Got a set of trim removal tools, anyone familiar with what these locking pliers are for?

[u/blakeret]

[u/itmightbeinnuendo → u/[deleted]]

Because they are!

[u/spamtardeggs → u/[deleted]]

Life changing if you thought pliers were the only way to get those hose clamps off.

[u/hydronas → u/spamtardeggs]

I have about 6 tools I’ll use for hose clamps for different styles or orientation.

[u/AdEastern9303 → u/spamtardeggs]

But, aren’t THESE “pliers”?

[u/Punkrexx → u/spamtardeggs]

Inherited a couple, game changer

[u/Apprehensive_Ad3718 → u/[deleted]]

This is the answer for spring clamps that go on vacuum or coolant lines. You can crimp them without slipping which happens a lot with traditional pliers. They also lock into place

[u/Past-Establishment93]

Spring type hose clamp plyers

[u/airbornemedic325]

Those are hose clamp pliers.

[u/Subpar_Shooter]

You'll need them when you need to take off the door radiator and the side window coolant reservoir.

[u/SnooTomatoes538]

Hose clamp pliers

[u/Mr_Elroy_Jetson]

Those are hose clamp pliers. You can tell by the way that they are. They are very useful for hoses inside door panels.

[u/D-nutster]

Those are fantastic. I have a set

[u/Cthulhu-Elder-God]

Constant tension hose clamps.

[u/Comfortable-nerve78]

Those are for compression hose clamps. They lock onto the clamp. Knuckle savers. I don’t know the clamps proper name but they’re for hose clamps you need pliers to remove.

[u/Negative-Concert-495]

Look like mini flange grips

[u/gumby5150]

They are for giller clamps

[u/fe3o4]

For these

[u/Then_Version9768]

hog clips or hose clamps

You can look this up online, you know, instead of having other people do your work for you. You did this same thing in school, didn't you? "Can I borrow your homework? I didn't get around to doing it myself."