Longacre Safety Wire Pliers
Longacre product #22598
Safety wiring insures parts stay on your vehicle, but twisting the wire in tight quarters can be time consuming and/or difficult.
Longacre Safety Wire Pliers solves that problem. Can be used for safetying, mousing, or applying witness wire.
Also is used by jewelers and crafters to create an even uniform twist in any wire by clamping the wire in the jaws of the pliers, then pulling the knob at the base of the pliers untill the desired amount of twist is achieved.
Use the side cutters built into the pliers to trim the twisted wire, and then tuck the cut end of the wires under for a snag-free finish.
Safety Wire
1 lb roll contains 362' of .032" (20 gauge, .81mm) of a malleable stainless steel alloy wire, for racing or aircraft applications.
Normally safety wire is trheaded through a hole drilled into a fastener or part, and then twisted and anchored to a second location, then twisted again. This secures the nut or part, preventing vibration from loosening the fastening during operation.
Known as safetying.
The safety wire should be threaded through the fastener such that it creates tension in the opposite direction of the fastener's removal.
In the USA, the safety wire when installed should put tension on the bolt in a clockwise direction, since that is the direction the bolt turns to tighten.
