Flip sockets?

[Zephyr]

I'm looking to build my box up little by little when I have extra cash. I currently use CMan impacts for removing lugs but am partial to the flip sockets I use at work from a co-workers box. The Cornwell set which is the most popular at my shop is about 70 bucks. However I was looking at other brands such as Ingersol Rand http://www.amazon.com/Ingersoll-Rand-SK4C3F-3-Piece-Service/dp/B000HGKR5K/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1326135009&sr=1-1 and Astro Pneumatic http://www.amazon.com/Astro-Pneumatic-78803-Protective-Sleeves/dp/B000LQJDNS/ref=sr_1_4?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1326133466&sr=1-4http://. Does anyone have any experience with either of these? If I'm not mistaken is the Astro set made in Taiwan?

 

[Wiggum]

If you like CMan....

http://www.craftsman.com/craftsman-5-pc-thinwall-flip-socket-set/p-00934917000P

 

[GoBlue]

I have the I.R set and am very happy with it. No issues after a couple of years of hard use in a shop invironment.

 

[Mr.Nutcase]

I use Matco flip sockets..

 

[G1GRANDEUR]

I have Blue-Point thin flip socket.

But I tend to use regular thin socket more.

 

[birdv]

Even the snap bluepoint on will crack overtime. I have a sunex set I really like.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Sunex

Looks like the Craftsman set but does not include 17mm and 22mm.

 

[punkenduro]

i have a gp flip socket for most the work, napa thin wall for those aftermarket wheels with small bores, and matco half size flips for stupid toyota and dodge lug nuts i come across. havent broke one, but i watch the tire guys in the shop go threw the blue points like crazy. the matco ones seam to be a bit stronger.

 

[chevy.stroker]

$12 at Harbor Freight
http://www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-1-2-half-inch-drive-lugnut-socket-set-93149.html

 

[mixxmstrmike]

That HF set is tough to beat, but I have a Sunex socket for my applications and have nothing but good things to say about it. My friend's tire shop uses the Sunex flip sockets without problems.

-Mike

 

[aussiek2000]

Sunex

Looks like the Craftsman set but does not include 17mm and 22mm.

I have 2 of that set.

 

[Original Man]

I use Matco flip sockets..

Same.

 

[BigAl62]

I use the IR set at work, many years and no problems.

 

[MAD]

The Craftsman flip sockets are the same as most of the truck brand flip sockets. If they are USA made, they likely were made by AJ Manufacturing.
http://www.ajmanufacturing.com/

 

[econoaddict]

$12 at Harbor Freight
http://www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-1-2-half-inch-drive-lugnut-socket-set-93149.html

I'll second this.
I have one set at the shop and another in my home garage.
Both get used often and have stood up well.

 

[Guns R Tools]

Cman 5 pc flip was same as Matco.

 

[shampoop]

Don't bother with normal "thin" flip sockets. Go "extra thin" or go home. Extra thin set and standard impact sockets and you're set.

 

[NJHandyGuy]

i gotta set of blue point i am in love with

 

[Even 11]

I have beaten the piss out of my HF set and use it regularly still. They work on nearly everything I can throw at them and I have the Sunex super thin set for the ones they wont touch.

-Dane

 

[browntown]

Hmm, now I gotta add something to my wishlist. Another tool I didn't know existed till I cam here. I think all my cars are 19mm though so maybe I'll just get a thin deep well for them.

 

[el tanque prohibido]

Flip sockets work best with the long 6" anvil type impact guns.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Flip sockets work best with the long 6" anvil type impact guns.

But most folks don't want the long anvil for general use.

The Sunex set comes with a 3" extension and works perfectly.

 

[el tanque prohibido]

But most folks don't want the long anvil for general use.

The Sunex set comes with a 3" extension and works perfectly.

That works fine until you go to flip the socket and the 3" extension comes off square drive with it.

 

[Chadwilliam1]

are flip sockets thin wall? I am looking at the snap on extra deep thin wall flip sockets my wifes car has 22 mm and mine are 21 mm and i can not get my sk sockets on there.

