Ken-Tool

Take a look back with Ken-Tool from their beginning through the present day.

Ken-Tool, a leading manufacturer of professional tire service hand tools, will be celebrating an important milestone in 2015 – the 95th anniversary of the founding of the company by John A. (Jack) Kennedy in 1920. Kennedy, a world champion tire changer of the period, developed the Pacific Rim Tool, which revolutionized the tire service business.

On Dec. 9, 2014, Ken-Tool became certified with the current ISO 9001:2008 standards for quality management systems. ISO is the world’s most widely used quality assurance procedural guidelines, and lays the groundwork for an organization’s development of a uniform set of procedures to establish, monitor and ultimately control product or service quality. Doug Romstadt, president

Increase your accuracy with this self-calibrating, rechargeable unit.

These vises are designed for strength, toughness and extra durability to withstand use in a professional work environment.

The Air Boss line of tools range in size and weigh less than 2.5 lbs., while being capable of providing 400 ft.-lbs. of takeoff force.

The Ken-Tool MEGA AirBlast bead seating tool uses compressed air to properly seat the bead on auto, ATV and truck tires. Simply point, release and watch this fast-acting bead seater do all the work.

The Ken-Tool Stow & Go offers user convenience thanks to a fold-away design, which allows the wrench to be handily stowed when not in use.

The Ken-Tool HexChex Multi-Size loose wheel nut indicators offer very wide application coverage in only four SKUs, dramatically cutting inventory costs.

The tool allows a technician to aggressively attack the oxidized surfaces, and is ideal for removal of corrosion from wheel mating surfaces.

Ken-Tool’s latest fastener socket driver set’s design allows the driver head to have complete contact with the fastener’s recessed drive head. The higher surface contact area makes fastener removal easier, including improved removal of corroded or seized fasteners.

At the heart of the wrench is the “Slide-Twist-Slide” design to quickly change wrench sizes. To change the size, the user slides the carrier to the center, twists it 180° and slides back to lock in place.

The ValveCapperPro removes valve caps and valve cores on hard-to-reach dual wheels.

Remove corroded and stubborn valve stems without spending time hunched over a wheel with a wrench and hammer.

Heavier weight, egoonomic design gives greater technician efficiency.

Ken-Tool's Automotive Wheel Weight Hammer (P/N 35361) is designed for installing and removing clip-on wheel weights for automotive and light-duty trucks. The fiberglass handle features an ergonomic design to provide the technician comfort with or without gloves, and to reduce fatigue. It is designed with a rubber grip, which resists common shop chemicals.

Ken-Tool, a leading provider of automotive and tire service tools, has released its ValveCapper PRO (Part No. 29999). The ValveCapper PRO is four tools in one – a valve cap remover and installer as well as a valve core remover and installer. The valve core end features a patent-pending design that grips and holds the