Lisle 49200 Heavy Duty Snap Ring Plier, U.s.

Half the price of retail. Perform as they should. Made quick work placing the locking ring on my a-drum.

As expected, lisle quality is always good!

I own an early 1970's backhoe tractor and also an old 80's 4X4...and run a small welding shop w/ various older machines. I have yet to find a snap ring that this tool cannot remove or install, no matter if it is an inner ring OR an outer ring! With so many tips, w/ various angles, to choose from,...plus the way the tool ingeniously inverts to do either inner or outer rings...it is all I need to keep on hand. No need for a "Complete Set" of snap ring pliers anymore. I do agree w/ other reviewers that there are SO many tips included, that they are hard to keep track of them all in their tiny plastic case...but what the heck? So I just need to be a little more diligent about not losing them, and I need to come up w/ a clever way to keep track of them...it is still SO worth the money! Just a quick note...take advantage of the small allen-head screws near the tips of the snap-ring plier's jaws...loosening these small screws enables a deeper and stronger mounting of the individual tips. I didn't, and I still never experienced any trouble thru several different projects ... until I had to do a tough rusty outer ring [1-1/2" or so dia.]. While applying mucho pressure to the plier, one tip shifted within the plier jaw and chipped a piece from the jaw, causing the tip to fall out. I thought all was lost and now I would need to go rent, or buy a new set of pliers to finish the job. It was only out of desperation that I happened to notice these small allen-head screws!! For all my projects, I had only been using the tips half-installed!! I loosened the screws,[w/ the included allen wrench I had ALSO overlooked!], and the tip now sat so deeply into the jaw of the plier that the chipped jaw no longer mattered. They easily finished that job, and I have since done several as-tough jobs and haven't had any trouble whatsoever, even from the chipped jaw. Yet another case of 'Operator Error'! READ DIRECTIONS!!

So, I broke my shifter pedal on my motorcycle so I had to remove a snap ring and I heard really good things about this product so I thought this would be a good addition to my tool collection. For the task of removing my pedal it worked okay but ended up bending the snap ring so it does not snap anymore but that is beside the point. I really like the design of this tool and it has a good amount of weight too it. I do like how the tips are flared at the end to make it harder for the snap ring to slip but at the same time it is a little pointless. Why? I am glad you asked well if the tip is larger then the snap ring hole then it will not fit so you will go down a size that fits. Well the problem is that it creates a weak point on the tips since it is fat, thin, then really fat. It is where one of my tips broke the first time I used it, I believe it was user error since I did not know for sure what I was doing. All and all these work well enough and since there are so many tips I am not too worried, except for loosing the tips.

The absolute right tool for the job at hand.

Its a reasonably priced, well made, made in the USA tool.Not sure where the bad reviews for this come from. Some guy gave it a bad review because it didn't work for what he needed and he had to modify it. He may have ground it so thin it lost its strength. I don't know. I'm holding the tool in my hand after multiple uses and its in great shape, and the jaws line up well.For many applications, it will work out of the box, for specialty applications you may have to modify it or pay hundreds of dollars for some manufacturers specialty tool.Jaws open to approximately 1 inch. Closed is approximately 1/8". The tip is 1/4-5/16 wide. There is a little tang on the end which works nicely. The tip also has a waffle pattern on the tips which allows the rings to grip into.What I like about it.Price point. Which was under $15 shipped with prime. No hard feelings if I break it, or have to modify it. The waffle tip is great for rusty rings stuck on Toyota 4x4 axles. I used this tool to pull about 20 at the junkyard in one afternoon. They were rusty and stuck on in the rust belt. If I wear one side out, I can flip it and use the other. Made in the USA is nice, I thought I was buying something Chinese.

If you are rebuilding a transmission, go for this tool. I didnt experience better.

I needed this to remove and install an axle retaining clip, but it didn't work for me on a clip without the small holes. Ended up going out and buying a Craftsman snap ring plier set that worked. I think these could work OK for the standard clips with holes, but what bothered me the most about this tool was that its not spring loaded. You have to wrap your fingers around each side to manipulate the handle which makes it more difficult to use.The flip around handle that swaps from opening the tips (outside clip) to closing them (inside clip) is a good thought, but to me it makes the handle feel flimsy as theres a lot of play there. On the plus side, there are a lot of extra pin sets (unfortunately not the ones I needed) and they are easy to swap out with the included allen wrench.I'll keep these pliers in the truck for emergencies, but I hope I never need to use them. Usually Lisle produces some decent specialty tools, but I was a bit disappointed with this one.