Bike Tool Set in Tool Tray — Hanger Alignment & Cable Pliers (1600SOS21)

A bent derailleur hanger and a stuck cable are two of the most common shop-bench problems, and they happen often enough that the tools to fix them belong on the same drawer slide. The Unior 1600SOS21; Hanger Alignment & Cable Pliers tray; bundles a Hanger Genie 2.0, two cable puller pliers with locking jaws, a ball-end hex wrench, screw pliers, and a dead-blow hammer into a single foam-cut drawer insert sized for the Unior 2600-series carriages.

What’s in the tray

• Hanger Genie 2.0 (1602/5); derailleur-hanger alignment tool, the updated version with improved jaw geometry.
• Cable puller pliers with lock (1642.1/2P-US, qty. 2); locks onto a cable end and holds tension while the bolt is torqued.
• T-handle ball-end hex wrench (193HXS-US); for the angled-fastener access common to derailleur and brake-lever installs.
• Screw pliers (407/4PR); for stuck or rounded screws that won’t release with a driver alone.
• Dead blow hammer (819A-US); non-marring impact, for seated parts that need a tap but not a sharp hit.

The tray ships with the Made for Work label (1843MFW-BIKE TOOLS) and the empty tray shell (vl.1600SOS21); replacement-tray-shell available separately if a tool drops out and the foam needs re-fitting.

Where the 1600SOS21 fits in the system

The 1600SOS21 is one of seven trays in the modular Unior SOS-tray series sized for the bench-mechanic-and-tool-carriage workflow. The full set ships pre-loaded in the Professional Mechanic Tool Carriage; the individual trays are also available standalone for shops building up a custom tray loadout. Companion trays in the series:

• 1600SOS23; Sockets, Ratchets & Torque Wrench
• 1600SOS24; Cone Wrenches
• 1600SOS25; Crank, Cassette & Freewheel Tools
• 1600SOS26; Bottom Bracket, Spoke & Brake Tools
• 1600SOS27; Hex/Torx T-Handles & Screwdrivers

Compatibility

The 1600SOS21 fits the full-width drawer slot in Unior’s tool carriages: Hercules, Eurovision, Eurostyle, Euromotion, and Europlus. The foam-cut tool silhouettes hold each tool in fixed position so a missing tool reads as foam.

Built in Zreče, Slovenia

Unior has been forging hand tools in Zreče, Slovenia, since 1919, and is the official technical partner of multiple World Tour and downhill teams. The SOS foam trays and the tools they hold come out of the same in-house manufacturing chain; the foam-to-tool silhouette match is what a generic third-party drawer organizer can’t reproduce.

Pro tip from our mechanics

A hanger-alignment tray is the kind of purchase that doesn’t earn its place on day one but compresses the time-to-fix on the third bent-hanger ticket of the week. Our broader workshop-layout guide covers the tray-by-service-category organization principle the 1600SOS series is built around: How to set up a professional bike workshop →