That's 1-7/8 slack on that, I got old China I had for years busted plum into I welded it back together and it's actually twice as strong as it was when new.
I don't think so. One thing I forgot to mention is the gear ratio is a little lower on the Wilton than the Matco due to there being one more thread per inch. That will give it a little more clamping force.
@@TechnicianRed I'm curious. I have an old parker vise that has the pipe clamps, but I don't have a good way to know it's strength vs a modern vise. It's a monster (165 lbs) with an 8 inch throat, but the screw thread is only 3 tpi.
@@reusefull wow 3TPI is very course. More TPI will obviously give better clamping power but it will also resist loosening when being beat on with a hammer. Hence the reason I will allways use metric course thread over SAE course thread. More TPI so they don't loosen up like SAE bolts do.
I don't think it is overkill at all if you work on trucks and/or do differential repair. If you just did small car repair or you are a hobbyist a smaller vise would be fine. This thing has come in handy on so many jobs that a normal vise wouldn't have been able to do (like clamp Large turbo housings together to install snap rings, etc). As for the anvil, a replaceable part would be nice but it would also make it weaker. Any hardware holding on the anvil would loosen up due to the vibrations from being beat on. Threads into cast iron never hold very good either.
I got Klutch 9 just as good to a poor boy I'm retired but took auto mechanic school to learn about these new fangled cars. Old school stuff I'm pretty good, but that new stuff suk.
And all 15 hf ones will be broke with in a few year's this Wilton will be working when you're dead and your kids and thier kids are dead and in 100years from now it will still be working.
