Whether you are the owner of a chain of different garages or are running your own smaller and single mechanics business, you will undoubtedly always be on the proverbial lookout for new and innovative products to speed up each individual job to make your own life substantially easier.
So, if you currently have a little spare cash in the petty cash tin or have been granted a certain amount of money to invest in new tools, then continue reading to discover five of the most innovative and useful products currently on the market for mechanics and garages.
1. Battery Powered Impact Wrench
The first item on the list has downright revolutionised professional mechanics’ lives up and down the country, which is a battery-powered impact wrench.
There are many battery-powered and cordless impact wrenches available on the market, and even though they are not what one would consider a brand-new product, these days, their size truly begs belief. Additionally, it would be prudent to invest in an air-powered option as the power supply is far less likely to run out halfway through a job.
2. LED Work Lamps
Another absolute mainstay of a mechanics toolbox and one which has only been widely available in the past few years is that of the LED work lamp.
A high quality LED work light will not only make your work significantly more accurate, but such a work lamp or light bar can also serve other purposes, such as lighting other parts of your garage and even inside your own car or the car of a customer when you are working internally.
3. Extendable Extension Bars
Extendable extension bars offer a range of advantages, and frankly, in 2022 and beyond, no reputable mechanic should be without at least a couple in their garage.
Simply by pulling back the locking ring when using the extension bar and then fitting the socket firmly in place using the extension bar will ensure that you never use another socket to a bolt head again. Furthermore, investing in one or more extendable extension bars will also help save physical pain to your lower and upper back, as well as your neck and shoulders.
4. Vacuum Pump
Testing various shapes and sizes of vacuum-controlled motors and sensors within the engine of a vehicle has never been simpler with the invention of a vacuum pump, which can also help locate a particularly slippery leaking vacuum line.
Vacuum pumps have many other purposes in every garage, including finding the vacuum ink itself. All you need to do is spray a generous amount of carb cleaner directly onto each of the possible sites you think may have a leak and then use the vacuum pump to learn the leak’s location.
5. Hex Bolster Screwdrivers
As a professional mechanic, you will already know that the likelihood of needing hex bolsters only occurs once in a proverbial blue moon.
However, when you require hex bolsters, having a handy piece of kit like a screwdriver with built-in hex bolsters will provide you with extra leverage and enable the easy sliding of the wrench to the bottom of the shaft of the screwdriver.
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