Recommended Adjustable Wrench

[Dromen]

Need a personal use adjustable wrench for cassette removal/install. Dont need a "pro" version but would like a rubber handle and 12"er.

Thanks

[bart998]

Get a "Craftsman" at Sears or OSH.... coat the handle with rubber coating available at Harbor Freight.

[oliver1850]

You can get a US made Crescent in either black oxide or chrome with a red coated handle. About $40 shipped on ebay for the chrome one.

[Ken Robb]

Is there is a store near you selling used tools? We have a pro-oriented place that sells all manner of new and used tools. Single wrenches are very reasonable.

[DAG]

Pedros used to make a long rubberized handle to snap onto the end of their cassette tools; park has a hexagonal cutout on the end of their chain whips to do the same thing.

[DfCas]

If its for bicycle use, get a metric one.

[Lewis Moon]

If its for bicycle use, get a metric one.

Metric "Knuckle Busters" are the nads.

[InspectorGadget]

I have adjustable metric wrenches (http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=645149&group_ID=682242&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog) in several lengths. No toolbox is complete with them.

You could also opt for the ratcheting (http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=650604&group_ID=683345&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog) version.

[GRAVELBIKE]

Pedros used to make a long rubberized handle to snap onto the end of their cassette tools; park has a hexagonal cutout on the end of their chain whips to do the same thing.

I think Pedro's still offers that item. I have one, and it fits both my Park (Shimano) tool and my Pedro's (Campy) tool.

[false_Aest]

Need a personal use adjustable wrench for cassette removal/install. Dont need a "pro" version but would like a rubber handle and 12"er.

Thanks

WUT? If you need to ask you need to buy SnapOn or MAC.




I'm pretty sure I'm using a 12" POS bought at Walgreens in 1998.

[thwart]

This Park Tool wrench is the schnitz. Have used mine literally hundreds of times.

[11.4]

If its for bicycle use, get a metric one.

A metric adjustable wrench? Really?

I guess I'm wondering whether someone who needs help finding a crescent wrench should even be removing a cassette.

[Andrewlcox]

and a lefty of righty depending on your dominant arm.

[rwsaunders]

and a lefty of righty depending on your dominant arm.

I was thinking the same...:cool:

[jvp]

No recommendations other than to have a small one (hub locknuts, etc.) and a large one (cassettes, freewheels, etc.) on hand. Both of mine are generic.

[vqdriver]

dude. it's an adjustable wrench.
just buy one that's not a POS that won't slip or deform. cuz that's pretty much the only way a bad adjustable wrench could possibly suck.

[jds108]

Get a "Craftsman" at Sears or OSH.... coat the handle with rubber coating available at Harbor Freight.

+1. I don't bother with the rubber coating myself.

[Lanterne Rouge]

Buy the cheapest one you can get as it don't make no difference.

Bigger is better, well simply because it is. You can make a big adjustable wrench smaller but you can't make a small one bigger.

[maunahaole]

Not cheap, but about 10 kinds of badass.

http://www.abbeybikeworks.com/?page_id=119

[Birddog]

ooops

[Birddog]

Knipex Cobra Plier Wrench
http://www.knipex.com/index.php?id=1216&L=1&page=group_detail&parentID=1368&groupID=1502

[AngryScientist]

i dont know where the OP lives, or what he does for a living, but IMO, every home should have some basic tools. Good tools for occasional home use can literally last a lifetime and be passed on for lifetimes to come.

even if you think you dont need them, you will, and you'll be glad to have them.

if you dont have some basic tools, set some money aside and begin to build a decent tool kit, you can start with a decent adjustable wrench.

as mentioned any of the bigger brands make a good one, crescent, craftsman, channel lock, etc.

[zennmotion]

a 12 inch wrench is asking for trouble on a bike, too big, too much torque. a 10 inch is all you need for a cassette

[false_Aest]

dude. it's an adjustable wrench.
just buy one that's not a POS that won't slip or deform. cuz that's pretty much the only way a bad adjustable wrench could possibly suck.


bad forging = broken handle. A very bad thing when you're installing a cassette on alloy clinchers at the very top rung of a ladder near power lines in the rain.

Effing clinchers!


This is why you MUST buy Snap On. (http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=hand&item_ID=644722&group_ID=681236&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog)

[Dromen]

Anyone tried this or care to give feedback?
http://pedros.com/products/tools/general-tool/pro-socket-handle-2-0/

THanks to all for the info, especially 11-4, in this thread of seemingly little importance. I just wanna get it right and amazingly, decisions based on info from the forum are probably 100% spot on.