How to get extension in socket??

clancaster23 · Post by **clancaster23** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:34 pm

Not sure where to post this so I'm just putting it here...

I am going by this: viewtopic.php?t=10341

I can't get the extension to go into the hole in the 13/16th socket. The extension end is just barely too big to go in the hole. What to do?? Do I drill the hole in the socket bigger or what?

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:45 pm

Yeah, tho it may be rough on the drill bit depending on the quality of the socket. Or just get another socket that has a larger hole. Spark plug sockets are generally cheaper than normal deep wells due to their lower torque capacity in most cases.

jT · Post by jT » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:30 pm

are you referring to the tool to remove the top hat nut from the strut? we use MM sockets yo!

viewtopic.php?t=4767

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:52 pm

If you are using a 3/8 drive socket, then you may have to go to the 1/2 drive socket like the link in JT's post shows. Wasn't even thinking about that.

I made a copy of the tool that Miller tools sells for $65 to do mine. But the socket thing works just as well.

clancaster23 · Post by **clancaster23** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:02 pm

Maybe that's the difference. I got a 13/16ths spark plug socket. Maybe using a deep well 22mm socket, the hole will be bigger on it and the extension will go in?

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:34 pm

The main thing would be 1/2" drive, but the other thing is you need the hex drive at the end of the socket like a spark plug socket has. A standard deep well won't have any way to turn it while the 1/4 drive is in the hole.
This is a pic of what I did. I cut a 13/16" 1/2 drive socket in two peices, and had a piece of flat stock welded in between the two parts at work. I cut it just below the square drive.