I always use halfords cheap and chearfull plus any break just take back and they replace Only other thing i have found that i need is a clutch holding tool as the air gun would not get the knut off Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 4
we have the Halfords stuff at the college im at now/college im doing work placement at, they seem OK and if they break they get replaced by Halfords. if you want stuff thatll literally last forever get snap on. expensive but you wont be spending that ever again. I had a massive tool box full with snap on stuff, must of been 9 grands worth, got nicked outta the shed after i stopped working at the garage i was at though :/ Halfords are good and will last if looked after and get replaced when they break, worth going for, make sure you keep receipts etc though also found draper to be pretty good
Halfords ratchet ring spanners are real good quality, smooth and take the strain too. i've used the full set for many years now and only issue is it sometimes sticks when removed from the nut when tighening (bit of back pressure followed by a squirt of oil solves it for the next few months) If you've got the funds, snapon, bluepoint,mac, teng, facom, britool, sykes Pic, draper...even the older kamassa stuff that used to be made in Germany was good It always pays to traul ebay for the more quality stuff tho than paying through the nose from the stealers. The tool van is OK as it'll allow you to pay weekly but at a cost Be wary of buying second hand torque wrenches coz if the PO dint wind off the pressure when used they then lose their calibration....also make sure they range for the torques you'll be needing. i recently needed one that went low enough to torue head race bearings in 3/8 drive...bit of research on the specs again brought up a reasonable priced item from Halfords but i managed to get a new one from ebay much cheaper than the £74RRP http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HALFORDS-...NM-6-44LB-Brand-new-but-no-case-/221286576361
As Stig say's, the Halfords kit isn't bad for the money, I have a Halfords 1/2 " torque wrench which got a best buy in a mag, I also have two other 3/8" Pikes Pickervant torque wrenches of different parameters for lighter jobs, heads/crankcase bolts, a copper/hide mallet is well worth buying for engine rebuilds. If you can't alway's afford the best kit (like me) just look after what you do have.
ive inherited my dads old halfords set, roughly 20 years old i rekon, great quality, a few special tools what will come in handy for scooter work: a piston stopper tool (threads in the plug hole), one of those clutch holder tools with the 2 prongs, extra long needle nose pliers and extra long flat screwdriver, torque wrench 10-70nm range will be enough. with those tools you can do anything pretty much
I have to agree with the others on the halfords PROFESSIONAL range, decent quality and it lasts, and it has a lifetime guarantee. Also the Draper Expert range has the same. For a socket set look at spending around the £100 mark at halfords; you'll get a good selection of stuff in it, or buy them individually and put them in your own tool box. But make sure they give you a trade price or hefty discount for buying that amount. Impact wrench: you'll need both a 1/2" drive and 3/8" drive. Simply because the 1/2" can be too much power on a scooter engine but great on the wheel nuts, especially the rear one if it is a single nut. And a set of impact sockets upto 22mm. Long reach, does everything then. 3/8" is ideal for the variator nut and clutch pulley nut. Also a 3/8" torque wrench upto 150psi is good and 1/2" torque wrench upto 300psi. Compressor: Machine Mart. 100ltr air tank minimum, don't waste your money on anything less, they are sooooo useful, either 240v or 110v (if you have a transformer)(like me) Dremmel............dont bother with it. Great for little hobby jobs, but over priced. You need what is called a kip grinder or die grinder. Makita do a good one. Two collet sizes, 3mm and 6mm, so you can use stones and flap wheels, stones for grinding things away like the restrictor in the exhaust neck, or smoothing out the ports on a cylinder head, and flap wheels for polishing the newly ground surface to a mirror finish afterwards. Carbon finds it really difficult to stick to a polished surface and it doesn't half help the gas flow.
Teng Tools are also brilliant - I still have the set I bought when I was 19 and haven't broken any of it yet. Always buy the best tools you can afford, as cheap tools are a false economy and could get you injured when they break. Draper Tools are a good budget alternative.
'Tengtastics', heh . I would recommend the T-handled allen keys set, but make sure that you get the 'ball ended' ones, as they tolerate a lot more offset alignment than normal ones and consequently they tend to damage the screws less. Edd China uses Teng Tools on Wheeler Dealers, if you look closely.
