GEARWRENCH 1/2" Drive Chain Wrench - 2595D

This is the best filter wrench you can buy. Not for re useing filters though being it will bend and cut into filter if really tight but it will get then off and has other use also, I love it.

This tool works great, powerful grip, gets in tight areas. A must for any mechanic.I recommend this tool.

Works great to remove high pressure hydraulic filter housings. It’ll mark the paint so I spray paint the housing after.

I have a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado with the 6.6 Duramax diesel. I have changed the fuel filters several times but this time the socket slipped on the plastic nut on the filter housing. I ordered this gear wrench after watching other people trying to get other filters off. This one worked perfectly, no slipping just gripping. Everyone should have one for their filters. There was very limited access to the filter so I added a 1/2 inch drive extension so I could get it done.

If you are accustomed to heavy duty Ridgid chain wrenches, this will be a huge disappointment. This does not grab nearly as well. In comparison, it hardly grabs at all. The teeth are not aggressive & the jaw is not angled properly or curved at all, in a way for it to solidly take hold.On the other hand, this will fit into places where no chain pipe wrench that has a handle will fit. Being the jaw is too straight, this tool is better for tearing something apart, rather than installing new pipe. Lacking an aggressive rounded jaw, a person is left forcing the leading edge of the jaw to make an indentation in the pipe. The force needed to be applied for it to grab, is not gentle on a pipe. Still, you need to be careful. The chain is not nearly as heavy as many chain pipe wrenches. For instance, I only use it with a 1/2" ratchet. I would not expect it to survive, if I used my 24" breaker bar. Even with a normal length ratchet, I have no confidence that I couldn't snap it, if I used a lot of force. If seems fairly solid, but it is far from overbuilt.If you can tolerate it slipping a lot, or simply keep it for when nothing else will fit, this is an okay tool & it is way cheaper than a Ridgid chain wrench. This is no substitute for a decent set of regular pipe wrenches. Personalty, I will use this as little as possible, but when I have something located where I cannot get to it with a regular pipe wrench, I'll be happy I have it, even as its limitations frustrate me.If you are just looking for something to grab a oil filter, yes it will do that. The oil filter will dent a little & this would grab well, but considering there are much cheaper chain devices for oil filters, this would be far more expensive than what is needed for oil filters.Oh, it also rusts very easily, so keep it oiled.

Works great in the hard to reach areas where a wrench will not have full swing, also eliminates a drawer full of crowsfoot wrenches.

I am glad to have found this product. Most of the other chain wrenches come with a Long heavy handle this one uses any half inch drive wrench to hold it in place. It easily fit a 3-inch galvanized coupling I needed to tighten. It can fit into my toolbox and I'll have it when I need it. Compare this to a heavy two foot pipe wrench needed for 3 inch and you find the value also. Gearwrench is also a brand known for its quality so I recommend it. I don't fit 3" inch galvanized very often so I expect this to last my lifetime. Oh another advantage of this type wrench is that it will conform to any shape the chain will fit around. I only wish the chain was longer. Why not?

Adjustable, and I have yet to come across any use for which it was too small.Highly recommended.