New style drive line tool

[rhandwor]

http://www.autopart.com/tools/toolsmain/tool/T_4340.htm
This is a good picture of one Sunex is another manufacturer,I don't see much use for this type. I have a straight one.
Has anyone used one of these types.
I think this site is owned by Cornwell Tools of America. Can anyone verify this?

[volvo420coupe]

never used one but would love to have one, I can think of half a dozen times in the last 2 months it would have come in handy.

[caper]

I could use one,my Snappy 12mm 12pt socket stripped out 2 days ago doing a mustang shaft.

[Deafautotech]

that seem too bulk... i saw one from matco tool truck but i has no need... i already has 12mm 12pt swivel impact socket(snap on) and 12mm 12pt head bolt socket which it can use same... i have no problems.. i do see many ford techs would do their way...

[Fedwrench]

I don't see anything new about it except the brand name. Sunex has had that type of swivel out for awhile. I've used either a wrench or a Matco 12 point 3/8 drive swivel impact that works great. CTA isn't affilated with Cornwell.

http://www.ctatools.com/coinfo.html

[peter_x]

What's the difference between that and an ordinary swivel socket? Edit: I get it. It is longer on the drive end, so you can angle your gun better.

I use a 12-pt impact that I got from the Snap-on truck. The package it came in said it was for the bearing caps on Detroit deisels. It is even longer than an ordinary deep impact. When I put it on a drive shaft bolt, it actually doesn't align 100% because of the bulk of my impact gun. We'll see if/when it strips. I do a couple Crown Vic trannies a month at my job.

[nate379]

I use a wrench usually.

[rhandwor]

I could use one,my Snappy 12mm 12pt socket stripped out 2 days ago doing a mustang shaft.

I have used a 12 point socket and a 4 inch extension before the long ones came out.

[35mastr]

That one looks to have too much meat on the socket.
I did alot of fords in my time and never needed one of those.

Short 12 mm impact 3/8 with a short 3" extension and a 3/8 to 1/2 adapter and one burp of the gun and there off.

[engineboy]

That one looks to have too much meat on the socket.
I did alot of fords in my time and never needed one of those.

Short 12 mm impact 3/8 with a short 3" extension and a 3/8 to 1/2 adapter and one burp of the gun and there off.

The only variation from that I use is instead of an adapter to go 1/2 to 3/8 on the socket end, I use the 6 inch extensions that have a 1/2 drive female and a 3/8 drive male. They are stronger than the reducers.

[peter_x]

I bought this tool shortly after this thread started and have used it once so far on a '05+ Crown Vic driveshaft. There was enough clearance.

[Danglerb]

Apex in the industrial fastener type catalog offers a number of swivel sockets on drive extensions, so does Snapon industrial. I have the Snapon set of non impacts, which some use on impacts anyway due to the small fastener size and related torque limits. This is a tool that can save time if you need it, outside of a production environment I'm not sure how useful it really is.