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- Subject: Re: Oil Drain Plug Is Stuck
- Message-ID: <5758.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
- From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: 30 Jul 92 11:05:00 GMT
- Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
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- Organization: The Courts of Chaos * Jacksonville AR USA * 501-985-0059
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- -> : fasteners are quite rare. 6-point sockets don't tend to strip
- -> fasteners : as bad as 12s, particularly oddball "offsize" fasteners.
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- > 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,
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- They're better than 12-points, but the best are the Snap-On Flank Drive
- sockets I mentioned earlier. Other tool companies may make something
- similar - and chances are, if they do, they'll be cheaper than Snap-On.
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- Snap-On makes fine tools, but they're just too darned expensive.
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