1/4 drive 5/8” 6 point deep socket

[NUTTSGT]

I really honestly do not understand this thread and the many others like it. Please, someone just read me in.

If you have a need to turn a bolt with a 5/8” head, but you either don’t have room, or don’t need torque, but you want speed, why not use a stubby 3/8” ratchet? If the stubby 3/8” is too big, I’ll concede that maybe a 3/8” anvil in a 1/4” body makes some sense.

At this point, really what exactly is the difference between a 5/8” socket on a 3/8” ratchet, vs a 5/8” deep on a 1/4” ratchet if the ratchets are similar in size?

The only possibility that comes to mind is some sort of maintenance tool kit where you only want a single drive, have no torque issues, and 3/8” sockets would add the need for 3/8” extensions and ratchets etc.

Otherwise I have never understood this fascination with socket sizes beyond the normal range.

There's an empty peg on the Hansen trays, you have to fill it....it's no different than your wife coming home with 2 new pairs of shoes and you ask why ...she says they were on sale and I had to buy them.


Other times, it's the small things in life that put a smile on your face like buying a new tool.

 

[AEAdam]

There's an empty peg on the Hansen trays, you have to fill it....it's no different than your wife coming home with 2 new pairs of shoes and you ask why ...she says they were on sale and I had to buy them.


Other times, it's the small things in life that put a smile on your face like buying a new tool.

Seriously? Checking the date for April Fools. Is anyone here actually dumb enough to buy a snap on socket for the sole purpose of filling a Hansen organizer? Cut off the peg and store your 1/4” universal there. 3d print an adapter to store your 3” extension. Or mold something out of epoxy putty.

There’s a deep and a shallow peg, right? Think of a way to use this slot in a helpful way. Seriously I feel like you guys are kidding with this.

 

[KnurledNut]

You one-upped me. I thought that I was stirring the pot with my 1/4”x16mm shallow sockets… that I have never used…

I got it for one machine I service that has a low torque drain plug with a 17mm head.
There were a couple members here that mentioned having a use case for it. I believe one was on a motorcycle and the other on heavy equipment.
I have a Matco 1/4 cordless impact wrench and am glad to have a full set of 1/4 impact sockets in SAE and MM for use with it.

Those SK 16mm sockets are hard to find. I searched for that when I was looking. Ended up going with a 16mm impact socket by Urrea.

 

[ecotec]

Those SK 16mm sockets are hard to find. I searched for that when I was looking. Ended up going with a 16mm impact socket by Urrea.

I got them years ago, when Great Star first bought SK. They were Made in USA NOS.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Seriously? Checking the date for April Fools. Is anyone here actually dumb enough to buy a snap on socket for the sole purpose of filling a Hansen organizer? Cut off the peg and store your 1/4” universal there. 3d print an adapter to store your 3” extension. Or mold something out of epoxy putty.

There’s a deep and a shallow peg, right? Think of a way to use this slot in a helpful way. Seriously I feel like you guys are kidding with this.

I wouldn't buy the Snap-on version at $38 but have bought the Blue Point version for way way less.

However, I was merely replying to filling pegs on the Hansen trays, not necessarily the SO sockets.

 

[ChevyEFI]

Not to derail the thread but, I'd still like to see 1/4 drive or nano/dual drive spark plug sockets.

A 1/2 socket with bored sq. drive and sometimes shortened female side is a great low profile spark plug socket. I imagine the 1/2 nano could be bored and used.

What benefit would there be to 1/4" drive?

Similarly, why do I have an Astro 1/4" ratchet that's about 10" long and some other that is 4"? I used a 7.5" Proto at work, and it just fit my hand better than the 17 or so standard length 1/4" ratchets l already owned. So I finally found a longer “not Proto”. Not logical, but nice to use it.

I think the U.Sgot the longer ones as a market test; the 4(.5?) came out much later. Both work. Why wouldn't you have both?

 

[Fedwrench]

A 1/2 socket with bored sq. drive and sometimes shortened female side is a great low profile spark plug socket. I imagine the 1/2 nano could be bored and used.

What benefit would there be to 1/4" drive?


I think the U.Sgot the longer ones as a market test; the 4(.5?) came out much later. Both work. Why wouldn't you have both?

To me, strictly thinner ratchet head and handle. Improved access,

 

[liliysdad]

To me, strictly thinner ratchet head and handle. Improved access,

Yep

 

[82355]

I've spent money on far stupider things than my Snap-On 5/8", 1/4" drive sockets.

Martin

 

[ecotec]

I've spent money on far stupider things than my Snap-On 5/8", 1/4" drive sockets.

