Kudo's to Bessey

Not quite a year ago Amazon had a good deal on Bessey Kliklamps, about half price. I ordered 4 and have used them a lot.

Fast forward to 4 months ago and most of the clamps will not hold their grip. The movable clamping section cannot grip the shaft tightly enough to keep from slipping.

An e-mail to Bessey was answered with the suggestion to use lite steel wool on the shaft and wipe the shaft down with a clean dry cloth. That WORKED, for about 3 weeks. I repeated about 3 times again but the remedy was always short lived.

Another email to Bessey was answered with the suggestion that they send me 6 replacement clamps and I send the 4 in question back to them at my expense. I am $$ ahead and hopefully the new clamps have addressed the matter.

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Leon
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My Kliklamps have a tooth to them, I don't think they would slip unless I got glue all over that.

I had a good experience with Bessey too, they replaced both of my 24" quick clamps... They would not return the handle for more pressure after a few tensioning squeezes..

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woodchucker

I revived a couple of slipping Irwin clamps by roughening the bar with coar se sandpaper.

And on the return, I have a similar story about Jet (Walter Meier) dropped a clamp and the plastic handle snapped off. Found a number for Jet, called them asked if I could buy a replacement handle. They didnt have the handle but shipped me gratis a new clamp. I just had to tell them where I bought t he item. I felt guilty because I got it at Lowes when they were discontinui ng Jet clamps in favor of Bessey. Well, guilty for about 30 seconds anyway.

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wb8nbs

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