Lug bolts, sockets and tools

[Fred Munro]

----- Original Message -----
From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
To: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 9:56 PM
Subject: Lug bolts, sockets and tools


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> Listers- while we're talking about lug bolts, can someone please give
> me a recommendation on a brand of socket that will not round the corners
> of my lug bolts? I have Craftsman sockets now and they don't cut it. I
> can get Kobalt and Husky locally with ease; Snap-On with some effort
> and Facom via mail order. Who makes the best 17mm 1/2" drive socket,
> suitable
> for use on lug bolts, cost no object?
>

Taka,

Look for a good quality flank drive socket. They have a radius on the
internal corners so the socket only drives on the flat surface and doesn't
contact the corner of the nut or bolt head.

Fred Munro
'94 S4