Martin

Me too…

All my 1/4”x5/8” pegs in my SAE drawer are empty. Either I find them at garage/estate sale prices, or I never get them. I have far too many other things on my want list ahead of them.

 

[willf650]

Ok, I need to stay off this site for a while.

Thanks to irrelevant to me threads like this I ordered $40 of individual sockets to fill out a couple spots on my Hanson trays of missing sockets, not the weird range ones though.

Funny thing is I never missed them as I've been using other socket sets in my truck or pole barn so I never knew they were missing.

 

[mikey03]

I’ve been wishing for 1/4 plug sockets for years.

How come no body makes those? The torque on a 1/4 torque wrench is lined up to spark plugs

 

[mikey03]

Who makes one of these? I can find regular ones from Williams etc. Where is a six point deep?

1/4 Inch Drive x 5/8 Inch Deep 6-Point Impact Socket | TEKTON

5/8 inch (SAE) deep 6-point impact socket. Has a high-visibility laser etched size marking and a permanent stamped size marking. SID03016.

www.tekton.com

tekton makes them Impact only for $6 and you can paint it silver to fill your Hansen tray

 

[Old Dude]

With all your help I was able to stupidly yet satisfyingly complete the magnetic trays for 1/4 drive sockets. FWIW the 1/8“ is useful for old radios. Koken makes very good sockets and Williams is good quality and a good price. The Blue Point 5/8 deep is excellent with great broaching. It’s useful for those large thin nuts (jam nut) that hold onto a potentiometer, panel mount indicators and fuse holders. Thank you all for your help identifying manufacturers. As you can tell, I fiddle around with antique radios so the 1/4 drive is useful.

 

[Retired dozer fixer]

What the hell is everyone’s problem with giant sockets on small drives? Just because someone makes a 2 foot 1/4” ratchet you think it’s going to work with 1/2” dr. range of sizes? Hell just get someone to make every size up to 4” and then you’ll be covered. I just don’t get it. I worked on heavy equipment for over 40 years and never needed or even wished for some of the **** some of you just can’t live without. I guess common sense doesn’t apply today. Fire away kids, I’m old but still got it

 

[dr_clyde]

What the hell is everyone’s problem with giant sockets on small drives? Just because someone makes a 2 foot 1/4” ratchet you think it’s going to work with 1/2” dr. range of sizes? Hell just get someone to make every size up to 4” and then you’ll be covered. I just don’t get it. I worked on heavy equipment for over 40 years and never needed or even wished for some of the **** some of you just can’t live without. I guess common sense doesn’t apply today. Fire away kids, I’m old but still got it

I don't see any issue with having options.

In a mobile setting, eliminating drive sizes saves a lot of weight. If I can get a wider range of sockets for a single ratchet, I'm into it.

Sometimes you need to use a specific size socket for a lower torque setting. For instance, I recently needed a 1-1/2" socket but in 3/8" drive because I needed to torque something that would have been at the bottom end of the torque range of 1/2" drive, but right in the butter zone for 3/8".

I also notice that lifetime trades people tend to view the world through their lens, and have a harder time seeing perspectives from other trades. Car mechanics don't see the point in SAE sockets, whereas they're indispensable in construction and industrial maintenance. Heavy equipment guys tend to see large fasteners as needing LOTS of torque, forgetting that plastic fasteners exist with big hex sizes but low torque settings or stuff like that.

YMMV, but that's my experience.

 

[zimman]

That’s pretty big for 1/4”. Might need to use an adapter. Torque on that fastener could be close to the limit of 1/4” drive. Good manufacturers don’t make sockets like that for a reason.

Way too big for that.
Zim

 

[Old Dude]

5/8 deep is useful for those large thin nuts (jam nut) that hold onto a potentiometer, panel mount indicators and fuse holders. As you can tell, I fiddle around with antique radios so the 1/4 drive is useful.

 

[NoahG]

5/8 deep is useful for those large thin nuts (jam nut) that hold onto a potentiometer, panel mount indicators and fuse holders. As you can tell, I fiddle around with antique radios so the 1/4 drive is useful.

I have some big fat ol’ Vaco and Walden nut drivers in 5/8” I reach for for those. Even in 1/4” drive I’d be worried I’d strip something.

 

[Old Dude]

I have some big fat ol’ Vaco and Walden nut drivers in 5/8” I reach for for those. Even in 1/4” drive I’d be worried I’d strip something.

I use a straight handle but sometimes you need the right angle to get up under a chassis.

 

[finn]

I profoundly seriously hope that's NOT why we're talking about this. The added pegs on Hanson rails have caused more trouble on this board. The solution are diagonals. Just cut them off and forget about it!

You beat me to it.

One snip…problem solved!