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1/2 impact socket set over 1 1/4?

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What are the chances finding a SAE impact set over 1 1/4 without going 3/4 dr?

I will be buying the axle nut socket Set from HF tools sizes 29mm, 30mm, 32mm, 34mm, 35mm, 36mm, 38mm. So maybe I wont need SAE over 1 1/4.
 
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Most USA industrial and automotive tool lines go up to 1-1/2 inch in 1/2 drive. I purchased mine in regular and deep up to 1-1/2 on E-Bay over time. Mine are mostly Armstrong.
 
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Sears big pro sets go to 1 1/4. Sounds like you have what you need, let the store keep it for you till you really need one and for home brew stuff I aint scared to rap a socket of any kind a little with an impact. This is for one off light use with a little care.
 
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CobraChevelle said:
I just found this set. I was looking at Sunex impact sockets and came across this set. looks like a good deal.
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Very happy with mine, I use them on my tractor implements and IR2235. Tekton has a presence on here and are very good with warranty from what I have seen.
 
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CobraChevelle said:
What are the chances finding a SAE impact set over 1 1/4 without going 3/4 dr?
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Why?

In the past I got some needed larger sockets (In my case chrome) in 1/2" Drive, mostly because it was what was available locally at Sears...Now I'm going out of my way to go with 3/4" Drive...if there were some resale value on my large 1/2" drive sockets I'd sell them tomorrow and replace them with 3/4" drive in a heartbeat.

It may seem like a great idea to have a 1/2" drive, 36mm socket, but IMHO not a great idea...much better off going with 3/4" drive..
 
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CobraChevelle said:
1.) I don't have a 3/4 impact.
2.) Using 1/2 to 3/4 kills the torque on the impact.
3.) might use it 1 or 2 times a year depending on size
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1) I don't either...yet... :(

2) While I cant argue any extension/adaptor/joint saps torque I don't notice a difference. when going UP size...I think the larger/heavier sockets actually work BETTER, basically duplicating some of the power sockets available. I use my 1/2" Drive MAC Edge impact sockets in my 3/8" M18 impact all the time.

3) Same here

Why I quit on 1/2" Drive was when I changed the CV shaft on my accord...1/2" Drive 36mm socket...sheared the drive off my CMan breaker bar, sheared a 3/4"->1/2" adaptor, my impact couldn't do it either...ended up needing to get a 36mm 3/4" drive socket, using my HF Breaker bar and a cheater...no issue.

I'm now even going down the line with 3/4" Drive...just got a 3/4" Drive 19mm socket to deal with the infamous Honda crank bolt i'll be tackling soon...didn't want to waste my time with 1/2" Drive.
 
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I have a couple in sized to 1 7/16 in 1/2, there are times on equipment they are the right thing. The original post sonded like a question regarding if it was worth sitting on for occasional work, if you are a shop like me then you got to have a few extra things but just to have them wouldn't unless I actually had a need.
Most auto parts stock every tool needed.
 
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Buckgnarly said:
Get an IR2235 and you will see the need for 1/2 in those bigger sizes.:thumbup:
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I dunno...I'm looking into 3/4" Guns now...eying the 2145 or the 2161..or possibly an offshore...going down that road for the big boy stuff and then getting one of the small compact 1/2" guns like a MG3255 or the AWP050C for day to day....stick with my M18 for 3/8"

My mode of thinking is on large sockets like that, there's no need for me to have both Chrome & Impact, Deep And Shallow like I/most people do in 3/8 and 1/2" drive...so from my understanding, the effective torque limit for 1/2" drive is ~850-950 ft/lbs of torque...that's NON-Impact torque.. so if I have to crack off a crazy nut which even a MG725 cant handle, I Then need to bust out the ol breaker bar and cheater pipes, but would be limited to less then 1,000ft/lbs by virtue of the drive not being able to handle any more. Going with 3/4" Drive, you raise the ceiling of effective torque capabilities...I have not sheared off any drives...

Running them in an impact...when I use 3/4" Drive sockets in my 1/2" gun...it hits just as hard, sometimes seems like harder...IMHO it duplicates the power sockets like the 19mm Lisle 77080 socket...increasing the socket mass directs more impact energy to the fastener...3/4" sockets (size for size) are much heavier then their 1/2" counterparts. on impact sockets, Heavy = Good thing.
 
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My Matco/ADV set goes from 5/16ths to 1-1/2" in 1/2" drive. I really am happy with the set.

My 3/4" impact gun is an Aircat th1600, Awesome gun and for under 400 bucks even better!
 
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Why I quit on 1/2" Drive was when I changed the CV shaft on my accord...1/2" Drive 36mm socket...sheared the drive off my CMan breaker bar, sheared a 3/4"->1/2" adaptor, my impact couldn't do it either...ended up needing to get a 36mm 3/4" drive socket, using my HF Breaker bar and a cheater...no issue.
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Im not trying to be negative here, but it sounds like what turned you off the 1/2" sockets was the tools you were turning them with, which in your case just weren't particularly strong.

Personally, i've always had terrible luck with breaker bars. At a young age i figured out that my 1/2" craftsman ratchet with a cheater pipe on it was stronger than any breaker bar i'd ever got my hands on. I have done some STUPID stuff with a cheater pipe on a 1/2" cman ratchet and gotten away with it every time. I've broken multiple breaker bars but never sheared the drive off a 1/2" ratchet! Go figure. I still keep that silly old cman ratchet around because of its long-proven cheater pipe performance, even though i have a MUUUCH nicer long-handle flex head 120xp gearwrench to use as an 'actual ratchet'.

And i've had an IR Titanium since 05. Still kicking! I havent been turned off of 1/2" drive yet! If 1000 lb ft is my 200 on a 5ft cheater pipe, i guess i just havent found anything that i couldnt get off like that so far. Mostly automotive, so im sure heavy equipment is a WHOLE other ballgame!
 
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I have found with the high output 1/2 impacts out today I have had to use 3/4 impacts much less.

The IR 2131 1/2 impact I use and the 'better be sitting down for this' Harbor Freight earth quake or what ever its called 1/2 impact have all but on rare occasions spun the nut or moved the bolt on one inch and larger bolt in size.
 
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Vigo said:
Im not trying to be negative here, but it sounds like what turned you off the 1/2" sockets was the tools you were turning them with, which in your case just weren't particularly strong.
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I don't take it as negative at all... I don't think its an issue with the tool in question...in my case the breaker I broke was a Craftsman, which I never felt were "junk"...and when I look at tests such as this Hot Rod test..
http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/1406-half-inch-ratchet-shootout/

Seems to reinforce my theory on +/- 800 ft/lbs being the design limit of the 1/2" drive square.
 
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