I finally caved and bought the Park Tool BBT-69 bottom bracket tool for $80

It was for a stubborn press-fit BB on a customer's carbon road bike that had been sitting for months. The tool worked perfectly, but I spent more time looking for my misplaced torque wrench than actually using it. Anyone have a good system for keeping track of small tools in a busy shop?

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spencer1991mo ago

EIGHTY DOLLARS for a single tool just blows my mind. I get that it worked, but that price is wild. My whole shop would fall apart if I spent that much on every special tool. The real problem is definitely losing the torque wrench though, that happens to me daily.

thea2465d ago

Have you ever had that moment where you spend big on a tool and then immediately lose it in the chaos of the shop floor... it's like a punch in the gut. I've got a drawer full of expensive single-use tools that I'll probably never see again, but they saved my butt on that one job. The torque wrench thing is real though, I swear mine has legs sometimes.

cora4001mo ago

Remember when my buddy paid over a hundred for a single snap ring plier set for transmissions. Felt like a crime but he said it saved a job that would have taken hours otherwise. Still makes me wince thinking about the receipt. Honestly losing tools is just part of the tax for getting work done, I've accepted it.