>Date: Thu, 10 Jan 91 12:34:55 -0700
>From: mjb@hoosier.utah.edu (Mark Bradakis)
>To: british-cars@encore.com
>Subject: Re: MGB Engine Rebuild (2) [really tools]
>Andy sez:
>A tip for extending the life of your Whitworth wrenches: Unless you
Is this a typo? Did Andy mean crescent wrenches?
>don't have room in your application, turn them so the sliding jaw is
>getting less of the load. I thought this was understood, but have
>seen people use them backwards so often, I thought I'd mention it. I
>will now make a sorry attempt to include pictures.
> /\ /\
> #| |X X| |#
> # \/ X X \/ #
> XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
> XX XX
> XX -> this way XX <- this way
> XX XX
>
>Where # is the sliding jaw, and the Xs are the wrench, including the
>fixed jaw. The arrows are showing direction of handle travel.
>---------
>I have always turned them the OTHER way. I had heard it was better to have
>the moving jawed pushed against the body of the wrench, rather than pulled
>out as the above method shows.
>mjb.
Me too.
Roland
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