17mm hex head socket

Brett Dikeman quattro at brettd.dsl.speakeasy.net
Sat Feb 10 23:41:42 EST 2001


At 6:17 PM -0500 2/3/01, Greg Amy wrote:
>  >>> Are the 17mm hex head sockets for removal of tranny drain plugs, etc
>available from local sources other than mail order?
>
>Your local Sears will have one.

I spent 2 days looking for one(including Sears; the largest they had 
was several mm short...finally found a set of el-cheapo hex drive 
sockets; 4 in a blister pack at the local autozone.  The guy swore up 
and down he didn't have any; it was buried behind a bunch of stuff in 
the electrical aisle, tucked waaay in back, behind all the hanging 
stuff.


>However, how about a cheap and easy version (that you may already have in
>your basement)? Take an M10 bolt and two M10 nuts. Double-nut the nuts onto
>the end of the bolt. The head of the bolt will fit right into the drain
>plug, and the double-nutted side works great in your 17mm socket.

http://www.200q20v.com/~brett/pics/objects/index.html

I sheared the bolt right in half with a pair of vice grips by 
accident.  Sure was a big surprise :-)

B
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