Okay, are they symmetric, if not ambidextrous?
My two cents: I've always heard to use them like this:
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##\/XX
XXXXXXX
XX
this way --> XX
XX
And it sorta' made sense to me. The reason had nothing to do with whether
it pushed the sliding part into the handle. It had to do with the lever-arm
length on which the bolt head stressed the sliding joint.
X A->##
XX #### When you torque this wrench clockwise, tightening
XXX #### the bolt, the head presses against point B. When
XXX B->#### you torque it counterclockwise, the head presses
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX against A. Given that the joint has some slop, the
XXXXXXX/////XX fit will be tighter at B, resulting in a better grip
XXXXXXXXXXX as the the gap opens up less that it would at A.
XXXXXXX
XXXXX
XXXXX
Just my two cents.
Jim Muller
jmuller@stardent.com
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