5 Piece Gear Wrench Ratchet Set, an ALDI Special 15th April.

XMX · Post by **XMX** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:22 pm

A good present to treat one-self to (As this Forum is a year old) to a set of these @ £12.99 from ALDI to get to those awkward spots like the exhaust/inlet manifold/turbo flange fastener-nuts !

If you MISSED these last time (January 28th) they had a 5 degree angle ratchet this time there not so fine at 8 degrees BUT do have the advantage of having the angled/Flexi head !

XMX

harryjoe · Post by **harryjoe** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:34 pm

I could do with some of them !!!

Off to Bexhill on Sea for me then tomorrow to my nearest store, (from gods waiting room 'n' straight to the departure lounge )

A lot of people knock there tools, but i have quite a collection, and find them as good as anything you'd buy in Halfroads, !

DoubleChevron · Post by **DoubleChevron** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:40 am

Your joking right

I grabbed a set of those ALDI ratchet spanners last time they were out here (there in the ALDI's here again). The heads on them are way to large to fit on 99.9999999% of the fastereners when doing an XM headjob (then again, just about no tool known to man fits ... or your hands .... Infact a human hair would have problems fitting in there

).

There quite handy ............... If have a CX or DS to work on.

seeya,
Shane L.

Post by **Peter.N.** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:48 pm

They look good, pity our nearest Aldi is about 30 miles away.

Post by **Dean** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:58 pm

I did look at these last time but forgot but in the meantime halfords had a set of pro branded ones on offer for £39.99 and they are very good, my dads had a set for about 8 years now and they are still perfect.
The trouble with the cheaper tools is the bulkyness of the spanner, i would agree with Shane, they can be a pita to get into a tight spot if they are too bulky. mind you, you cant argue for the price so long as they arent made out of wax.

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Post by **Dieselman** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:06 pm

Dean wrote: mind you, you cant argue for the price so long as they arent made out of wax.

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As long as they fit the fastener properly. A poorly fitting spanner is not worth buying.

Post by **Dean** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:10 pm

very true, ive had some cheapies that used to open up and slip on the nut when using the open end before, they were not very usefull if im honest

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Post by **Dieselman** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:49 pm

Probably made decent BBQ forks..

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