GEARWRENCH Tools?

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I asked about wrenches here once before and Gear was the most recommend brand, and I bought a set for my dad. He’s really happy with them. Limited experience, but I’d recommend them.
 
Good stuff. I have several of the sets. I was mechanicing proffesionally and got tired of taking tools back and forth from work to home so I bought a pile of gearwrench stuff to fill the void. I have used it a bunch and have no issues with it.
 
Used them for years in my dad's garage.
I would buy for myself, and likely will.
 
I gotta replace all my hand tools. I think they are the way to go.
 
I own a auto repair shop in Sanford, and have owned several GW tools, and some of my techs have owned a lot of it.

Our newest hire, probably 75% of his tools are Gear Wrench (sockets, ratchets, wrenches, screwdrivers). I've yet to see him break any of it.

I've got a gear wrench socket sets myself, along with a couple ratchets. In my experience, the sockets are great. I've broken both ratchets multiple times...but it usually involved hanging on them with a 2 ft pipe as well.

If I lost all of my tool truck branded stuff, I'd replace a lot of it with Gear Wrench stuff.
 
TRaGiK said:
I own a auto repair shop in Sanford, and have owned several GW tools, and some of my techs have owned a lot of it.

Our newest hire, probably 75% of his tools are Gear Wrench (sockets, ratchets, wrenches, screwdrivers). I've yet to see him break any of it.

I've got a gear wrench socket sets myself, along with a couple ratchets. In my experience, the sockets are great. I've broken both ratchets multiple times...but it usually involved hanging on them with a 2 ft pipe as well.

If I lost all of my tool truck branded stuff, I'd replace a lot of it with Gear Wrench stuff.
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strong praise, thanks for that. I’ll definitely feel good about buying them now.
 
The ONLY thing I can really ding Gear Wrench on is what got them started....actual Gear Wrenches (ratcheting wrenches).

When I first started turning wrenches (20 years ago), I had a set of their ratcheting wrenches. They are hands down the weakest ratcheting wrench I've ever used. Once I got tired of warranting every wrench in the set a couple times or more, I picked up a set of Blue Point (snap-on) ratcheting wrenches. I ran them for 15 years without a single breakage.

With that said, the Gear Wrench brand ratcheting wrenches should be plenty sufficient for the home gamer.
 
As far as a non professional use the wrenches will do fine. I had a set (Gearwrench) and broke several a week. Traded up to Snap On ratcheting wrenches and never looked back. They have a thinner head also. I have a Gearwrench set for home use and they work fine for that. Just not for professional use for me. Your results may vary. Don’t have much experience with hard line tools from that brand. Most of my tools are Snap On, MAC, SK, Proto, Bonnie, Williams...etc.
 
John said:
I prefer the reversing rachet wrenches with the offset to the flat ones you flip over. You can use them in a lot more places IME.
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This and if you are not paying attention can get one stuck like I did. Ran a bolt out to far working on someting and didnt have room to get box end of wrench back off bolt to flip it over to run it back in. Lets just say it made alot of choice words and for a long afternoon getting wrench out and bolt back in to where part would come off.
 
Jp8819 said:
This and if you are not paying attention can get one stuck like I did. Ran a bolt out to far working on someting and didnt have room to get box end of wrench back off bolt to flip it over to run it back in. Lets just say it made alot of choice words and for a long afternoon getting wrench out and bolt back in to where part would come off.
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I did this last week. Putting new shocks on the Ranchero and ran the top nut down to where there wasn't enough room to get the wrench off. Had to get an open end and back it down several turns to get it loose.
 
I’d take them over Craftsman. We service the equipment and Crane’s in Gearwrench distribution center, the toolbox on site is full of them. They didn’t hold up as well as Snap-On, but were better than most non tool truck tools.
 
Pink_Vapor said:
I’d take them over Craftsman. We service the equipment and Crane’s in Gearwrench distribution center, the toolbox on site is full of them. They didn’t hold up as well as Snap-On, but were better than most non tool truck tools.
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I have ZERO faith/trust in Craftsman tools.i had one of there smaller sockets break right in half while I was changing a mower deck pulley.
 
Love my Gear Wrench stuff. The Taiwanese stuff is nice. No it's not as nice as Snap On, but it's literally 1/8th to 1/10 the the price.

I will also second the Sunex stuff. I've got 3/8 impact sets from them and they are niceeee.
 
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