 

[chipper]

Can't beat the HF for the price I have them and have nothing bad to say about them...cro-moly too

 

[rtole]

I have the ir set, the extention and 19/21 get used as much as possible to save my others from wear. I use it all day. I got the set used, and it has held up great. It has been on my ir 2135 timax. It now is starting to lock on to lugnuts more than it used to.........gotta tap the socket on somthing to dislodge the lugnut. I dont know if a new one would be better or worse. For the use I have gotten out of it.......cant complain at all.

 

[Chadwilliam1]

I went ahead and bought

Snap on
SIMMF21A and SIMMF22A

 

[Mr.Nutcase]

I would get something I could warranty if need arises.
Talking about flip socket
I found the Sunnex TPMS flip socket helpful
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002YKRM5U/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

I have the Ingersoll Flip Socket set as well and they're quality. I like the small case it comes with as well as SAE & Metric. When i started in a shop i bought that kit along with an IR 2135 QtiMax and the oil/grease maintenance kit. Then i got sick of the flip socket and bought a set of shallow and deep metric impact sockets. It's good to bring to a road side repair but you'll want real sockets sooner than later.

 

[Sirnick]

The tire shop I worked at when I was a kid used Myers tire supply brand flip sockets. I am not sure who made them for Myers but I know they sure took a beating. Come to think of it, I never did see one crack or ware out. Maybe that was because they would all of a sudden vanish when the disgruntled road service tech (who was a relative of the owner) would have a tantrum.

 

[Chadwilliam1]

I had the big ingersoll rand impact socket set and they were nice but i wanted to complete the set and Iso I sold them and switched to SK.

 

[dankicksass]

Flip sockets work best with the long 6" anvil type impact guns.

Most long anvil impact wrenches are made too thick to use a 17/19mm flip socket. They won't fit into the 17mm end to engage.

 

[K-Dog]

I actually made my own.
One of the frame machines at work take two sizes of sockets to clamp a car.
I just welded two sockets back to back

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

I actually made my own.

One of the frame machines at work take two sizes of sockets to clamp a car.

I just welded two sockets back to back

Picture? I'd be interested to see it with the extension. Sounds cool!

 

[Toolhorder]

I have the Snap-on 19mm-21mm flip socket and whatever size the SAE flip socket is (see how much I use it) and before that I used a Cornwell 17mm-19mm which was ideal for Honda techs because before the 22mm lug nuts came out you could pull lug nuts off say an Accord, remove the wheel, flip the socket to 17mm side and take off a caliper pin to check the brakes quickly. Also most bolts on the suspensions were 17/19
Not so much anymore but it was nice for a the first 10-12 yrs.

 

[ChevyEFI]

does anyone offer a 19mm x 22mm besides Ko-Ken?

14118M Double Ended Wheel Nut Sockets 1/2"-6P 19x22mm.

 

[dankicksass]

The flip sockets you really need if you work in the industry are the failed lug cap removers. They come in 18.5/19.5, 21/21.5 and 22/22.5 for Ford, Dodge and other lugnuts with chrome tin caps that have become loose, damaged, rounded or lost. You can get them from Snap-On and various import companies, the set will run you about $200 from SO or $45 imported. It saves a ton of time over using fluted lugnut extractors.

 

[4x4gearhead]

I use a couple sunex ones that came in a set I bought when I started out. They have never broken. Thinking now, I dont believe Ive broken a single sunex socket in 8 yrs.

 

[n8n]

The flip sockets you really need if you work in the industry are the failed lug cap removers. They come in 18.5/19.5, 21/21.5 and 22/22.5 for Ford, Dodge and other lugnuts with chrome tin caps that have become loose, damaged, rounded or lost. You can get them from Snap-On and various import companies, the set will run you about $200 from SO or $45 imported. It saves a ton of time over using fluted lugnut extractors.

I've found that peeling those caps off and using a socket a size smaller (20mm on a 21mm hex lug nut) works fine.

A lot of the damage to those caps comes from using shallow broached impact sockets on lug nuts. Use a dedicated lug nut socket, not a Snap-On impact!

 

[dankicksass]

Yeah n8n, that sounds like it will work OK and all, but flat rate is flat rate. I don't have time to mess around, I use the easiest and fastest tool available.