder if anyone has
> experience with this brand of tools - good or bad?
>
> JayC
I don't know about those tools but when I worked on cars, guys gave me
crap for buying Snap-Along... Really though, everybody's guarantee is
cool, but when I had to hold a tool in my hand for several hours a day,
I liked the "feminine" lines from Snap-on or even the Mac wrenches are
very smooth...
Rowdy Mouse Racing, I like to keep things easy, that's why I stay on the
track...
Posted by The Real Bev on November 21, 2009, 3:06 pm
JayC wrote:
> I needed a 9mm open-end wrench to hold the motor shaft during a recent
> Kirby teardown - I own(ed) only one, which was suspiciously absent.
> Odd, since no machine on the planet (with the exception of the Kirby
> shaft) is made using 9mm fasteners. After failing with pliers and
> vice grips, my project was on hold until I replaced the missing
> wrench. I went on a search, and quickly found that 9mm wrenches
> aren't included with wrench sets, as a general rule. It falls with
> just similarly elusive 15mm and 18mm sizes, I guess. Anyway, after
> looking at a dozen different places unsuccessfully, I ended up at
> Sears, where I could get a single 9mm Craftsman wrench for $6.
> However, I also found an inexpensive 10 wrench set that actually
> included 9mm for only $9, which is what I bought.
>
> The set was made by Evolv, which is evidently a newish line carried by
> Sears. The wrenches are polished chrome with a smooth finish and
> somewhat feminine lines - very pretty tools. I wonder if anyone has
> experience with this brand of tools - good or bad?
Save your receipt. Not that I know anything or have ever heard of Evolv, but I
bought a very pretty (satin-black finish, very workmanlike) set of open ends at
Harbor Freight. The first time I used one (the oil drain bolt on my pickup) it
broke. I returned and got what I thought would be a nicer set, but I haven't
used it yet.
OTOH, I bought a 10mm Craftsman socket from which I could peel the chrome with
my thumbnail. Shit just ain't what it used to be.
--
Cheers, Bev
==================================================
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A man with two is never sure.
Posted by JayC on November 23, 2009, 1:11 pm
> Save your receipt. Not that I know anything or have ever heard of Evolv, but I
> bought a very pretty (satin-black finish, very workmanlike) set of open ends at
> Harbor Freight. The first time I used one (the oil drain bolt on my pickup) it
> broke. I returned and got what I thought would be a nicer set, but I haven't
> used it yet.
I thought about it (since you DO need a receipt for the lifetime
guarantee - might even be the case for Craftsman now too), but it's
not worth generating that level of organization for $9.
JayC
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> just similarly elusive 15mm and 18mm sizes, I guess.