Allen Keys

[TonyP]

Gents, after attempting to remove the brake calipers off my Audi and snapping the cheepo Halfrauds allen key, I need to buy a decent quality set that can take the load.

Looking around, these seem ok:

Or even this set.

Any views on these? And also where's the best place to get them from?

Thanks

 

[Gav Peter]

If you have a machine mart nearby Tony, they might be a good place to source from?

 

[TonyP]

I'll take a look on their website.

Luckily Halfrauds have replaced the snapped on for free even though it was not part of the Professional range, so I may have another go at it.... if it stops bloody raining

 

[Nuclear Chicken]

3/8 or 1/2 drive allen keys are good too for that type of application and plenty of torque can be applied. Beware of cheap crap though as they will shear. Kamasa I always found to be good stuff for the regular DIYer

 

[Ecoman]

I don't really like sealey tools as some of it is really poor quality.

Halford professional all the way for me as they are sykes pickavant

 

[callum]

Halfords stuff is made by the giant Danaher group who make draper stuff among others. Normally its pretty good stuff and at least you can change broken stuff easily.

 

[Dave Burgess]

I have these from Machinemart http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/p...-bit-holder-s/path/torx-spline-and-star-tools not bad for the price, but a bit long for tight spaces