Williams474 Adjustable Hook Spanner Wrench, 2 to 4-3/4-Inch

No complaints, as ordered!

When I first used this product I was amazed. It made removing the lock nut so much easier. It would be nice if the handle was a little bit longer for a little more leverage for the lock nuts that stick.

Spectacular. I had to remove the top nut/cap nut ( 24040 ) on a 50's era Hein-Werner floor jack to put in new seals. It would not budge with a huge pipe wrench and a cheater bar - it was just chewing up the (very hard to replace) top nut. I clamped the hydraulic unit to my workbench, put this Williams 474 adjustable hook spanner wrench to the nut, along with a 2.5 foot pipe cheater bar, and had it off in 30 seconds.Incredible. I thought for sure I was in trouble with this nut. The torque specs for the nut are insane - hundreds of pounds of torque were put on it when it was put into place - about 60 years ago. It just goes to show the right tool makes every job easy.Construction of the wrench is impeccable, no slop. It comes in a non-slip, functional steampunk black oxide finish. From where I am sitting, with the nut off, it is absolutely beautiful. :-)

Under load, the handle on this wrench started bending earlier than expected (at about 5-600 ft-lb). On the plus side, it was easy to tell when it started bending, so I didn't completely ruin it and can still use it, although it was not able to free up that gland nut. I had a different spanner wrench where the hook bent out (albeit at a higher torque), making that one useless. The hook on this wrench is very solid feeling - the metal is as thick or thicker there than the rest of the wrench. Also, as mentioned in the other reviews, this is just one wrench, but I knew that before buying. The handle is also slightly pear shaped - getting thicker at the free end - which just barely prevents it from sliding into a 1" cheater pipe.

Worked perfectly for hydraulic cylindar take down/rebuild.