Favourite and least favourite tools

[JackButler]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[recman]

At work I have favourite tools depending on the area I'm in at the time.
I have a go-to dent lifting bar with interchangeable tips when I'm in the paint shop.
In the body shop I have a wooden body dreadnought file which doubles up as a multitude of tools.
In general assembly there are way too many handy tools to mention but the ones I pop in my pocket at the start of the shift are a little snap-on ratchet with a 10mm socket on it plus a 6mm tap.

At home my Titan lithium ion drill gets a lot of use but I have an old favourite long shaft pozi with a nice comfortable handle with which you can really bully a stubborn screw.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Favourite? Probably my Metrinch wall drive socket set I picked up in the States. Great on Enfields, where it's random whether you're going to come across Imperial or Metric.

Worst? Maybe my torque wrench. I expect a nice positive click when it's triggered, but I get a half arsed "tink", so I end up not using it.
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Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[Islander]

[Suntan Sid]

My favourite tool has to be a Snap on breaker bar about 800mm long with a half inch drive, this has resolved many a problem on both bikes and cars.
Bought it second hand on a market stall ages ago, paid £2 for it!

My least favourite tool is not related to bikes or cars, it's a wood working jigsaw.
I hate these with a passion, probably the least accurate tool ever invented!
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[stinkwheel]

[Robby]

Favourite is the cordless drill. It speeds up lots of jobs because I can spin my 1/4" extension in there. Makes doing up crankcase bolts very quick.

Least favourite - just about any form of bearing puller, I have a box full of them, every type you could imagine, but I still frequently don't have the right one. Even when I do, pulling bearings or shells is horrible. Something very hard being an interference fit into something softer, with years of corrosion and shite behind and around it.

[Blah blah]

Favourite is my clarke plug-in impact wrench, who needs a breaker bar? Rachet spanners came a close second and in third, the flat head screw driver that I've had for years, have no idea where it came from and is so abused that the end is now round (but still useful for hammering into places, removing seals, stirring paint etc etc)

Least has got to be the circlip pliers with the changeable ends, every time I use them, I remember just how completely rubbish they are.

[Easy-X]

In their defence the only thing worse than circlip pliers is not having circlip pliers
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[WD Forte]

Having a clear out and binned a metric tap and die set I impulse bought offn the bay
( I really ought to know better by now FFS it's embarrassing)
It's such useless cheap shite I dont hate anyone enough to give it to them
and I'd better get rid of it before someone sees it and this happens

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[Pigeon]

Dremel. Love it.

[recman]

[Old Git Racing]

Favourites, Expensive German T bar Allen Keys. Least favourite, poxy 3 legged pullers that fall to bits and come loose and you lose all the bits eventually.

OGR
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[Bubbs]

Fave tools are these super wrenches

https://toolmonger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/super-wrench-4-piece-set.jpg

They grip anything. It doesn't matter if a nut is rounded, these fuckers will grip regardless. They're cheap and each wrench fits a variety of nut sizes.

Here's a guy demonstrating them gripping a metal pipe

https://perez.ph/blog/uploaded_images/super-wrench-demo-s-764279.jpg

Least fave tool is my shitty cheap socket set. The steel seems to move and slip. Hate them.... really need to buy some new ones but keep forgetting.
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Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

[ThunderGuts]

For me it's the oil filter socket set. Had it donkeys years and used it on cars and bikes. Not so much of a problem on some bikes (although the sockets make quick work of it), but I've had cars where the manufacturer has decided to place the oil filter behind the engine or some other equally ridiculous location where trying to get a grip on it is hard, let alone the (ill advised) technique of skewering it with a screwdriver.
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TG.

[Polarbear]

A new least favourite tool

https://www.mototirefinder.com
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[LustyLew]

Least: Chain splitter/riveter. Fucked on first use.

Best: Puncture repair kit.

[Fizzer Thou]

Most useful tool,other than the compressor,the parts wash bin,the Myford ML7 lathe,the hydraulic ramps,the bench vice etc,is my 'SUN' engine analyser.This has a scope for following signals from crank sensors to ECUs,an amps clamp for testing charging current and cranking amps,battery volts tester at rest and under load and a clamp for checking the firing pulses from the coil to spark plug.A sound investment from a few years ago.

My least useful tool is a strap version for loosening spin on oil filters for the car.Absolutely rubbish

But then there is the chain alignmebnt tool that is supposed to correctly align your back wheel.It clamps to the rear sprocket then a rod points along the chain run towards the front sprocket.When I first bought it everything always pointed in the right direction.Then I tried badly misaligning the back wheel and the tool still told me all was okay.This is now relegated to the bottom drawer full of rarely used tools.Another rubbish tool
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Just talk bikes.What else is there?

Always have a 'Plan B'

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Best
1. Irwin bolt grips - never failed to remove rusty rounded nuts
2. Compressor - can change own tyres, multiple uses, paid for itself
3. Good quality drill bits & taps
4. Halfords lifetime warranty socket set - returned a couple of bits over 5 years no trouble
5. An adjustable base vise

Shittest
1. Crappy cheap taps
2. Shitty drill bits
3. Any cordless tools, never charged when required, batteries are consumables (lock-in obsolescence scam!)
4. MIG welder, it's not bad but I wish I'd gone TIG
5. Cheapo chain tools, avoid
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'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8

[kramdra]

Best is between:
Wm240 lathe
lidl lipo screw driver
aldi bandsaw
1/4" draper ratchets (3 of them!) that I cut off to become stubby, then ground the head as small possible to get in tight holes.

Worst is the tyre bead breaker, the most useless shit I had to return. Not tried my Stenor one yet, if it works it'll go in the list above.
Valve installing handle, no good on a bike wheel.
Compressor. Too fecking big and noisey, should have got a small one as I only use on tyres.

[Easy-X]

Honorary mention for my new 1" planishing hammer - so fecking cute
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[andyscooter]

fave my electric drill had it for an 19th prezzie and still use it

honerable mention goes to my screwfix spanners that I had same time and still use


least fave has to be my battery drill/screwdriver as I have to charge it everytime I need it

its not fucked its just the way it was new


also 10mm socket as its a sneaky fecker and hides
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if its spelt wrong its my fat fingers and daft auto correct on my tablet

[defblade]

[Riejufixing]