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01-21-2015, 05:30 PM | #1 |
Socket set with flat side outside?
I came across this image on some other forum. It looks like they have a deep socket that's flat on the outside instead of round, so it can be grabbed with a wrench. Looks perfect for the bolt on top of the front struts. Anyone know what this is called or where to buy?
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01-21-2015, 05:36 PM | #2 |
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Looks like a spark plug socket.
And finding the original forum post, it's a 13/16" spark plug socket. Available at all finer auto parts stores. :) Don't know what size ours would be, though. |
01-21-2015, 05:50 PM | #3 |
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Looks like a tool enabling tools to strip nuts.
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01-21-2015, 06:33 PM | #4 |
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Very common. Try Sears or JC Whitney if you can't find local.
I have them in SK, Snap On, Craftsman and Husky. Of course my tools are old and most were used when I got them. Norton |
01-21-2015, 10:08 PM | #5 |
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Ours are 17mm, so a standard spark plug socket will not work. Instead, just get yourself and offset box wrench.
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01-21-2015, 10:14 PM | #6 | |
2ZR swap. DO IT! Ask how!
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05-21-2016, 03:07 AM | #7 |
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I know this is an old thread, but if Im correct I happen to have come across this type of socket for the first time just recently. I think it was called an open/pass through socket set. The ratchet drives it from the outside although IIRC its like a standard ratchet inside out--meaning the driver is four-sided (square) as opposed to a hexagon in the OP's pic.
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