Armstrong USA 1/2" Drive Industrial Breaker Bar Review
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- apex tools (gearwrench) bought and closed down ArmStrong tools which is a shame because they were really overbuilt but sales were to low to support them and they did not have tool trucks like the other bigger brands. They would have had to double the price to continue making tools like these.
Armstrong #12-918
So sad, Armstrong was some great stuff!
Armstrong was a great company that goes back to the early days. Still some of my favorite tools
Armstrong used to be in Chicago just like Klein and Skil back when made in America made meant made to last. Also if you're looking for INDUSTRIAL rated tools the name to know now is Wright.
True, I’ve had breaker bars from both and could never put a dent in my Wright bar. The actual fork on the Armstrong bar broke on me instead of any anvil shearing.
I've been on an Armstrong USA buying binge as of late, got New old stock maxx88 1/2, 3/8 and 1/4 ratchets, 3/8 and 1/4 breaker bars, 1/2" 17" classic style ratchet, 1/2 12pt sockets both SAE and metric, and some armaloy wrenchs from the pawn shop. About to put another order in with cripe here soon
I always loved the Armstrong deep sockets because of the full length broaching.
I have Armstrong ratchets and Armstrong hex key sockets and they are awesome!
All of the Armstrong stuff I own is the business.
That's a beauty there!
Thanks for sharing. :)
You bet!
Great video! Thanks!!
Glad you liked it!
Size doesn't matter....
metallurgy does....
Tools were bigger and thicker 20-25 years ago because of the metallurgy that they were using....you can make a thinner, sleeker design these days because the processing, the steel, and forging is better...
Very interesting! Excellent video!
armstrong are favorite wrenches, with my tools im more concerned with access than i am with ultimate strength, i have 2 large sets of armstrong combo wrenches and i have yet to find anything better.
You also notice a huge decline in matcos tools since the Armstrong closure
I believe Armstrong was one of Matco's suppliers
just got my hands on a "repair kit" for a Snap On SN 36 bar-that has a friction spring ,bolt and square drive anvil/bit--those things supposedly are designed so that the square drive will shear without any damage to the rest of the thing and the end can be removed from within the head and a new one put in -this is one with the forked head and no fork on the handle,sort of like some of the early Mac and Harbor Freight-you might have to remove the head from the handle to get behind the old piece of square drive to push it out of the head-there is an extra small retention ball that holds the square drive in the head
anyway noticed that the bolt/axle has some kind of blue stuff already on the threads that looks like some kind of dry threadlocker that activates when you assemble it-much like the throttle screws that used to be supplied for Tecumseh lawnmower and small engines-also the instructions say to tighten to 60 inch lbs. Tecumseh was afraid that throttle screws if not threadlocked would work loose,get ingested into the engine destroying it or at least ruining the valves You were not allowed to reuse those throttle screws if working on a Tecumseh carburetor, maybe the bolt in the breaker bar is supposed to be the same way? Don't think it would be critical,could always use regular liquid threadlocker.
think such as Armstrong and Craftsman bars with pin not bolt pivot had to have pin pressed out or in,float in ears and press/stuck in center hole through the drive piece. Might have still had a friction washer between an ear and the drivepiece. If someone remembered to put it in so that pin would go through it before the press was done. -------loose bolts==bent ears on the breaker bar?
I quite like the old I beam raised panel Craftsman breaker bar, but I have little to compare it to.
I think Armstrong made my Craftsman breaker bar but I think it is not as good,made to a lower price point than the one Armstrong sold under its own brand name
is possible that more than one supplier might have made Craftsman bars,even made them to look alike as much as possible=
-there might be a tiny Armstrong "strongarm" trademark on one end of the pin in the Craftsman b.b. that can only be made out with a good magnifier and bright lighting
@@davidpowell3347 what's the OEM letter code on it ?
V, BE, EE, WF, M, G...ect those are examples of OEM codes Sears used for various Manufacturers.
If it has an Armstrong pin in it ( never heard of a tiny logo on a tools pin ) it was probably made during the more recent Danahar / Apex years and accidentally got an Armstrong pin in it.
@@TylerSnyder305 this is - VVJ - it has a "hanging hole" at almost the very end of the handle end-works nice for that purpose but really I suppose it was to make a sort of T handle capability-nothing written on it about wearing glasses or protecting your eyes -chrome might not have ever been quite as "white" as the final ones without the hole in the end -never did anything requiring a pipe on it but it might have snapped a lug stud or two in its day-(still O.K.,not broken but sort of retired since it is becoming sort of antique-time flies
@@davidpowell3347
I haven't seen VVJ before, but it's definitely a Danahar date code.
How long have you had it ?
@@TylerSnyder305 think maybe as early as 1980 --might have been mail/catalog order long before I had a computer--now that I think of it I used to get Sears Craftsman tool catalogs in the mail
After 22 hours You tube finally stopped buffing so i can see your rant.
Thumbs up C.M.👍
Maybe you can get the Armstrong 12-974 and the 12-994 ratchets to review too
Thank you Sir! :)
Most welcome!
Would you consider creating a leader board, for the tools that you review?
The cool wall like from top gear lol
Nice upload. I have 1/2 Ainch armstrong socket set in black. Never had one break. Also same set in wright but one is sae. Forget which is which. No problems there either. Tool store was removing these items from inventory so a good deal was had. Last century qualifies as years ago,
I'd like to see this compared to a Wright breaker bar.
I second that!
You should get an Armstrong Maxx ratchet. 88T. They are the original makers of the Matco 88T design. Still used to this day.
Where is it possible to find the New Old Stock? I'm looking for ratchets as well as breaker bar I love Armstrong.
Going forward I will be inclined to avoid brands related to the company that bought out Armstrong and closed it down
I luv Armstrong tools gearwrench not so much
Sad to see them Go
Did armstrong make a longer breaker bar
Not in 1/2".. they made a shorter one though, 11'', 12-917
@@andrewscott8892 thanks these are cool looking wish they were still around
@@craigchiddo2794 a good amount of the 17" ones on ebay right now, as well as armstrong maxx88 ratchets which are really nice I'd say
you're still not allow to put a pipe on it according to warranty.. but this would you def can and should
I bought the 3/4 22 inch Armstrong breaker bar. I cannot put a socket on it for anything. The ball bearing won't go in. Think its broken?
Try tapping the bearing with the hammer I have encountered a couple times where when they do the stamp to retain the bearing it actually jams it or they just drilled the hole too short and so the spring is completely compressed and has locked it up... which a hammer may also help with.
@@CatusMaximus thanks. The seller said just keep it so I put it on my vice and tried with a hammer. Nothing. So I've got the head in a jar of penetrating oil and I'll try and hammer again later.
I enjoy the channel. I've got the 40" tekton coming also, I wanted this one as a reliable tire iron to keep in my truck.... We'll see.
Indeed a pity that this quality is a vestige of the past. Perhaps the failure of other vendors to build something as stout stems from their belief that only a 900-pound gorilla could exert enough force to require a breaker bar as beefy as the Armstrong.
Thicker steel does not mean better steel.
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