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Old Cars Weekly | Texas Fish and Game | Motor
Trend Magazine |
Super Chevy Magazine
Automotive Booster | "Big Daddy" Don
Garlits |
Master Auto Technician | Lincoln-Mercury Technician |
Automotive Syndicated Columnist | Crank It Up TV Show
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SAE |
Fish and Game Article
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"The locking action works in a simple, straight-forward
and very foolproof manner. All of the drives, extensions, and
sockets stay solidly locked together when you’re reaching into
an engine compartment or a blind spot between the frame rails,
ensuring that you won’t leave your socket stuck on that spark
plug when you’re tuning up your favorite collector
car."
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"They will get my Link Tools when they
pry them from my cold, dead, greasy hands. The Link system
performed flawlessly; not once did socket disengage from
extension, nor extension from ratchet… a genuine innovation in
tool technology." Click
here for full review.
-- Texas Fish &
Game |
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"You lift the wrench up, the socket comes
wiith it. That works."
"You'll appreciate this new...
locking ratchet system."
"With this
tool, both sockets and extensions are locked to each other, so
no part can detach unless you remove it."
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Motor Trend |
"It's not often that
a new tool arrives on the scene that's a genuine help to
its user... defies the norm with its revolutionary
design."
- Super
Chevy |
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"I am on board with Link. The best part of these tools
is the locking feature. The ratchet, extensions, locking
universal joint, and Unidriver work extremely well…better than
anticipated and I used them everywhere I could without
failure. If I had a dollar for every time I went fishing for
sockets and extensions I could have bought the system
twice." -Automotive Booster of California
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"What sold me was using the Link Tools on the Sable
transmission. I torqued it hard and the socket stayed right
where it should -- It usually comes off, or the connection
breaks. The sliding quick-release ratchet is great
too!"
- Mark
Pierantoni
Master Auto Technician
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"There are several real problem areas where I get
disconnects, and the LINK System prevents 100%; like the #4
spark plug on the 3.8 liter Lincoln Continental V6 and the
back manifold and exhaust bolts. The swivel was outstanding on
the transmission bolts of the bell housing. These are better
than Craftsman and Mattco, everything always stays connected
and they don't wear out!"
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Junior Brzezinski
Lincoln-Mercury
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"Tools as art. Modern sculpture."
- Tom
Strongman, Automotive Syndicated Columnist |
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"I now use Link Tools whenever I'm trying to get to
hard to access parts…a great product that actually works…Kudos
for a tool system well thought out and also well built (being
a TV car talk show host, I get to try out lots of tools that
are great ideas but that unfortunately are poorly made and
just don't hold up long - yours is definitely not one of
these)."
- Scotty Kilmer, Crank It Up TV
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SAE
International selected the new Link-Lock technology as a Great
Idea for the 2002 Department of Defense Maintenance Symposium.
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--- COMPLETE ARTICLE ---
Link Tools: A real, practical innovation in socket
tools
by Don Zaidle, Texas Fish &
Game
Most of us have seen those TV infomercials hawking the latest
"innovation" in hand tools. Most are little more than gimmicks and
rarely live up to the hype. Sometimes, though, a genuine innovation
in tool technology comes along.
At
first glance, Link socket tools look like any other. The difference
is that each piece in the system, from ratchet to socket, locks
together and will not come apart until unlocked. Pull back on the
collar at the male ends of the extensions or the universal joint to
release. The ratchet releases with a slide button on the
head.
This system works. The first job I tackled with the 3/8-inch
drive set was replacing spark plugs in a Ford F700 5-ton truck with
a 370 V8. I dreaded the task for some time: It requires literally
climbing into the engine compartment, and the two rear plugs on both
sides are all but inaccessible. I knew from experience to expect the
socket to come off the extension and fall to the ground at least
twice. I would have to climb out of the engine compartment, then
under the truck to retrieve the socket, and back up and into the
engine compartment for another go.
Not this time. The Link system performed flawlessly; not once
did socket disengage from extension, nor extension from ratchet. I
had the big hay-hauler purring like an overfed tabby in record time
- and didn't cuss once.
The next test was replacing a leaky water pump on a
transverse-mounted four-cylinder. Access to the flywheel nut through
a hole in the fender well - a long stretch that required stringing
together three extensions. In the past, multiple and untimely
extension disconnects and socket pop-offs elicited cursing of such
vehemence and creativity to make sailors blush. This time, I was
sporting a halo when I tightened the last bolt.
I
am hard to impress, especially when it comes to tools. I use them
often and hard, and junk is quickly labeled such and given away to
the unsuspecting. They will get my Link Tools when they pry them
from my cold, dead, greasy hands.
Link tools are compatible with all standard
socket components and guaranteed for life.
Wintertime is tool time
By John Gunnell, Old Cars Weekly News &
Marketplace, January 15, 2004
One of my winter
projects this year is upgrading my toolbox. The latest improvement
in this department is a 41-piece Link 3/8-drive socket set. With a
$249 list price, this tool set is no discount-store Christmas
special or “dollar-a-tool” deal. The tools are designed so that all
of the drives, extensions, and sockets you’re reaching into an
engine compartment or a blind spot between the frame rails, ensuring
that you won’t leave your socket stuck on that spark plug when
you’re tuning up your favorite collector car.
In addition to being
good-looking tools with their smooth nickel-chrome finish and
copper-colored collars, the Link wrenches feature an
automatic-locking, quick-release system that prevents accidental
release of the tool connections in the middle of a job. So far, they
have worked fine for me, and I haven’t had to fish any loose sockets
from a goofy resting place in the 50-year-old A-arm in my Pontiac.
The tools came with
an informative booklet that traces the history of the ratchet wrench
to 1889, the year the ratchet was invented; 1932, when SnapOn Tools
of Kenosha, Wisconsin developed the reversing lever; 1962, the year
Pete Roberts invented the first quick-release ratchet wrench while
at Sears; and 1994, the point in time when Roberts perfected his
automatic locking system for Link Tools International of Chicago.
The locking action
provided in the Link system is enabled by a case-hardened steel pin
that works in a simple, straight-forward and very foolproof manner.
The pin’s movement is actuated by a spring-loaded collar. The pin’s
locking feature eliminates the ball-bearing system used by most
other tool manufacturers, which allows accidental slippage and can
disconnect.
In addition to the
locking system, the Link tools are overbuilt for strength. They
exceed ANSI Standards by at least 30 percent, and the tools will
work with other brands of sockets or socket bits, so you can
purchase only drives, extensions, or T-bars and connect them to your
SnapOn, Craftsman, Matco, Proto, Husky, MAC, or other brand of
sockets or bits.
In addition to full kits, Link sells locking ratchets, locking
extensions (called Extendor® bars), a UniDriver Quick-Lock drive
tool, a locking palm wrench/speeder, T-bars, locking U-joints,
locking flex handles, and locking speed bars at individual prices.
With these tools, the restorer or mechanic can create a wide variety
of drive combinations that stay hooked together at all times and
function like a single tool. At the same time, each connection point
can be released smoothly and easily to facilitate efficient
one-handed operation.
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Every LINK Tool is designed and engineered to the
highest quality standards, significantly exceeding all U.S.
Government and ANSI strength specifications.
We back the LINK System with the strongest possible
warranty...
Guaranteed for as long as you own
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