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Retaining clip pliers
- Thread starter Aukai
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Can't go wrong with Knipex. They are by far my favorite pliers manufacturer. I bought my very first Knipex pliers off the Matco truck in the late 90s/early 00 & I was hooked. I own way too many Knipex tools now. I don't have any of their snap ring pliers though, not yet anyway, but I wouldn't hesitate to buy them. I'll wait till my others finally give up.
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I needed a set to remove snap rings on a back hoe. The pins are 1 3/4" dia. The cheap set of interchangeable tip pliers I had just twisted when I tried to spread the rings. The Knipex did it with no issues.
Joe Hynes
Joe Hynes
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Did some research and I think I'll be strongly considering the Gedore set. Made in Austria, supposed to be pretty good.
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I decided to buy the Knipex precision set. I spoke to a mechanic friend about the Gidore and while he didn't own it, he said the bulbous tip on the arms might get in the way. He said the Knipex that he does own has no issues. He pointed out that the Knipex precision set has hardened tool steel pins instead of the one-piece forged jaws on the standard set and he recommended the precision set for that reason. He also said the Knipex set has a limiting screw so you can avoid over-expanding external rings; Gidore doesn't have that feature. So, I just bought the 8-piece precision set in the canvas roll on ebay. Hope it works as well as advertised.
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These are the ones I use at work for the front axle snap-rings on the 4x4 F350 -550s . Also work well on back-hoe pins https://shop.snapon.com/product/Int...-Retaining-Ring-Pliers-Set-(Blue-Point)/PR50A
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