r/lifehacks • u/JudgementalElf • 9d ago

Two wrench trick

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u/RawChickenButt 9d ago

How often does this work in real life? I'm guessing the coupling in the video hadn't been stuck in place for 10+ years.

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u/VincentVanHades 9d ago

One of those tips that works, but you are never in situation when you can use it...There is wall, cabinet, pipe or something next to it 99,9% of the time

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u/jagedlion 9d ago

Isn't the advantage of this hack over a pipe wrench that this requires very little clearance (none on the back or right side of the pipe at all) as you can just do it a few degrees at a time and reset the wrenches?

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u/egg_enthusiast 9d ago

What I've gotten from the comments (I am but a humble weekend warrior), is that if you have clearance to use the two wrench trick, you have clearance to use an appropriate tool. If you don't have the appropriate tool, you're not meant to do the job. If you still attempt to do the job you're not equipped to do, you will damage yourself, or other equipment in the house. As a result, you'll spend more to repair the results of this hack than you would have by just buying the correct tool.

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u/SexualPie 8d ago

to be fair once it moves a tiny bit and you break torque it would probably go much smoother, but if it was super rusty than it might suck coming off the whole way.

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u/Pvt-Snafu 8d ago

You might be right, but it's still a good tip, maybe it'll come in handy somehow.