Recent questions tagged wrench

Description : How does the mechanism in a switchable socket wrench work?

Last Answer : answer:Yahoo Answers says, It's a simple ratchet system with a toothed wheel and spring loaded pawl that allows one way operation. It's very similar to a bike wheel freewheel, except in socket ratchet ... an over-centre system to bias them one way or the other, allowing the mechanism to be reversed.

Description : Oil Filter Wrench

Last Answer : They say that there's a tool for every job, and using anything else other than it is essentially running the risk of either botching up the job or being less efficient with it. For changing ... driver. When you turn the driver counterclockwise, the gears cause the prongs to clench the filter body.