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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