[s-cars] Help! How do I get the spark plugs out of an AAN???

[LL - NY]

Bob,

Yeah, thought of that, too. But Bob M (I think) suggested to just
use duct tape. That'll work for me, as I don't really have a 
drill press, so I really can't align the hole THAT precisely 
with a hand drill. 

LL - NY


On 6/12/05, Robert Rossato <r0ssat0_987 at att.net> wrote:
> The problem with the Craftsman socket, at least the old one I have, is
> that it only has a small detent cut into the drive end for the friction
> ball on the extension to grab onto.  The Snap-on version I have has a
> through hole, which is designed for extensions with locking pins, but
> the end result is that standard extensions grab on much better since the
> friction ball can fully extend.  You may want to try drilling a hole on
> the side of your socket to line up with one of the flats on the drive
> end.  This should definitely help the extension lock on better.
> 
> Bob
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LL - NY [mailto:larrycleung at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 6:22 PM
> > To: Robert Rossato
> > Cc: Paul Heneghan; Tony Curran; Robert Myers; s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Help! How do I get the spark plugs out
> > of an AAN???
> >
> >
> > My thin walled Crapsman 3/8 drive socket is LABELLED 5/8.
> > I've never measured
> > across the flats, (it has a male set at the drive end) though. Works
> > well, but the
> > only issue I have with it is that it doesn't lock onto the extension
> > as well as I'd like.
> >
> > LL - NY
> 
>