|
0 registered members (),
98
guests, and 6
spiders. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums37
Topics138,168
Posts1,080,940
Members15,144
| |
Most Online907
Dec 28th, 2019
|
|
 What do they call those sockets that only touch the flat area of a bolt?
#1032852
08/08/11 09:55 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2000
Posts: 16,226
OP
Web Wheeler
|
I've been thinking of getting a set but can't remember what they're called.
TIA.
|
|
|
Re: What do they call those sockets that only touch the flat area of a bolt?
[Re: off-roader]
#1032853
08/09/11 12:55 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 2,649
Roll Me Over
|
Are you talking about the six-point sockets?
Michael j
TreadLightly! Trainer
Grasscat III, 1994 Gen 2 Five speed, Stock ( for a little while )
GrassCat II, 1998 Gen 2.5 Locked and loaded. Ran off with Hector.
GrassCat I, 1991 Gen 1 Ran off with Justice.
|
|
|
Re: What do they call those sockets that only touch the flat area of a bolt?
[Re: Grasscat]
#1032854
08/09/11 01:51 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,649
Web Wheeler
|
Spline drive? I have good luck with regular 6pts. Never liked gizmo tools.
Not responsible for advice not taken...
|
|
|
Re: What do they call those sockets that only touch the flat area of a bolt?
[Re: off-roader]
#1032855
08/09/11 01:52 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 6,199
Trail Leader
|
Lots of six point sockets use that design now. Craftsman started doing it maybe ten years ago. Those are probably the least expensive ones made (as I'll bet Snap-On/Matco, etc. cost a "touch" more).
It's standard across the Craftsman line in six-point now.
John B.
|
|
|
Re: What do they call those sockets that only touch the flat area of a bolt?
[Re: off-roader]
#1032856
08/09/11 04:54 AM
|
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 4,623
Roll Me Over
|
GearWrench (IIRC) makes some that have a slight inward arch that supposedly transfers more of the torque load to the stronger flat rather than the weaker corners. I've used a couple of the larger sockets from a friend's set on an impact gun and it felt like it did less damage to the chrome on my lugnuts. Could've been me "wanting" them to be better, dunno. YMMV... I too am not a fan of tool gimmickry...
Fasteddy's advice is occasionally sound...
|
|
|
Re: What do they call those sockets that only touch the flat area of a bolt?
[Re: hazy_daze]
#1032857
08/09/11 06:03 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2000
Posts: 16,226
OP
Web Wheeler
|
Thanks guys. Not the 6 point sockets. I have a set already. I found the ones I'm talking about. They're the Metrinch type of wrenches. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.metrinch-tools.com/website/images/intro/introverschil.jpg) Are the spline drive wrenches supposed to work the same way?
|
|
|
Re: What do they call those sockets that only touch the flat area of a bolt?
[Re: off-roader]
#1032858
08/10/11 08:26 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 6,950
Trail Leader
|
It looks like the wrench will break before a corner gets rounded off with that design.
96 Montero LS 24V DOHC 3.0L.
98 Montero 24v SOHC 3.5L, factory rear locker, Winter/tow package.
63 Jaguar XKE 3.8L FHC
2000 Mercedes-Benz e430
07 fj cruiser
|
|
|
Re: What do they call those sockets that only touch the flat area of a bolt?
[Re: cmonty72]
#1032859
08/11/11 12:35 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 113
Wheeler
|
I know them as C-Profile sockets.
I try to use nothing else.
Don't ascribe to malice anything that can be adequately explained as stupidity!
Pajero LWB Gen1 3.2 Di-D TD Engine
33" Bridgestone D694s
2" Lift
Front Runner Rack
|
|
|
Re: What do they call those sockets that only touch the flat area of a bolt?
[Re: 4ePajero]
#1032860
08/12/11 08:00 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 4,479
Roll Me Over
|
I saw Craftsman sells a set of wrenches that are suppose to not put pressure on the corners.
Last edited by StockRaider; 08/12/11 08:24 AM.
|
|
|
Re: What do they call those sockets that only touch the flat area of a bolt?
[Re: StockRaider]
#1032861
08/12/11 08:37 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 6,199
Trail Leader
|
The profile is not as pronounced as the schematic above, but the idea is the same; to exact pressure/torque on the flats of the nuts/fasteners rather than the corners. Therin lies my reference to Craftsman 6-pt sockets and their refinement to the present-day design. Not saying they were the first, but that's where I first noticed it. Makes sense for a lot of wrenches, etc.
John B.
|
|
|
