Decent 17mm hex tool

[Velodromed]

Hey y’all. Now that I have a Typhon…What is a decent quality and priced 17mm hex tool?
Thanks!

 

[Engineer]

I just bought a simple ratchet socket wrench with a 17mm socket and leave that in my toolbox. The wrench gives you plenty of leverage to tighten/loosen the wheel nuts

 

[K-BASH]

I needed one with thin walls to fit the 2.8 belted duratrax wheels. Great,small,light,wrench ,I'll buy another when needed

 

[jondilly1974]

I generally use the stock Arrma 4 way. It’s capable of plenty of leverage. Anything much more and you risk damaging plastic wheels. I have also thought of using a spare Milwaukee M12 impact driver with a 17mm thin wall socket lately just to speed up removal. But I would caution everyone to at least start the nuts by hand if using a power driver as cross threading them is very easy to do.

 

[Hammer Down]

Absolutely love my Tekno wrench!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/133399309512?epid=710126569&hash=item1f0f37ecc8:g:1LgAAOSwAtpgHEnH

 

[Peaks]

Hey y’all. Now that I have a Typhon…What is a decent quality and priced 17mm hex tool?
Thanks!

Did you ever find something?

 

[Velodromed]

Did you ever find something?

Yup, I just got a basic tool off Amazon for 12 bucks. It worked good so I got another one for my mobil tool box. It came with extra wheel nuts as well, which was nice.

 

[Jerry-rigged]

I like the 4-way wrench. One wrench for both my 1/8 17mm and my 7mm 1/10 wheel nuts. Sometimes, though I will grab my 17mm socket and M12 driver. But even with the electric driver, I will do the final torque by hand.

 

[Velodromed]

I like the 4-way wrench. One wrench for both my 1/8 17mm and my 7mm 1/10 wheel nuts. Sometimes, though I will grab my 17mm socket and M12 driver. But even with the electric driver, I will do the final torque by hand.

I haven’t seen one of those…

 

[Monster Dork]

4-way doesn't fit Pro-lines. I turned one down to fit with my lathe, but the metal is cheap, porous, and it didn't hold up. I switched to a thin socket, but it was too heavy and would not carry well. Then I switched to the Pro-line aluminum hubs and lost any clearance I ever had- those hubs are a tight fit. I bought the same wrench that @Velodromed found, and it works great. Very slim design.

 

[morrjr71]

4-way doesn't fit Pro-lines. I turned one down to fit with my lathe, but the metal is cheap, porous, and it didn't hold up. I switched to a thin socket, but it was too heavy and would not carry well. Then I switched to the Pro-line aluminum hubs and lost any clearance I ever had- those hubs are a tight fit. I bought the same wrench that @Velodromed found, and it works great. Very slim design.

The issue I have with the wheel nut wrench that Velodromed uses was that it isn't quite long enough to loosen or tighten the wheel nuts on the Pro-Line Raid wheels on my Typhon 3s without hitting the sidewall of the 2.8 Pro-Line Trencher HP belted tires mounted on those wheels. You can see how deep the wheel nuts are in the pic below. When tightening or removing wheel nuts on those wheels I currently use a 17mm 3/8 drive deep socket. The wheel wrench K-BASH recommends looks longer, so I might try that one.

 

[Velodromed]

4-way doesn't fit Pro-lines. I turned one down to fit with my lathe, but the metal is cheap, porous, and it didn't hold up. I switched to a thin socket, but it was too heavy and would not carry well. Then I switched to the Pro-line aluminum hubs and lost any clearance I ever had- those hubs are a tight fit. I bought the same wrench that @Velodromed found, and it works great. Very slim design.

Sweet…I made a good decision twice over. That does not happen often

 

[SrC]

Arrma 6s rigs were including the 4 way wrench. Best for the stocker and most standard non-adapter Type PL wheels.
@Velodromed, did your Typhon come with a 4 way 17mm wrench?
I use the Tekno Variant. It has 2 uses. The other use is for removing the Grub screw out of the Hex adapter without needing the wheel mounted onto it.
Just wish it had a longer 17mm shank for deeper offset wheels. I use a 17mm socket much of the time anyway. But an alloy specific wrench will not beat up the wheel nut as easily. Just me.

