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Customer Review
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2019Used to release a spring pipe clip that was buried between the engine and the vehicle engine bay and about 280mm deep. I did have to force the clip around a few degrees, because the carriage system does require space to be placed over the ears of the clip, but enough to get good engagement. Then with two hands, especially at other. beginning when the handles are quite wide apart, squeeze the pliers and get compression on the clip.
These VW clips are really strong springs out of necessity, so by releasing a bit and squeezing again, I was able to fully compress the clip. As I had been using Mole grips up to now on all the reachable clips, this was a doddle as the ratchet system allows you to pause and keep the clip under tension and especially at the end when fully compressed, the pliers are locked safely.
The only observation I have at that point is that although the ratchet is spring loaded, the engagement of the pawl with the rack is a little coarse. I aim to look at this more closely before I use it to remount there pipe work and shape the pawl point somewhat better.
Otherwise , why did I never buy one of these before. Good tool for the price when you can pay £45 and upwards for the same item.
Used to release a spring pipe clip that was buried between the engine and the vehicle engine bay and about 280mm deep. I did have to force the clip around a few degrees, because the carriage system does require space to be placed over the ears of the clip, but enough to get good engagement. Then with two hands, especially at other. beginning when the handles are quite wide apart, squeeze the pliers and get compression on the clip.
These VW clips are really strong springs out of necessity, so by releasing a bit and squeezing again, I was able to fully compress the clip. As I had been using Mole grips up to now on all the reachable clips, this was a doddle as the ratchet system allows you to pause and keep the clip under tension and especially at the end when fully compressed, the pliers are locked safely.
The only observation I have at that point is that although the ratchet is spring loaded, the engagement of the pawl with the rack is a little coarse. I aim to look at this more closely before I use it to remount there pipe work and shape the pawl point somewhat better.
Otherwise , why did I never buy one of these before. Good tool for the price when you can pay £45 and upwards for the same item.Images in this review
