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Drake Off Road OTC 4525 Cable-Type Flexible Hose Clamp Pliers - Optimize your search! Review

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Revainrating 4 out of 5  
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Description of Drake Off Road OTC 4525 Cable-Type Flexible Hose Clamp Pliers - Optimize your search!

Drake Off Road Cable-Type Flexible Hose Clamp Pliers Allows technician to access the flat-type hose clamps located in hard-to-access areas. Drake Off Road Plier has locking mechanism to hold clamp in the open position. Makes removal and installation of clamp much easier. Drake Off Road Cable-Type Flexible Hose Clamp Pliers Heavy-duty 24" cable flexes to almost any position.

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Revainrating 3 out of 5

Works but for hoses

So on my venerable Ford 97 F-150 4.6 a complete radiator/hose/thermostat/reservoir replacement. In general, I did not need this tool. In two hard-to-reach places, the bottom ends of the radiator and the bottom pipe in the block, this guy was on top. Ripped off the yoke, was able to stretch and pull the hose out etc etc. NOW the "but" part. I kinda figured the opposite would work by putting the clip back in place. And I have to say that I'm a weightlifter, very strong hands/grip. So I put the…

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  • Automotive
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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Don't wait like me, buy now.

This is one of the best tools I have ever bought. I am a regular weekend mechanic and maintain my own fleet of 5 cars. I've always managed without special tools for factory-style clamps. I was about to build a water pump on my pickup truck and decided to splurge and finally give it a try. As you can understand, now I'm just wondering why I've waited so long. I almost vowed not to use these things, they work great. I replaced the upper and lower radiator hoses and reused the original clamps…

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  • Hoses
Cons
  • Off fashion

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great clamping tool. Stronger than expected

Great tool. It helped me a lot with my current project. A minor hiccup - the clip sometimes gets stuck in the slide instead of the jaws. No big deal, just a minor annoyance. I would have no problem recommending this to anyone. Edit 1/2/15: This jig saved my ass. I'm working on a Ford 02 replacing 9 different heater hoses on this small car and I couldn't get to the 1/2 constant pressure clamps that Ford uses with regular pliers. The thing is much stronger than expected. I'm in the process of…

Pros
  • Clips and sleeves
Cons
  • Can't fault that, everything is fine

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Great idea - poor quality

The tool is listed as 'Drake Off Road Flexible Hose Clamp Pliers 1725' but I received 'OTC Flex Hose Clamp Pliers 4525'. They appear to be identical so I don't understand why it has so many 4 and 5 star reviews because the one I received had so many issues I am returning it. I was able to give it two stars because on smaller clamps the tool actually worked as advertised and held all clamps securely regardless of size. However, there were many downsides: * There wasn't enough mechanical…

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  • Replacement parts
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  • Commercial availability