Retaining Ring Pliers

Fixed-Tip Retaining Snap Ring Pliers

Aug 16, 2010 Stuart 4 Comments

I rarely work with retaining snap rings, but when I do they sometimes come at me in waves of different styles and sizes. While my changeable multi-tip internal and external snap ring pliers are great to use, changing those tips out many times in a single project can be quite tedious.

Hand Tools

Channellock Retaining Ring Pliers

Aug 11, 2009 Stuart 6 Comments

“I’m looking for a first pair of retaining or snap ring pliers. What do you recommend?” We hear this a lot, and often recommend that Channellock is the way to go. Why? Well, Channellock’s internal/external universal retaining ring pliers are high quality tools that are easy to use and are very affordable. Channellock’s interchangeable tip retaining ring pliers typically […]

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