Do they exist? i.e. = 1/4" drive to 3/4" drive adapter

[Mohawk Dave]

Disclaimer: This isn't for torqin' stuff like crazy...mainly assemble etc.

Reading on another thread about sometimes having to use big sockets, like 2", with a 1/4" ratchet...and AZ Catskinner was saying how he's had to do this with several adapters.

Do they make adapters that don't just go up/down 1 size, but go up/down several sizes?

I found these GP and Wera...but not really the same thing.

 

[Bigplum]

Wouldn't be hard to make though , get a couple of cheapo adapters or a 1/4 socket that just fits the recess of a 3/4 and weld it in , job done

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Wouldn't be hard to make though , get a couple of cheapo adapters or a 1/4 socket that just fits the recess of a 3/4 and weld it in , job done

lol. so simple. Tomorrow's project. Good call.

 

[Nexussian]

Not throwing stones, just curious, why do you need one unit?

What is wrong with stacking adapters?

I've been in that situation myself (needing to turn larger sockets with small ratchets) and I always seem to find a use for the separate adapters before I weld or braze them together.

 

[isr2kba]

I use the second stack pictured that I have under the blue point name for torque to turn applications with relative frequency. I've never had an issue with the magnetic stackable configuration.

The magnets are relatively weak though so if you had a tight quarters approach from above then I could see wanting a unitized adaptor to minimize the tool count and maybe hold things together more securely without tape etc.

 

[alex71]

just hold the socket with your hand if you don't need a lot of torque

 

[drabe7]

just hold the socket with your hand if you don't need a lot of torque

Sometimes grease, oil, etc. make that impossible or hard to do

 

[johninct]

A few years ago a member here posted (in jest) that he uses 3/4" drive for dash work. It was pretty funny!!!!!

 

[Harrison2]

A few years ago a member here posted (in jest) that he uses 3/4" drive for dash work. It was pretty funny!!!!!

would love to see that, have seen people having to use 3/4 impacts on lug nuts and suspension bolts (17mm) and had to use step downs.

 

[Buckgnarly]

OP, doing pinion bearing preload by chance?

 

[SCscoutguy]

Sometimes grease, oil, etc. make that impossible or hard to do

When I needed to do that exact thing I took a really wide large rubber band and put it around the socket and it worked fine.

 

[Peoria Man]

A few years ago a member here posted (in jest) that he uses 3/4" drive for dash work. It was pretty funny!!!!!

Never know when you might need a 3/4"-drive ratchet on a 5.5mm fastener...

 

[Loscaldazar]

Never know when you might need a 3/4"-drive ratchet on a 5.5mm fastener...

How am I supposed to fit it behind my dash with that many adapters on it?

 

[bcradio]

Nice bokeh

 

[Peoria Man]

How am I supposed to fit it behind my dash with that many adapters on it?

Or GM coil packs - the kind where the coils are down low just above the starter.

 

[A_Pmech]

The obsessive in me does not like that Peoria Man's adapters are not clocked so that the roll stamping on the adapters is all on the same side.

*Off to do a switchplate screw alignment audit.*

 

[UhOh_Gecko]

just hold the socket with your hand if you don't need a lot of torque

Ditto

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