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Old 11-06-2008, 02:52 PM
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Comments on the Valve Adjusting wrenches. I have a set of the Hazet special wrenches with the long handles and also tried bending my own.
I tried bending the cold and ended up with 1 good and 1 broken wrench.
When I did my last valve adjustment I tried the short handled Homemade wrench along with a short handled Hazet wrench and compared them to the long handle Hazet wrenches.
The long handled Hazet wrenches were easier to use then the short handled Homemade/Hazet wrenchs with the exception of #5 where I found it handier to use 1 of the short handled wrenches due to the long handle ones hitting the fire wall.
It seems expensive to purchase the Hazet wrenches but I think they make the job easier and in the long run are worth the $ (or buy a set of the homemade long handled wrenches).
If you decide to get rid of you Hazet wrenches you will only loose $10-$15 dollars if you sell they used on Ebay and I have even seen them sell within a few dollars of the New wrench cost.
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