Originally Posted By: JoeBobCan you take a picture of how it orients with the castle nut? Perhaps I'm missing something, but I don't see how this works?
Quote: I'm kinda surprised the wire is hard enough to apply sufficient torque.
I was also surprised at the strength. I was in he hydraulic business for years and, while these wrenches are a bit light duty, they do work on most applications. Overload them and they spring a bit, but the short radius of the "teeth" is hard to bend.
The beauty is that in close quarters, you can bend wrench to fit (ie, one leg shorter than the other) when you can't get a 90* turn of wrench. Have made as many as three wrenches to reach especially challenging locations.
Edit to add: I hate to mark a spanner nut, especially on a rifle. Being the clutz that I am, a punch or screwdriver and hammer would not be pretty.
I might add, not sure if my nut is torqued to spec, but hasn't given any problems on the few I have put together.
Regards,
hm