Cheap spline/three square bits Repco

[werd_103]

im not sure if this is the best place to put this but i saw in the Repco mag that they were selling a hex, spline and star bit set for $11.50. after seeing how expensive they are else were i couldn't pass it up and bought a set. i haven't been able to try them out yet so im not sure on the quality.

[Transporter]

Cheap and nasty, that's for sure. It's a major problem, if you damage the internal splines of the bolts.

[rayray086]

If anything the bits may break first before doing major damage to the bolts/nuts. Pays off to have quality tools!

[Transporter]

If anything the bits may break first before doing major damage to the bolts/nuts. Pays off to have quality tools!

Yep, potentially smashing some very expensive sensor in the engine bay or somewhere else.

[Umai Naa!!]

The ballbearings will fall out of the couplers sooner rather than later.

I've got the Eurotech version of that kit. I've replaced a fair few bits more than once, due to some going missing (theft, or lost), and some sheering the tips off. I've relagated them to occasionally using them on the end of ratchet spanners in hard-to-get spaces. After one fell deep into a BMR cylinder head during an injector replacement (Thankfully, I managed to retrieve it by dislodging it, and knocking it into the sump, and it miraculously came out the sump plug hole), I decided to go all-out and buy the proper sockets and a Stahlwille 270G flexible magnet.