Seized fasteners are never a fun thing to deal with, but so far the EXD35 has made them a bit less painful in my shop. You’ve got three good options for seized fastener removal: cobalt left-handed drill bits, fluted extractors, and multi-spline extractors. Each has shown to be useful in specific situations, but the price can be a little hard to swallow.
I do not care for the SnapOn MTTL7006 backprobes. I picked up a set thinking that they would become my go-to for back-pinning connectors, which we do quite frequently at my shop. The thought of having a very small insertion probe to get into tightly packed weather resistant connectors is nice, but impractically applied in this situation.
A very double-edged sword, this one. The AE Scan Tool is very powerful, but can also be the most obnoxious tool you have ever used. This is a tool that remains in my toolbox for the fact that when I need it, it’s absolutely wonderful, but if I don’t absolutely have to have it, it stays tucked away in the darkest corner of my box.
