Advice for new flare nut wrenches

[someotherguy]

Ok so you're built like a Gorilla. Just so you Know, not everyone can rip apart a pineapple with their bare hands. LMAO

Naw, what I'm saying is I'm already worried enough about rounding off a flare nut or twisting up the line, so I'm not going animal on the wrench, don't need it to be 1' long.

Richard

 

[Hipster]

twisting up the line,

Richard

20 year of crusted up and that's where I usually end up. Leverage is what the floor jack handle is for lol

 

[Erik the Awful]

Some of us can double-wrench without slipping and busting our knuckles.

 

[someotherguy]

20 year of crusted up and that's where I usually end up. Leverage is what the floor jack handle is for lol

If I gotta get the floor jack handle on the brake line nut I've got bigger problems than which wrench to use

Richard

 

[Schurkey]

Is that your only gripe on the SK? I was digging through my shelf of misc. inherited tools and discovered I had 3 nearly new metric SK's - all US-made. Leverage on small wrenches isn't a big deal for me, I'm mostly concerned with what most of us are - that they fit the nut properly and don't round it off.

The SK flare nut wrench did pretty good in that Youtube video.

I don't use mine; haven't used it in years, and only once or twice before that--it parks in my "road box" not my main tool box. I don't remember how I even got it. Probably inherited it from my wife's aunt when she died. I have several other flare nut wrenches that I've inherited from various people, or received as "gifts". In fact, because of this thread AND a side-project of mine (repairing all the drawer slides on a NAPA/Waterloo tool box set) I've discovered more off-brand flare nut wrenches in my possession. Again...I don't use 'em. When I need a flare-nut wrench, I grab one of my Snappys.

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The black 18mm may be fine for aviation use, but it's worthless on vehicles--not sturdy enough, and 12-point flare nut wrenches in general are a disaster waiting to happen at least in the automotive world. Things may be different in the air where rust isn't permitted. The Bonney is one of a full set, and similarly useless. (I have a Bonney-made, MATCO-branded 10mm combo wrench that I love, and a Bonney-branded 1/2" combo that's similarly nice. Bonney was a good brand, too bad they're long-gone.) Another useless 12-point is the very sturdy-looking Duro-Chrome. By comparison, the "India 5/8--11/16" is so thin at the wrenching surface that it's just going to spread open, maybe break. A "Tool-shaped Object". I bought the Mac because I was intrigued by the "speed" end; this was before Snappy was making flare-nut wrenches with a speed end. The Mac is also not all that sturdy, and shorter than I like. The first flare-nut crowfoot I ever bought was this 18mm, specifically for getting at PS hoses at the steering gear.

I DO need the leverage of a longer wrench, and I find that I have better control with longer tools than with shorter ones. The control is at least as important to me as the leverage in many cases.