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- From: eap@leland.Stanford.EDU (Eric Perozziello)
- Subject: Re: Oil Drain Plug Is Stuck
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.182855.28407@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <5608.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 18:28:55 GMT
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- > Some years ago I bought a set of Snap-On "Flank Drive" sockets. They
- >were advertised to grip the flats instead of the points, and be able to
- >turn partially stripped bolts or nuts. By buying the black thickwall
- >impact style sockets, I got away with paying merely two or three times a
- >realistic price for them.
- >
- > They work as advertised. I've often been able to remove bolts which
- >just let a regular six point socket pop around.
-
- I agree with the snap-on recommendation- that's what I use! I remember a
- customer coming in with a water pump that he tried to take off with
- his craftsman. it rounded (the bolts I mean). My snap-on whipped off
- the rounded bolts!
-
- >
- > 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.
- >
-
- Actually, 12 pt have another reason too. They allow you to get into
- tighter places because the wrench fits at more angles (this argument
- is more specific to wrenches than sockets).
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