Would you take your BMW here?
 

A mechanic using a crescent adjustable wrench? Don't think I would take my car there. Crescent wrench is used to assemble Walmart bicycles.

http://www.southbaybmw.com/dealerima...er-service.jpg

Where did you find this?? hahha

There's a hidden statement that they can fix BMW even with bare hands.That much knowledge they've got.
Sometimes I had to use those wrenches due to local "specialists" using SAE bolts and nuts and me not willing to spend any extra on SAE kits just for removing those.

I see no reason to not use a crescent wrench if you have the space available for it. My crescent wrench is larger than some of my metric wrenches so I use it when I need more leverage to crank on a nut.

Crescent wrenches are for plumbing fixtures.

When I was being trained, they were called "fits-all-fits-nothing" and their use on a vehicle was a cause for derision. We did use them on the shop waste oil drain system. And if you hold them at the end they make an equally good hammer as wrench.

HOLD DA PHONE... what the hell is he even turning?

:rofl:

Cresent Wrench is the ultimate tool... for rounding off bolts!

The ultimate tool for shut-off valves... :-)

If I ever saw a tech approach one of my vehicles with an adjustable wrench I would have to take it from him and use it to beat him over the head with it.

In over 20 yrs of DIYing my own and friends vehicles I have yet to use one.

This is an excellent example of the "world of mediocrity" in my sig.

I know I'm going to get ragged on this, but I used an adjustable wrench on the nut of the inner tie rod when I replaced mine, its friggin 38mm for god's sakes.

The "Jumbo metric wrench" set from Harbor freight was 42 bucks and included like 9 wrenches, one of them being 38mm. Whereas the 15" adjustable wrench was $8. I figured I'd take my chances on the adjustable, and if it worked, great, if not, I'd go back, say the wrench was broken, get my money back and get the jumbo set.


It worked, thankfully, and I only think it worked well because the inner tie rod is not really a bolt per se, just a large hex shape, so it really just needed something to grip and the torque to turn it loose and tighten. The 15" wrench had enough torque for me to get the job done, no harm no foul.



However, I would NEVER use an adjustable on any normal bolt on the E53, whatsoever. I have a ton of metric wrenches/sockets anyway so would have no need to.

I buy the right tool for the job or I take the car to someone that has it. I have adjustable wrenches for around the house as well as channel locks, same reason.

Here in TX you can hit up a pawn shop for a set of BIG openend/box wrenches for around $20. Dallas/Ft Worth is a MAJOR shipping hub for big rigs, there's never a shortage of big tools at the pawn shops.

When I lived i NJ (in the '80s), a neighbors dad had a truck/trailer repair shop where he worked, when he got sick of it and left he was desperate for cash, I grabbed over $2000 worth of hardly used, large Snap On/Proto sockets/wrenches/breaker-bars/wheel pullers for $200. Daddy bought his tools and he had NO idea what they were worth. :thumbup: