Concho Turners

[Saddlebag]

Has anyone got a set of these? How do you like them. Proleptic Inc sells them and I've been hemming and hawing for several years about buying a set. When one does repair there are always conchos to remove yet not wreck them.

[BIGGUNDOCTOR]

Never used one, buy they look easy enough to make.

[mulefool]

I've got one. If the concho isn't real stuck they work fine, but if it's REALLY tight, I still have to use something else to get it started. It might just be me, though, I don't feel like I can apply enough pressure to make it work on the really tough ones. Chris

[bruce johnson]

I am with Chris, they don't do much if there is resistance. I use mine after I start the concho or once I have it loosened. They do good on the tedious hand turning there. I got mine in a set, I don't know how much they even sell for. For what they do, I wouldn't pay a lot. One little warning is if you chuck them into a drill, be sure you are centered over the screw. Otherwise they turn pretty wildly and slip off easy. SOme of the conchos I deal with don't have the screw exactly centered and that can mess you up.

[spur2009]

I am with Chris, they don't do much if there is resistance. I use mine after I start the concho or once I have it loosened. They do good on the tedious hand turning there. I got mine in a set, I don't know how much they even sell for. For what they do, I wouldn't pay a lot. One little warning is if you chuck them into a drill, be sure you are centered over the screw. Otherwise they turn pretty wildly and slip off easy. SOme of the conchos I deal with don't have the screw exactly centered and that can mess you up.

Here is a cheap and easy way to make a concho turner that works great. An old saddlemaker show me this trick 40 yrs or so ago. Just cut of a piece

of old garden hose about an inch or 1 1/2 in length. Works far better that store bought ones.