thin wall impact sockets
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thin wall impact sockets
do they make thin wall impact sockets? if not is it alright to use a regular socket for my lugnuts? my new rims dont leave enough room for an impact socket so i had to use a regular socket on my impact.
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I've used regular sockets on my 3/8 for years. The worst thing that happend was the sockets cracked because I had too big a socket for the fastener. I wouldn't use them on a 1/2 unless it was an emergency or something. I have my doubts they would ever shatter or explode into a million pieces, they just wouldn't make a socket that brittle.
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> I have my doubts they would ever shatter
If you are around people long enough doing what they should not, you will see faces injured and hands ripped.
> they just wouldn't make a socket that brittle.
They would not make 18 mm wrenches that snap under less then 100 pounds of force either, except I have posted pictures of ones that did.
If you are around people long enough doing what they should not, you will see faces injured and hands ripped.
> they just wouldn't make a socket that brittle.
They would not make 18 mm wrenches that snap under less then 100 pounds of force either, except I have posted pictures of ones that did.
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> I have my doubts they would ever shatter
If you are around people long enough doing what they should not, you will see faces injured and hands ripped.
> they just wouldn't make a socket that brittle.
They would not make 18 mm wrenches that snap under less then 100 pounds of force either, except I have posted pictures of ones that did.
If you are around people long enough doing what they should not, you will see faces injured and hands ripped.
> they just wouldn't make a socket that brittle.
They would not make 18 mm wrenches that snap under less then 100 pounds of force either, except I have posted pictures of ones that did.
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they make sockets specifically for taking off lugnuts, called "flip sockets". They're thinwall impact sockets, but they're usually two sockets in one, one side is one size, the other side is the other side, thats why they call them "flip".
I have one of them thats the two basic sizes, works great. just about every major tool manufacturer makes them.
FYI, i use regular sockets on impacts all the time, doesnt really bother me. If an impact socket is too far out of reach and a chrome one is right there, welp looks like the chrome one is going on. Worst that's ever happened is i stripped the socket out, never had one "explode". All my stuff is lifetime warrenty, so i dont really care if i destroy a socket anyways.
Guys where i used to work would sometimes wrap sockets with electrical tape in case they "exploded", never seen that happen though, and i've done some real retarded things with sockets.
I have one of them thats the two basic sizes, works great. just about every major tool manufacturer makes them.
FYI, i use regular sockets on impacts all the time, doesnt really bother me. If an impact socket is too far out of reach and a chrome one is right there, welp looks like the chrome one is going on. Worst that's ever happened is i stripped the socket out, never had one "explode". All my stuff is lifetime warrenty, so i dont really care if i destroy a socket anyways.
Guys where i used to work would sometimes wrap sockets with electrical tape in case they "exploded", never seen that happen though, and i've done some real retarded things with sockets.
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> where are these pics of the wrenches you spoke of?
probably 4x4 forum, search for great necks.
probably 4x4 forum, search for great necks.
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