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Here's a few pics of the actual Koken set I used for the above test. One of the really nice features is the metal case. The knurling on the extension bars is great - it means with one hand you can twist it with your greasy fingers until it starts to get tight. Try that on a smooth chrome finish :)

I got a small 3/8" set of Koken surface-drive, and my first impressions were they are fantastic - very nicely made. But then I checked the fit of the 10mm socket onto a 10mm bolt head, and was shocked at how loose it felt. Compared with my Snap-On equivalent, it had about double the play as I...

What about two of these? http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=77856&group_ID=20239&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

Yes, cracked all the way through. I thought about stuffing the tube with glass wool if I can't get it off. Apparently in Japan they don't even use the pipe, and there are blank-off kits available. But you still have the get it off. chrisziem - those look interesting, but since this is likely to...

96 Lexus LS400, 240K miles. The nuts are probably 12mm, +/- a couple of mm. I can't check for sure until I get the cat off. But its all metric. And yes a crows foot seems to be one answer. I have some open ended but I never had the flare nut version. I so wish there was a closed version of this!

Greetings - I have to undo a couple of bolts that are pointing directly upwards (its an egr pipe off a lexus exhaust), but the only access point is from right underneath and with very little room. Are there any tools that can do that angle? I thought of a flex head ratchet turned 180, but at...

Marfark - thanks for that, great idea and I have some of those somewhere.

Good stuff! Thanks for the info. So anyway back to my wallet's capacity, I did a little more reading and it seems people often use cobalt drills, usually in left hand rotation format. Irwin makes a set of 5 for not too much. Cheaper than one single carbide bit. Comments would be welcomed if...

Could be a pain to break a carbide bit! How do you drill that one out? lol

Yes that is what I heard someone else do. What about using them in a hand drill, rather than a press? Are they very brittle?

Greetings. I'm looking for a set of drill bits for drilling out tough bolts, such as hardened exhaust studs. (Even with my favorite dewalt HSS drill bits I often have a really bad time getting anywhere.) I've read a few sparse comments about solid carbide bits being great but I never used...

An air ratchet is useful in similar situations. They have loads more torque also.

Well, I'm new here so I'm just gonna get all my dumb questions out of the way and then register again as a new improved self. I just gotta get them out though, been inside too long:)

Greetings. Who would ever risk rounding over a nut or bolt by using a 12 pointer? A ratchet no different with 6 or 12 is it? Anyone buy 12 pointer here? (I know there are some 12-point bolts, but they are pretty rare.)

There's a little dimple on the bits, maybe that is the depth indicator.

So, vice? Hammer? Teeth?

I'm just wondering if that is generally a user-replaceable part. Might be worth keeping a spare set at $10 a bit.

Greetings. I see that snap-on sells sockets with pressed in hex and torx bits, and also the straight-up bits ($10 each) separately. Are these user-replaceable parts for the sockets, using a shop press?

Jack - are you putting more torque than the click on that setup? For some reason I thought that was bad for the wrench.

Greetings. First post here! I need to torque a crank pulley bolt to 285 ft-lb, and don't want to shell out big bucks on a 0-600 ft-lb wrench. Tried autozone, no luck. So is there a way to accurately double-up the torque from a 200-lb wrench? If the right answer is that it just don't matter...