Repair And Fix it

Snap-on Tools has long been an understood mainstay supplier of professional mechanic garages, given the companys wide array of tool choices. From hundreds of hand tools to pneumatic and automated ones, the company consistently produces a quality product. This is important since much of the work mechanics perform regularly would break home tools quickly. Manufactured for significant harder work pressure than normally expected with consumer grade tools, Snap-on instruments for automotive work have been available for 90 years, with ratchets, sockets, wrenches and screwdrivers making up the basic bread-and-butter of the choices.

History

Snap-on automotive tools, along with its general product line, first came on the market in the early 1920s. The initial product line focused on basic wrenches with interchangeable sockets. Prior to this time, tools did not have such flexibility, and what you bought only worked in terms of one function and one size. As a result, a mechanic typically needed a lot of molded tools for different work sizes. Using the door-to-door salesman approach, Snap-on was an early innovater visiting mechanic shops and showing their tool product value on the floor. This immediatey created a growing boom driven by eager customers.

Todays Automotive Tools

Snap-on tools today still delivers via a stocked dealer van just the way they were beginning in the 1950s. Again, the emphasis is on instant proof of the tools value on the shop floor. Tools today include hand versions, diagnostic measurement units, and power or automated tools (electric and pneumatic). Snap-on has also branched out its tool line into software and vehicle repair database management.

Hand Tools

The hand tools still resemble the basic categories of the 1920s: screwdrivers, wrenches and sockets. In addition, Snap-on also provides a wide line of automotive-specific tools such as specialty tools, punch and chisels, specialized hammers, big and small crowbars, and plenty of versions of pliers for a wide range of jobs. For engine work, Snap-on provides a wide line of bearing and oil seal installation and removal sets, piston work tools, bushing and suspension-specific tools, and specialty lathes and cutting tools for fabrication.

Power Tools

Snap-on power tools come in two categories: electric and pneumatic. These units tend to be for heavy duty work and high-powered applications. The selection includes impact wrenches, air drills, pneumatic ratchets, hammer tools and many types of fabrication tools (grinders, cutters, polishing, and hammering).

Automotive Tool Storage

With the wide array of tools to choose from, mechanics will quickly find a need for storage to make sure tools are secure and dont get lost. Snap-ons selections provide for storage units ranging from rolling drawers to full-size closet storage, all being lockable as needed. More importantly, the storage units are stronger than retail grade, so they dont buckle under the tool weight.

The TE12FUA is part of Snap-ons Torqometer line of torque wrenches. Its important to learn a torque wrenchs specifications so you will know whether the tool is applicable to the job at hand. An example is when you tighten lug nuts on a vehicle. If you use a torque wrench that has a range of 30 foot-pounds, you will not be able to properly torque the lug nuts, which can require as much as 100 foot-pounds of torque.

Physical Dimensions

The Snap-on TE12FUA is the follow-up model to the TE12UA. The TE12FUA is 9 and 29/32 inches long, 2 and 11/16 inches wide, and has a head depth of 1 and 1/4 inches.

Torque Specifications

The Snap-on TE12FUA has a torque range of 150 foot-pounds and can measure torque values in 2.5 foot-pound increments. It has a 3/8-inch square drive to attach a 3/8-inch socket.

Accuracy

According to Snap-on, the TE12FUA is accurate within 2 percent of the reading on the dial when the reading is between 20 percent of the maximum on the dial and the maximum reading on the dial.

Parts

Snap-on sells replacement parts for the TE12FUA, ranging from the dial ring to the movement adjusting screw.