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Tools And The Shop => Mechanic Hand Tools We Use => Topic started by: goodfellow on Jan 19, 2025, 07:44 PM

Title: SUNEX DBE Spline Drive
Post by: goodfellow on Jan 19, 2025, 07:44 PM
NICE. Not surprisingly, Sunex is mostly Taiwanese manufactured, but the quality shows. Great chrome, excellent fit/finish, and the swivel is firm, but not too tight -- PERFECT!!

(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo18/goodfellow_2004/misc/PICT2236%20Medium.jpg)

(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo18/goodfellow_2004/misc/PICT2238%20Medium.jpg)

Taiwan COO, but very good quality -- Spline drive

(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo18/goodfellow_2004/misc/PICT2241%20Medium.jpg)

(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo18/goodfellow_2004/misc/PICT2237%20Medium.jpg) 

(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo18/goodfellow_2004/misc/PICT2239%20Medium.jpg) 

The only letdown is the plastic tray. It's very flimsy; very thin plastic that cracks easily, and it's way too tall. I also don't get the two storage wells on opposite sides of the tray. It doesn't make sense because the entire package is too tall to fit in a shallow toolbox drawer, and it uses way too much real estate to be of any use as a permanent storage solution. A minor annoyance, but if they'd make a smaller shallow tray, it would be a lot more useful.

(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo18/goodfellow_2004/misc/PICT2235%20Medium.jpg) 

(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo18/goodfellow_2004/misc/PICT2240%20Medium.jpg) 

I'm glad to have these in the toolbox.

Sunex is a great product, and I have never had a problem with them. I still have a set of 1981 MATCO 1/2" impact sockets that were sourced from Sunex at the time, and they are as good today as they were 35 years ago. Good tools!

Sorry for the bad i-phone pics--
Title: Re: SUNEX DOE Spline Drive
Post by: AbiggerGarage on Jan 30, 2025, 09:23 PM
Uhm, those are DBE, not duel open end.
Title: Re: SUNEX DOE Spline Drive
Post by: goodfellow on Feb 01, 2025, 07:36 AM
Quote from: AbiggerGarage on Jan 30, 2025, 09:23 PMUhm, those are DBE, not duel open end.

Yeah -- thanks. I was in a hurry when posting and had very senior moment. Fixed it --

Good catch--