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- From: hinz@bonfire (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
- Subject: Re: Oil Drain Plug Is Stuck
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.095334.20946@mr.med.ge.com>
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 09:53:34 GMT
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- dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) writes:
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- : BTW, there's seldom any reason to buy 12-point sockets. 12-point
- : fasteners are quite rare. 6-point sockets don't tend to strip fasteners
- : as bad as 12s, particularly oddball "offsize" fasteners. You know -
- : those el cheapo bolts that are somewhere between 1/2 and 9/16, yet
- : aren't metric? Some GM divisions loved them.
- :
- How would these sockets work on 30-year old bolts whose heads have been
- reduced in size by rust/flaking action? The 1/2" doesn't fit, but
- they are too big for 12 mm, you get the idea. A pipe wrench was called
- into service in this case (parting out the car, y'know), but the proper
- tool would be nice, just for appearances sake if nothing else.
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- Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
- SAAB - you get what you pay for; you pay for what you get.
- hinz@picard.med.ge.com
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