Hex drivers: regular vs. ball-tip

[bruce750i]

Yes, Having less contact area will increase the chance of stripping. I use them on lower torque applications. I would not use one to set a pinion grub screw. Also sometimes I'll place the bolt on my hex driver first then take it to the hole, you can't do that with ball drivers. I use the ball-tip set from bondhus too.
I prefer to have both on hand, but in a jam I'll take Non-ball.

Just as said above. You really want to have both. Ball-tip ones are only good for when you have to work with awkward angles and hard to reach places but for final torque I always use the standard hex drivers. Less chance of damaging the head of the screw or damaging your ball-tip hex drivers.

[magman]

Originally Posted by bruce750i

Yes, Having less contact area will increase the chance of stripping. I use them on lower torque applications. I would not use one to set a pinion grub screw. Also sometimes I'll place the bolt on my hex driver first then take it to the hole, you can't do that with ball drivers. I use the ball-tip set from bondhus too.
I prefer to have both on hand, but in a jam I'll take Non-ball.

Well said...I use both as well..ball tips for less torque

[brian015]

Originally Posted by magman

Well said...I use both as well..ball tips for less torque

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