Gearwrench Socket Interior Finish Question (pic)

[HondaCBMan]

Removed. Because just use the tools.

 

[Stadger]

Picture won't show.

 

[PJNJ]

Maybe I'm blind, but it doesn't look too bad to me. See what it looks like after you use it for awhile.

Before I joined GJ, I never looked at the inside of my sockets. And now, after thinking about the concept of interior finish, I generally only look at the inside when I'm wiping grease and dirt out of them. Unless your new socket was full of rust/corrosion or deformed so it wouldn't work, I would just put it in the tool box.

 

[Widgeon]

Didn't you get them 50% off? Seems fine to me.

 

[yamaha0343]

There's nothing wrong with that socket.

 

[LXCam]

Seriously, go use your tool dude it'll be fine.

 

[davethorik]

The sky is falling!! My cheap sockets do not have mirror finish hex broach!!

 

[Tallpilot]

Try a dental pick or a very small wire brush with your favorite rust penetrant. If it’s just surface rust it should come off fairly easily. I am less tolerant of rust on my sockets than some people. Advance will probably replace it for you if they have a single; the call in warranty is hit or miss. They might just send you one or they might make you send that one in on your dime.

 

[rpcraft]

Unless you are taking your tools to the JPL lab to further progress on getting astronauts back into space I'd just take your tool and use it...

 

[yamaha0343]

Unless you are taking your tools to the JPL lab to further progress on getting astronauts back into space I'd just take your tool and use it...

 

[thesilverone]

pardon my language (but you're from the northeast)

just use the ******' socket

 

[mudflap]

I'm with the majority here...use it..if it breaks then take it back.

 

[HaroRider]

Dont use it, it will strip the bolt on contact.

 

[ineedtools]

The horror!

The sky is falling!! My cheap sockets do not have mirror finish hex broach!!

 

[Empty Pockets]

I'm with the majority here...use it..if it breaks then take it back.

I couldn't have said it better

 

[ChevyEFI]

The corporate mandate to cut back on use of silver paint cost ya.

 

[tarbellb]

Weird, looks like a picture of a sub $2 socket?

 

[Professional Tool User]

Just use the tool. You've got to have OCD to be that picky about finish. Anyone who uses their tools hard will know that a mirror chrome finish will scratch up sooner or later.

 

[cjarvis]

The corporate mandate to cut back on use of silver paint cost ya.

Apparently they were running low because the QC department was huffing it.