BTW, The Arrma 4-way wrench, is actually a Nitro rig 4 way wrench. If you look closely at it, it has 4 locations to store 4 Nitro Glow plugs. And the long 8mm end's purpose is for the Glow plug removal. Has anyone else noticed this???
How Arrma ended up with a Nitro 4 way wrench is beyond me. Been including this wrench for years past. They have always been an Electric brand.
I am sure it is just an outsourced universal cheapo tool anyway. Have so many of these lying around..

 

[Hammer Down]

I use the Tekno Variant. It has 2 uses.

Make that 3.. it also has the perfect slot for shock caps.

 

[Velodromed]

Arrma 6s rigs were including the 4 way wrench. Best for the stocker and most standard non-adapter Type PL wheels.
@Velodromed, did your Typhon come with a 4 way 17mm wrench?
I use the Tekno Variant. It has 2 uses. The other use is for removing the Grub screw out of the Hex adapter without needing the wheel mounted onto it.
Just wish it had a longer 17mm shank for deeper offset wheels. I use a 17mm socket much of the time anyway. But an alloy specific wrench will not beat up the wheel nut as easily. Just me.

BTW, The Arrma 4-way wrench, is actually a Nitro rig 4 way wrench. If you look closely at it, it has 4 locations to store 4 Nitro Glow plugs. And the long 8mm end's purpose is for the Glow plug removal. Has anyone else noticed this???
How Arrma ended up with a Nitro 4 way wrench is beyond me. Been including this wrench for years past. They have always been an Electric brand.
I am sure it is just an outsourced universal cheapo tool anyway. Have so many of these lying around..

Oh…that awful metal thing that was all loose and goofy? I drawered that thing quick after stripping my knuckles with it lol.
I’m good with the couple decent tools I got. Once I have a 6s rig I’ll worry about things like that more. Right now it’s just my 3s typhon. Thanks!!

 

[SrC]

Make that 3.. it also has the perfect slot for shock caps.

Yes, I forgot about that.
Probably because I always use the Tekno Shock tool for the Shock caps

 

[morrjr71]

I recently purchased the wrench in the link below, and it solves the issue with the deep wheel nuts on the Pro-Line Raid wheels.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08VNDNDG2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[pug]

Arrma 6s rigs were including the 4 way wrench. Best for the stocker and most standard non-adapter Type PL wheels.
@Velodromed, did your Typhon come with a 4 way 17mm wrench?
I use the Tekno Variant. It has 2 uses. The other use is for removing the Grub screw out of the Hex adapter without needing the wheel mounted onto it.
Just wish it had a longer 17mm shank for deeper offset wheels. I use a 17mm socket much of the time anyway. But an alloy specific wrench will not beat up the wheel nut as easily. Just me.

BTW, The Arrma 4-way wrench, is actually a Nitro rig 4 way wrench. If you look closely at it, it has 4 locations to store 4 Nitro Glow plugs. And the long 8mm end's purpose is for the Glow plug removal. Has anyone else noticed this???
How Arrma ended up with a Nitro 4 way wrench is beyond me. Been including this wrench for years past. They have always been an Electric brand.
I am sure it is just an outsourced universal cheapo tool anyway. Have so many of these lying around..

Late reply, but Arrma made a nitro Talion… it was never released though, it does exist, there is an actual nitro Talion out there.

 

[Velodromed]

I recently purchased the wrench in the link below, and it solves the issue with the deep wheel nuts on the Pro-Line Raid wheels.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08VNDNDG2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thank you! I’ve gotten two so far that work but are so dang tight…I’ll try this one.

 

[Monster Dork]

It is nice to have an aluminum one in the pocket for out bashing, but the Snap-on with the deep shell socket and 18" breaker bar still works on the bench.