Wanted: Safety wires pliers

Jetbdude · 04-11-2008, 11:55 AM

Can't find any on this freaking side of the border

I found one set for 145$, they are 9$ at harbor freight...... There must be a Canadian store that has them, Phobe, Purp, Northern

slickwill · 04-11-2008, 12:10 PM

I'll mail you a pair from Harbor Freight if you want me to. I have an unused set sitting in the box at home. I can go pick up a pair for myself anytime this week.

SheepOfBlue · 04-11-2008, 12:20 PM

Anyone that is a Parts Unlimited dealer should be able to get you a pair quick.

Purpdust · 04-11-2008, 12:23 PM

I have seen them cheap at Princess Auto.

I bought mine from CalSportbike.com

G-ForceJunkie · 04-11-2008, 03:20 PM

The cheap import ones are a POS and will frustrate you to no end. If your only doing a couple of wire jobs a year, It will problay work. You want to find Milbar brand, should be in the $40-50 range and will last a lifetime. Try an aircraft supply house like Wicks or Aircraft Spruce.

abtech · 04-11-2008, 03:25 PM

or Street & Comp. They talk Canajian . . .

Jetbdude · 04-11-2008, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by G-ForceJunkie

The cheap import ones are a POS and will frustrate you to no end. If your only doing a couple of wire jobs a year, It will problay work. You want to find Milbar brand, should be in the $40-50 range and will last a lifetime. Try an aircraft supply house like Wicks or Aircraft Spruce.

We don't get those nice store on this side of the fence

nhfirefighter13 · 04-11-2008, 03:49 PM

Send me a $100 and I'll buy you a set.

NorthernRR · 04-11-2008, 04:06 PM

I've seen them at princess auto, but I don't know how long they'd last coming from there.

ONEvcs · 04-11-2008, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetbdude

We don't get those nice store on this side of the fence

Wait a minute, I thought the fence was on the Mexican side...

Purpdust · 04-11-2008, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ONEvcs

Wait a minute, I thought the fence was on the Mexican side...

This fence is to keep the Yanks out

slickwill · 04-11-2008, 07:56 PM

I'll warn you that the Harbor Freight pair that I have seem like what you would expect from Harbor Freight. I haven't even tried using them but there is a noticeable difference between them and all of them that we used when I worked at an airstrip.

phobe · 04-11-2008, 09:00 PM

I got mine for eight bucks at princess auto... Knob broke off first time I used them but they still work

G-ForceJunkie · 04-12-2008, 12:28 AM

Mailorder, give it a try. Perhaps you have a pony express depot nearby

Your telling me nobody works on airplanes in your neck of the woods?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetbdude

We don't get those nice store on this side of the fence

G-ForceJunkie · 04-12-2008, 12:34 AM

MILBAR SAFETY WIRE TWISTERS from Aircraft Spruce

SomeStrangeGuy · 04-23-2008, 09:08 PM

Do I have your mailing address and I just don't know it?

If not, send it to me again.

Jetbdude · 04-25-2008, 11:23 AM

Just got the pliers Will! Thanks a lot

04-11-2008, 11:55 AM	#1
Jetbdude Every man's dream Join Date: 12-13-2006 Age: 34 Bike(s): 07 600RR Posts: 2,468	Safety wires pliers Can't find any on this freaking side of the border I found one set for 145$, they are 9$ at harbor freight...... There must be a Canadian store that has them, Phobe, Purp, Northern __________________ #20

04-11-2008, 12:10 PM	#2
slickwill 67 Kg Join Date: 08-31-2007 Location: Idaho/Iowa Age: 29 Bike(s): Western Flyer Posts: 2,142	I'll mail you a pair from Harbor Freight if you want me to. I have an unused set sitting in the box at home. I can go pick up a pair for myself anytime this week. __________________ If it has wheels, I've crashed it, and some things that don't skis, snowmobile, card board box, giant tube, sentra, dirtbike, lawn tractor, grandmas bread tray, kayak, canoe, raft, bicycle, waterskis, tobaggan, horse, ATV, Now my CBR (women)

