blandis

Use coupon code SEARS5OFF50 if you order both sets to save and extra $5.

Mine come up $25 for the standard set and $30 for metric.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...=Y&origin=prod

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...=Y&origin=prod

SwayBar

The flex-head gear wrench is a must-have for any toolbox, if not just for the pan bolts, but I find myself using them for a lot more than that.

Tom. M

Cool...out of stock for delivery, but swinging by on lunch to pick up from the store...$32 including tax here in Olympia (metric set)..

Thanks for the head up on this. Been wanting a set...and now the price is right

auzivision

Got these last time they were on sale and love them... great for the pesky AFT reservoir cap

jsherid1

Thanks just ordered them for pick up at my local store. Great deal!

BBX

I agree, I couldn't live without my ratcheting head wrenches.

Edit: Then again, if I didn't have any tools, I would stop taking things apart...

AO

Just got back from sears. Thanks.

Bill Ball

It's funny to see "real" mechanics shun Gearwrenches as if they were not real tools, instead sticking with their fixed box ends, turning some bolts one flat at a time then moving the wrench to the next flat, taking 10 times as long to get the bolt out. There are 4 or 5 oil pan bolts that can take 20 minutes each with a traditional box end that a Gearwrench dispenses with in under a minute. Stubby Gearwrenches are ideal for the power steering belt tension adjuster. There are countless other places that a Gearwrench is a godsend.

An even less well respected tool that I think you are a fool if you don't have is the rotator ratchet.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...0070921x00003a

I grab this now whenever I need a ratchet. There are a bunch of bolts that with a traditional ratchet or other tools could take forever to remove but this tool will do in no-time. Next time you want to remove the upper bolts that hold the torque tube to the bellhousing, tell me how you do it. There is not even 5 degrees of turning range, due to the TT shaft being in the way, for a wrench or traditional ratchet, so even a Gearwrench would be close to impossible. Slip the rotator ratchet up there, break the bolt free with the traditional ratchet motion then start twisting away, and the bolt is out in no-time. Also, if you have an inaccessible bolt or nut that does not have enough stiction to allow ratcheting, the twisting action of this tool completely overcomes that. You will be surprised how durable this ratchet is despite its complex internal twist gearing. You will soon find yourself using the twist action most of the time instead of swinging the ratchet the old-fashioned way, although this tool can do either.

blandis

Cant tell you how many headaches and money this forum, Rog, Sean, Brad, John, Mike, and the rest of the DFW crew have saved me.

Just one way I can try and pay it back. I always try and post deal when I find them.

As always, thank all of you on the forum for past and future help.

OBehave

Just grabbed the last set here in Danbury! Thanks for the heads up.

danglerb

All the pro mechanics I know have ratchet head wrenches, I've got regular, flex head, and both again in stubby length.

I've never used my Rotator ratchet, but my first grabbed is now a swivel head from Harbour Freight. The head swivels 180*, so start like a screwdriver, finish like a normal ratchet, or vice versa, break loose sideways, then go vertical to spin off. This one is stubby 1/4" drive, but I have regular as well as 3/8 and 1/2 (Hey, they are cheap).

dprantl

Wow, that's cheaper than HF (since the Sears one has more sizes):

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=66286

Dan
'91 928GT S/C 475hp/460lb.ft

danglerb

No idea why, but Sears on sale has always been cheaper than HF on GearWrench "style" wrenches. I say style since quality levels do seem to vary by brand.

86'928S MeteorGrey

Thanks for this. I will hit Sears on the way home tonight.

antsmands

Thanks for the info. Was not planning to buy new wrenches but can not pass up the deal! Can always use new wrenches, particularly good ones!

Tony D.