🛠️ Flexible Hose Clamp Pliers - Performance Tool W80656 - Improved SEO Review

Works but not as easy as it should be, especially the lever that needs to hold the handles together when removing or installing the clip - it really requires three hands to work. But other than that, you get to remove and install spring clips in very hard-to-reach places.

I bought this to get at some inaccessible vacuum clamps and fuel lines under my car's brake booster. The first cheaper, similarly designed tool I bought (also available at my local auto parts store) immediately bent under tension at the cable. I was able to pull the cable, but it bent again and after that it wouldn't close completely, making it unusable. This new tool will last a lifetime in home use and is probably fit for the pro. Sometimes there is no substitute for the right tool

This worked once and loosened the radiator hose clamp enough to pull the hose out, but when I tried to put it back on the cable came loose enough that the jaws of the tool didn't close nearly as tightly as first time and only time it worked. There is an adjustment nut that I tightened all the way to try and compensate for the stretched cable, but this adjustment is to the millimeter and the tool takes about an inch to re-use. If you buy one, be sure to buy two to finish the job. At this point…

I bought these flexible clamp pliers after spending a lot of time with a spring clamp. I usually buy a tool after solving a problem. I'm glad I did. This tool is nifty! I needed to replace a leaking gasket on an oil filter adapter on my Ford 4.6 Modular engine. The lower radiator hose connects to an adapter and is accessible with the PITA. This tool snakes its way along the engine and removes the collar in record time. This flexible clamp pliers set has a good latch that keeps the clamp open…