Ratchet spanners redux

[Huge]

Halfords pro combi ratchet spanners arrived this morning and 10 minutes later the damn bolt was undone...

They're rather nice, too.

[dom]

Glad you're pleased with them.

However I don't think everyone has noticed on the original thread - I think they're now using spanners to hit each other.

It seems pretty much a rule on this newsgroup, once any topic goes past 20 or so posts, you can more or less guarantee it will have degenerated into a slanging match somewhere.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Be interesting to know what ring spanners you had that wouldn't fit?

[Huge]

They have a cranked end, like this;

isn't room to fit them in. (In between the power steering pump and its pulley, to be exact.)

[Adrian]

Huge gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Coo, I remember those. Vaguely. Science Musuem, I think.

Combo spanners have been the standard for decades - certainly since I was first putting together my toolkit in the mid-late '80s.

[Huge]

What's a "Musuem"?

Cheeky git. I did say I haven't bought any spanners for at least 30 years.

[Adrian]

Huge gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

It's how, way back in the day, they used to spell what we now refer to as a "Museum".

This is news?

Mmm. By "at least"...?

[Cicero]

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Still available, but the newer (Am-tech)version - stubby / double ring is so much more compact. Top of picture shows 10 and 11mm from both sets.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I have those but hardly use them these days. Have two sets of combination ones from Halfords pro range - but not ratchet ones.

Take the pulley off? Think the SD1 is the same. Not the easiest fixings for adjusting the drive belt.

[The Medway Handyman]

No it won't!

[dom]

Angle grinders at dawn!

[Tim Streater]

Now don't *you* start :-)

[Bruce]

That was *so* last year. ;-)

Pressure washers, behind the cathedral at six!

[The Medway Handyman]

WD40 at around 9:00am - I hate mornings.

[dennis]

So pressurise the wd40 can with a pressure washer and then chop the end off with an angle grinder, it should go like a rocket.

[Huge]

That was the next step, if a proper spanner hadn't worked. Knowing me, it would have lead to a whole new interesting world of pain.

[Steve Walker]

Which probably means you've got a good set!

SteveW