Akron, Ohio – (November 27, 2012) – Today’s heavy equipment wheels pose considerable danger to service technicians, particularly during the inflation process. This is because a fully inflated tire and rim assembly packs tremendous destructive force — force that can literally bounce a 180 pound technician off of the ceiling if he’s positioned over the tire when it blows.
Category: Press Releases
The New Ken-Tool reCore Sensor Saver System Repairs Seized and Corroded TPMS Valves
Akron, Ohio – (October 25, 2012) – There are more than 200 million TPMS sensors on the road today. Over 35% of those sensors are now at least three years old, and industry estimates are that more than nine million sensors will need to be repaired in the next two years.
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Ken-Tool Launches Six New Tire Service Tools at SEMA in 2012
Akron, Ohio – (October 25, 2012) – Ken-Tool, the leading manufacturer of tire service tools in the world, will debut six problem-solving tire changing and service products at the 2102 SEMA Show. The launch includes three specialty socket sets, a Dual Wheel Separator, the world’s largest single-piece tire inflation cage and the revolutionary reCore™ TPMS Sensor Saver System, which makes short work of TPMS sensor repair.
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Ken-Tool Debuts Three New Tire Service Impact Socket Sets
Akron, Ohio – (October 25, 2012) – Ken-Tool, a world leader in tire service tools, has developed three new Impact Socket Sets and is introducing them at SEMA 2012. Made from chrome-moly steel for maximum durability, the new socket sets solve three perennial tire service problems:
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New Ken-Tool Product Quickly and Easily Separates Stuck or Frozen Dual Steel Wheels
Akron, Ohio – (October 25, 2012) – Dual steel wheels can rust and bond together over time, especially when a truck, bus or van sees duty in moist environments or on heavily salted roads. Getting the wheels apart has not been an easy task — generally involving a short length of 2×4, a three pound sledge hammer, and lots of banging around the edge of the wheel until the rust breaks up and the duals come apart.
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New Ken-Tool Earthmover and Agricultural Tire Inflation Cage Can Save Lives. New Video Shows Why.
Akron, Ohio – (October 25, 2012) – Although today’s truck and heavy equipment wheels are considerably safer than the old split rim wheel assemblies, they still pose considerable danger to service technicians, particularly during the inflation process. This is because a fully inflated tire and rim assembly bottles up tremendous destructive force — force that can literally bounce a 180 pound technician off of the ceiling if he’s positioned over the tire when it blows.
Ken-Tool Introduces the Blue Cobra™ Truck Tire Service Kit
Truck tire demount/mount equipment in one package.
Akron, Ohio – (July 3, 2012) – Ken-Tool®, the leader in tire service hand tools, now offers the truck service industry the ultimate truck tire service package – the Blue Cobra™ Truck Tire Service Set. The new Service Set (PN 35442) centers on Ken-Tool’s acclaimed Blue Cobra Truck Tire Demount Tool, and includes six other needed components to service most 22.5-in. and 24.5-in. truck tires quickly and easily.
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Ken-Tool Introduces The ValveCapper™ Tool
Handy tool to assist truckers in maintaining inner dual tire air pressure.
Akron, Ohio – (May 23, 2012) – Ken-Tool®, the leader in tire service hand tools, now offers truckers and truck service technicians a very handy tool to maintain truck tire pressures, particularly on the inner duals. Designed by a professional trucker, the new Ken-Tool 29995 ValveCapper™ tool provides a 2-in-1 product to easily remove tire valve stem caps, especially on the difficult to reach inner dual valve stems. It also can quickly remove and reinstall valve cores from the valve stems.
Ken-Tool Introduces the Mega AirBlast™ Bead Seating Tool
Uses compressed air to quickly & easily seat tubeless auto, ATV, truck tire beads.
Akron, Ohio – (May 1, 2012) – Ken-Tool, the leader in tire service hand tools, has announced its latest product for tire service technicians, the 31444 Ken-Tool Mega AirBlast™ bead seating tool, designed to properly and efficiently seat the bead of tubeless tires to the rim.
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Ken-Tool Announces Strap Winder Tool
Handy 3-in-1 tool great for truckers.
Akron, Ohio – (April 17, 2012) – Ken-Tool, the leader in tire service tools, has announced the release of the unique, patented Strap Winder tool (# 39760). Over-the-road truckers will find the Strap Winder tool to be time saving and very useful to secure nylon straps to the winches attached to a flatbed deck.