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Good or no good? I’ve had my eyes on some for the longest time and was going to buy a set untill I saw the new TIA video where Pat says they aren’t worth the hassle. Has anybody had any experience with these and care to comment on whether they have had luck with them or not.
Think about every time you got an extension cord snagged on something and tried to fling it around to get it unstuck without walking back to where it’s stuck. It’s just too much of a pain trying to control the extension when a solid one gives complete control over what you’re clamping.
Interesting analogy.
Anybody had any luck with these? https://www.channellock.com/558-Slip-Joint-Plier.aspx I’ve never gone wrong with a Channellock product before and am thinking that these hose clamp pliers may be the way to go. It would be nice if they made one with an angled/offset head.
ive had good luck with cable ones.
I’ve only used the cable operated hose clamp pliers and they have worked fine. Just make sure you get a good brand. If you have to remove a lower radiator hose on a FWD car the kind you linked more than likely won’t work.
Used to always use a Blue-Point one in the shop when i worked on cars, really liked it a lot, just like jeff said, it can be a pain when you don’t need the cable. So just get both kinds!
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I can live with getting both kinds. Like shetley said, there have been many situations working on FWD cars where this would have saved me a lot of time that I spent swearing wit channellocks or long reach needle nosed. I swear Corbin clamps haunt my dreams at night.
I don’t have any experience with them
I had to change the heater core on a fwd Pontiac and I could not have gotten the lower radiator hose and heater hoses off without them. I think this is the pair I used. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000F5JM0O/ref=pd_aw_fbt_263_img_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1DDE7Q0S4DH14BKA4Q2G
NicholasShetley wrote:
I had to change the heater core on a fwd Pontiac and I could not have gotten the lower radiator hose and heater hoses off without them. I think this is the pair I used. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000F5JM0O/ref=pd_aw_fbt_263_img_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1DDE7Q0S4DH14BKA4Q2G
It looks exactly like mine, except mine are blue. So extremely handy many times, enough times to make it worthwhile to buy.
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