04-11-2008, 12:20 PM	#3
SheepOfBlue SRA President Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: Huntsville, AL Age: 46 Bike(s): CBR1000RR, RC51, VT500FT Posts: 6,400	Anyone that is a Parts Unlimited dealer should be able to get you a pair quick. __________________ A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way

04-11-2008, 12:23 PM	#4
Purpdust Join Date: 12-19-2006 Location: AB-Canada/Rome Italy Age: 33 Bike(s): gsxr 750 Posts: 1,445	I have seen them cheap at Princess Auto. I bought mine from CalSportbike.com __________________ GSXR 750 - Track CRF450X - Dirt CRF100F - Soon to be a Mini Motard

04-11-2008, 03:25 PM	#6
abtech Believe Join Date: 12-14-2006 Age: 58 Bike(s): 66 Puch Scrambler Posts: 3,271	or Street & Comp. They talk Canajian . . . __________________ Now in stereo AAA doesn't only refer to the Auto Club . . .

04-11-2008, 03:20 PM	#5
G-ForceJunkie Who's driving? Join Date: 12-15-2006 Location: Valencia, CA Bike(s): BMW GS1150 ADV, DRZ400 Posts: 625	The cheap import ones are a POS and will frustrate you to no end. If your only doing a couple of wire jobs a year, It will problay work. You want to find Milbar brand, should be in the $40-50 range and will last a lifetime. Try an aircraft supply house like Wicks or Aircraft Spruce.

04-11-2008, 03:49 PM	#8
nhfirefighter13 Whales are fast! Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Concord, NH Age: 33 Bike(s): The Mighty Nissan! Posts: 3,031 Images: 58	Send me a $100 and I'll buy you a set. __________________ http://www.kezerphotography.com "If thou hast not a sword, sell thy cloak and buy one." -Luke 22:36

04-11-2008, 04:06 PM	#9
NorthernRR Join Date: 12-18-2006 Age: 28 Bike(s): 1KRR, VFR, CRF450R, EX500 Posts: 1,399	I've seen them at princess auto, but I don't know how long they'd last coming from there. __________________ See you at Indy

04-11-2008, 07:56 PM	#12
slickwill 67 Kg Join Date: 08-31-2007 Location: Idaho/Iowa Age: 29 Bike(s): Western Flyer Posts: 2,142	I'll warn you that the Harbor Freight pair that I have seem like what you would expect from Harbor Freight. I haven't even tried using them but there is a noticeable difference between them and all of them that we used when I worked at an airstrip. __________________ If it has wheels, I've crashed it, and some things that don't skis, snowmobile, card board box, giant tube, sentra, dirtbike, lawn tractor, grandmas bread tray, kayak, canoe, raft, bicycle, waterskis, tobaggan, horse, ATV, Now my CBR (women)

04-11-2008, 09:00 PM	#13
phobe circa 1970 Join Date: 12-17-2006 Age: 26 Bike(s): 600RR, 125R Posts: 4,634	I got mine for eight bucks at princess auto... Knob broke off first time I used them but they still work __________________ Cum hoc, ergo propter hoc

04-12-2008, 12:34 AM	#15
G-ForceJunkie Who's driving? Join Date: 12-15-2006 Location: Valencia, CA Bike(s): BMW GS1150 ADV, DRZ400 Posts: 625	MILBAR SAFETY WIRE TWISTERS from Aircraft Spruce

04-23-2008, 09:08 PM	#16
SomeStrangeGuy no longer ready to mingle. Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Debt, where else? Bike(s): GS / KLR Posts: 3,816	Do I have your mailing address and I just don't know it? If not, send it to me again. __________________ GPS Discussion Forums Time is the ultimate currency.

04-25-2008, 11:23 AM	#17
Jetbdude Every man's dream Join Date: 12-13-2006 Age: 34 Bike(s): 07 600RR Posts: 2,468	Just got the pliers Will! Thanks a lot __________________ #20

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