Topic: Where have you been all my life ???

[nccb]

I almost sprang for a set of ratchetty ones when I bought my wrench set last year, but didn't because I waned reliability and a set I buy once and use the rest of my life. How do they hold up?

Gear wrench has a lifetime warranty. If you are scared to get tools that don't say craftsman on them, they make a set as well.

[Stev-o]

I almost sprang for a set of ratchetty ones when I bought my wrench set last year, but didn't because I waned reliability and a set I buy once and use the rest of my life. How do they hold up?

I bought Craftsman and have had no issues. I don't use them exclusive, have standard wrenches too.

[MOONDOGNYC]

Love my spin on oil filter adapter...

[DustyRags]

Cool, thanks for the input on the ratchety bits- will have to add those to the shopping list 

Things I can't live without... The internet, man. SOOOOOO much easier than trotting around various local shops to find that one, weird, discontinued, used-one-year, American-market-only left-handed doo-hickey.

Also: Local shops. Holy crap, sometimes you just gotta talk to a mechanic and point at your bike and you'll get an answer in no time.

[Mo]

+1 on JIS Drivers...OMG NO MORE STRIPPED SCREWS EVER!!!

[nccb]

Also: Local shops. Holy crap, sometimes you just gotta talk to a mechanic and point at your bike and you'll get an answer in no time.

I don't know about some of them.  I went into a shop around the corner and asked if they work on older bikes.  Of course their answer was, "Yeah, we work on older bikes, what kinda bike do you have?"  I tell them a '74 cb750 and, with a look of cluelessness, "Oh man, we don't work on anything older than '94."  #$%* them.

[edwardmorris]

DREMEL. Has uses across the board from auto work to home repairs.

[goldarrow]

I almost sprang for a set of ratchetty ones when I bought my wrench set last year, but didn't because I waned reliability and a set I buy once and use the rest of my life. How do they hold up?

i have a set from Harbor Freight $18 when they were on sale, LIFE TIME WARRANTY.  haven't needed to replace them yet and been using them all the sizes in the set.  holding up great and i USE and ABusethem, a lot.

[Jayelwin]

Manual impact driver and JIS bits.

+++ for JIS. They're not Phillips! The sooner you realize this the happier you will be.

[edwardmorris]

Manual impact driver and JIS bits.

+++ for JIS. They're not Phillips! The sooner you realize this the happier you will be.

Any recommendations on acquiring a good set?

[Jayelwin]

I've never found JIS bits. But a good set of 3 screwdrivers runs like $40. I have these but only the three larger ones. I guess I found a smaller set. http://bit.ly/16c2Frd

[DustyRags]

I ordered my JIS drivers last weekend! Turns out that the best/cheapest set is to just order a #1, 2, & 3 directly from Vessel (vesseltools.com). Warning: shipping is like $15 in the US, and it's all UPS. But they really are some of the best prices.

[750K]

Three things that make working on the bike easy and three that make it ride night and day different.
Carb sync gauges
Honda spark plug tool
Timing light
Stock airbox
Fork brace
Steering dampener