Specialty Tools Save Techs Time & Money
Specialty hand tools have the potential to save a technician a significant amount of time, and the customer a good deal of money.
Texas Twister Air Hammer Pulling Kit
Convert your air hammer into a pneumatic slide hammer with this set. Utilize air hammer pulling power where slide hammers won’t fit, and extend the reach of the tool by using the 20” extension.
Suspension Hacks: Servicing Modern Suspensions
Homemade tool solutions might cost you a lot more than they are worth. Your “calibrated elbow” torque wrench should be replaced with a real torque wrench and a way to measure torque angles.
Easily Replace Steering Components with Spreader Tool from Anglo American Tools
With the use of the new Kukko KK145-2 Spreader Tool, the split knuckle housing can be easily expanded for quick removal and replacement of the steering part.
The New Snap-on Aluminum Dent Pulling Kit Is An Organized Tool Station
The dent pulling kit features an aluminum stud welder equipped with an exclusive 3-prong electrode, two types of studs and a variety of pulling tools.
Anglo American Tools Partners With German Manufacturers Kukko And Hazet
Kukko, a manufacturer of pulling tools in Germany, offers a wide range of versatile products, which are specialized to facilitate the non-destructive dismounting of gears, bearings, ball bearings and similar components.
Ken-Tool Introduces Dual Wheel Separator
Ken-Tool said its new Dual Wheel Separator makes removing stuck or frozen dual steel wheels quick and easy. Ideal for use on nearly any dual steel wheel truck, bus or van, the separator slips between the frozen wheels and uses the power of a screw-driven pusher to force them apart. Technicians can drive it easily with an impact wrench, the maker added.
Specialty Tools: Making a Once Difficult Task Easy to Accomplish
More and more, it is becoming difficult, if not impossible, to repair and service the cars on the road without a host of specialty tools. The days of being able to use just basic hand tools to repair vehicles is becoming a thing of the past. As the owner and lead tech on a couple of older Mercedes vehicles, this became painfully obvious to me over the last week or so. Faced with the repair and replacement of some suspension components, I ended up needing no less than four different vehicle-specific specialty tools to do the repairs.
Dent Fix’s Ding Massager Kit Gives Cars a Massage
Glue pullers are an excellent method for removing dings and small dents from OEM paint. When access to the back panel is not possible, glue pullers are the only means of PDR repair.
OTC Celebrates 85 Years of Innovation
The 85th anniversary of the founding of Owatonna Tool Company (now the OTC brand of SPX Corporation) is now being celebrated and will be marked by the placement of large, colorful historical banners at the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) 2010 show scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 2, through Thursday, Nov. 4, at the Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, NV.