How To Use A Pipe Wrench Like A Pro - Tips & Tricks

[@joeyager8479]

The 1st thing you learn when you buy a pipe wrench is that you need 2 pipe wrenches.

[@jakeeasterwood3204]

The second thing you learn is that you no longer need a hammer. 😂

[@trollioscious465]

2 pipe wrenches does some godly work. ultimate duo lol

[@gial8862]

crap. just got back from home depot with only one pipe wrench. 😞

[@stevescholfield6671]

Lefty and righty references only work when the wrench is at a certain position on the nut, bolt, pipe. If you're upside down under a vehicle, and have limited room for wrenches, it's best to think of the direction of a clock, since the clock always goes in the same direction. Unless it's reverse threaded, clockwise always tightens, and counterclockwise always loosens.

[@RodknockRhett]

My clock goes counterclockwise.🤷‍♂️

[@believer270]

Thanks for the tip, I started at a new job and we have to use these wrenches, now I don't have to look like rookie.

[@TheDurbinCompound]

Awesome! Good luck!

[@Jackie_NewB]

Best explanation on KZbin! Helped me so much

[@TheDurbinCompound]

Awesome! I hope that you click subscribe and stick around the channel!

[@Jackie_NewB]

TheDurbinCompound for sure

[@sneakattack879]

This is pretty great and easy to remember! Trace the C, I'm going to use that moving forward for sure! Great video.

[@mrgoodtimes05]

I've found a 1/4" spacing between work piece and back of the hook gives the best bite. That's with a 24" and 36" wrench. Working in the oil patch pipe wrenches are used quite often.

[@garrettwv32gilstrap]

Yep exactly. All the way at the back of the throat can actually cause the fitting to PUSH the top jaw out of bite and your wrench will slip.

[@AhernMatthew22]

Thanks just started a plumbing apprenticeship and its easy to get spun around

[@TheDurbinCompound]

Yeah, it takes awhile! You’ll get the hang of it and it will be second nature in no time!

[@WilliamCavanaugh]

Tracing the C... I like it!!

[@dannypaul2583]

no more looking like a rookie here 👍 Thnks bro

[@desertdog185]

As a mechanic, I have always had a fear of pipe wrenches.....I know, right? It’s just my personal phobia. Actually, honkin down with sufficient force to crack the plaster in an old house is the actual phobia. Thanks for the video. Well done!

[@ClutchClick]

3 years late on this comment but… that’s ridiculous.

[@jonhindmarsh]

Very helpful. It’s always great to see a video like this before I go monkeying around with something.

[@krischilamootoo6562]

Keep both wrenches on the same side that you’re working so when you apply force with one your backup cancels it. Not just rotational force also the up/down force. ( basically like a scissors)

[@robh5687]

It's all about using the right tools. I tried to loosen an iron pipe to replace a fitting to a gas range using two channel wrenches - didn't work for two obvious reasons: (1) hand strength insufficient to maintain required grip and (2) insufficient LEVERAGE. Using two pipe wrenches with long handles solved the grip problem and provided the needed leverage to easily loosen the connection. (Yes, I turned off the gas supply first - LOL!)

[@jaceevans7792]

Thanks! I'm trying to write a story and this has really helped

[@learningcoach1]

great video its nice to have quick ways to remember how to set things up -"Trace the C " cool

[@timmorrow9780]

Bravo Zulu, good explanation on proper usage of this tool that either confuses, or intimidates people. Noticed your flags at the start, Semper Fi, did instructor duty during my career in Naval Aviation, lots of Marine students, got the ones with higher scores on the ASVAB than ground pounders :-)

[@dori1017]

Awesome video! Thank you!!! It worked!!! 😁

[@CompostWatcher]

Thank you for the information.

[@teflongoon]

Thanks dude!

[@anonymousowl5240]

Dude. I hated pipe wrenches until I watched this video. I'm a race car mechanic btw.

[@TheDurbinCompound]

Easy peasy.

[@garrettcal1812]

Thanks dude. I was fumbling.

[@TheDurbinCompound]

I’m glad I could help. Used the biggest wrenches I had!

[@1970Mrscott]

Helpful

[@1busybee562]

Thank you for such a great explanation!! And thank you to all the commenters. I had a shower arm stuck in the wall and several videos gave me tons of tricks. All included using a pipe wrench and when none worked I concluded I was using it wrong (lack of grip.) Apparently, I had the wrench backwards & needed to place it close to the throat.

[@rich-qk7dc]

How about properly spacing the wrenches for maximum leverage

[@ryanpaaz]

I’ve always not put the wrench all the way to the throat. Just a smidge back. When you put some ass behind it most pipe wrenches have some ‘give’ in the head assembly and should cinch up a bit tighter and you’ll have a leverage grip making the wrench bite in harder. As far as the holdback, unless you have a partner helping you, you want both opposing wrenches closer to a 90’ angle from each other as your arms will have a tough time getting leverage further out. If you need some more oomph, cheaters are pipes that slide over the handle of the wrenches and extend your hand hold further away from the fulcrum, just like a lever. That’s why you see a lot of pipe wrenches with a slight “kink” in them.

[@TikkaQrow]

I watched that whole video waiting for to loosen the cap... He never loosens the cap...

[@TheDurbinCompound]

Sorry I didn’t loosen the cap on the operating boiler!

[@shaojunma4449]

@@TheDurbinCompound LOL

[@jc2091]

Don't loosen that cap !

[@stever5887]

You could have mentioned to the troops that you want a "3-point contact" between the wrench and the fitting you're either removing or installing. That's accomplished by having the fitting make solid contact with the two toothed jaws and the sliding vertical piece that is part of the upper jaw.

[@cr7dz207]

How much is this still pipe wrench USA

[@susanschmitt4601]

Is there a trick to take dopped couplers off pipes. 1 1/4" pipe. Just muscles. The dope doesn't set.

[@oscarvillalobos2453]

What are the fractions on the wrench used for?

[@wolfriekosraige9297]

Those are the different pipe sizes that it will fit

[@iceplant1]

Good video, but didn’t help me. I was hoping to see your technique of actually loosening the cap and using the back up wrench to hold the nipple in place. Sometimes it’s hard to get both wrenches to stay in place when at an awkward angle, so I was looking for an easy technique to hold the back up wrench in place.

[@JoeRogansGutBiome]

Knipex Cobras are life and your life is complete. This is unessasary size and weight

[@HardDriveBeatss]

why are those hyped so much, they look like toys

[@sudorights]

You should’ve demonstrated

[@williamsliemers1758]

You don't place the pipe all the way in the jaws......about half way.

[@TheDurbinCompound]

Never heard that methodology before

[@christopherboucher2887]

That's correct. Also when back wrenching you want the wrenches side by side and one flipped upside down. You get better leverage instead of fighting yourself with a wrench on either side of the pipe...

[@johnpowell641]

It all depends on the pressure you use

[@konamanstudio2447]

🍻🍺🥃

[@stevenrichardson7882]

Pro’s don’t use pipe wrenches👎🏻 There’s a right tool for every job?

[@TheDurbinCompound]

Enlighten us!

[@Youronlydaddy]

I've been taught to never go all the way into the wrench as the tool needs a little gap in order to grab the nuts paralel.