I swore a $19 set of flare nut wrenches was junk, then a brake line on a 2004 Silverado in Amarillo made me eat that

Parker Palmer · 2026-10-03T06:40:02.541657+00:00

Blew out the rear line on a rusty truck and my nice open-ends started rounding the fitting after two tries, so I grabbed the cheap set a parts guy tossed in my box last summer and it broke the nut loose on the first pull, which has me wondering what other tools I've been snobby about for no real reason.

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I swore a $19 set of flare nut wrenches was junk, then a brake line on a 2004 Silverado in Amarillo made me eat that | Auto Mechanics - Thought Shares