Socket sets

As I have taken the servicing on my bike into my own hands, I have decided I will need some decent tools.

Recommendations for socket sets, spanners and screwdrivers....

stay away from the £1 shop

drapper, stanley etc will be fine

teng tools, snap on etc better, but probaly a bit too expensive for the amount of use they will get

[Viney]

Clarke (Machine mart) or Halfords professional are a good place to start. Make sure you get a set of t-bar allen keys, a set of socket allen keys.

[G]

Halford Proffesional Range do a boxset for £150 sometimes its on offer at £100.......comes with life time warranty and has every socket/spanner you could ever need to take apart most cars/bikes

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

Halford Proffesional Range do a boxset for £150 sometimes its on offer at £100.......comes with life time warranty and has every socket/spanner you could ever need to take apart most cars/bikes

+1. Halfords stuff may not be up to Teng or Snap-on standard but its much much cheaper. Ive never amnaged to break anything and you can get new sockets etc pretty cheap from Halfords if you looses one. Their pro range is quite adequate. I also bought a long 2' breaker bar for really tight nuts. Cost under a tenner but it's been well worth it. A good torque wrench is also handy, but not essential for a basic service really - one for the Christmas list maybe?

Originally Posted by graemepaterson

Halford Proffesional Range do a boxset for £150 sometimes its on offer at £100.......comes with life time warranty and has every socket/spanner you could ever need to take apart most cars/bikes

Originally Posted by philbut

+1. Halfords stuff may not be up to Teng or Snap-on standard but its much much cheaper. Ive never amnaged to break anything and you can get new sockets etc pretty cheap from Halfords if you looses one. Their pro range is quite adequate. I also bought a long 2' breaker bar for really tight nuts. Cost under a tenner but it's been well worth it. A good torque wrench is also handy, but not essential for a basic service really - one for the Christmas list maybe?

+1 for the Halfords pro kit. I bought it when it was on offer for £100.00. Excellent for the money, they always seem to reduce it in the sales so it could be worth hanging on for the next sale.

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I bought it in the sales with 15% staff discount....I dont work there any more though.......I do know the tool kits came strapped together with snap-on binding tape and I have been told several times that the halford professional range is manafactured by Snap-on.

[squirrel_hunter]

I go for the Halfords Pro now as well.

Yes it cost more than your basic set, but I could tell the difference as soon as I started using Pro. For the serious amateur its good value as while its cheaper than Snap-On its still great quality.

They also have the life time warranty which I have had to use, but its reasuring that if you break one bit in an 80 piece set you can get it replaced free of charge.

My only compliant so far with Pro is they don't appear to do a 14mm Hex bit or a C-Spanner (though they might, but the spotty oik I had to deal with didn't have a clue as to what I was looking for).

[mister c]

Draper expert stuff is the dogs danglies, it has a lifetime gaurantee. I have socket sets & screwdrivers that are nearly 20 years old and are still as good as new.

+1 Halfords Pro