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Posted: 1/9/2014 7:37:37 PM EDT
| Anyone have experience with the Wheeler Engineering AR combo tool with the torque wrench? Saw one at Bass Pro looks ok but how does one hold up in actual use? |
I'm not impressed with Wheeler's barrel nut wrench. I have a DPMS combo tool:
My armorer instructor had a number of the Tapco tools, which he said he was surprised with: they seemed to hold up well: 
I suggest basically any tool that doesn't depend on 3 pins for nut engagement, the way the GI tool does. Spike's tool has 7 pins and engages a whole lot of teeth on a barrel nut - this seems to be one key to maintaining grip on the nut without chewing it up: 
And wherever you get instructions on using whichever wrench you decide on, remember that it goes IN-LINE WITH THE TORQUE WRENCH, not at an angle. While the difference in torque you measure will be very small with the right-angle approach, all of these wrenches are designed to mimic the GI wrench in terms of location of the 1/2" drive hole in relation to the teeth, and the torque spec is stated with the GI wrench in-line with the torque wrench. |
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