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BlakeTheCarGuy

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Auto Zone also has one lol. The Snap-on guy keeps trying to sell them and doesn’t understand why they aren’t selling lol I’m not paying that much for one but I’d buy from somewhere else. I didn’t see any in store last time I was there.
 
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My BMWs have a lot of 10mm nuts and bolts. But over they years I have accumulated enough sockets.
 
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Great idea! Sacrificial sockets! Throw one of these in the corner as an offering to appease the Tool Gods so they leave the good sockets alone.
I used to keep extra Golf balls in my bag to feed the Water Trap Monsters so they wouldn't take my ball in play.
 
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I understand why it's being offered - it's why I buy used Mac 10mm sockets on eBay. That deep universal is nice for studded fasteners. The euro / Japanese M6 is like our 1/4-20. Used for everything.
 
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Al Borland said:
Great idea! Sacrificial sockets! Throw one of these in the corner as an offering to appease the Tool Gods so they leave the good sockets alone.
I used to keep extra Golf balls in my bag to feed the Water Trap Monsters so they wouldn't take my ball in play.
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This is how I do it. On top of the 10mm sockets in sets… and I have a lot of sets… like a stupid amount of sets… I have 27 spare 10mm sockets. I have 12 tape measures… just in my garage. I have scissors every ******* where…

They don’t even try to run away… they know that there won’t be a search party.

Too much is never enough. My goal now is to displace all the foreign made 10mm sockets with USA 10mm sockets from estate and garage sales.
 
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ecotec said:
My goal now is to displace all the foreign made 10mm sockets with USA 10mm sockets from estate and garage sales.
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Maybe when I retire and am looking for things to do I will consider this….
 
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Fedwrench said:
I'm surprised Harbor Freight is this late to the party for this 10 mm rail set. :dunno: I think almost everyone offers a set like this and some like Gearwrench, offer them in other sizes like 12 & 14 mm.
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Surely 13mm would be more likely (standard for M8). 12mm is pretty obscure (usually japanese automotive or FE M8) and 14mm is usually pipework related (roughly equivalent to 9/16)…
 
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makes me want to book flights so i can go to HF and buy a set. previous trips have involved a visit to HF
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You can order a Gearwrench version for $15 more… and save thousands on travel and lodging…

They just opened a HF about a mile from my house. I went last week to buy SuperLube for my garage/estate sale ratchet finds.
 
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DAustin said:
You don't work on Japanese cars or bikes much do you?
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Not recently - used to have a Nissan that required regular trips to the breakers. Mostly german cars these days.
However, my point was that 13mm is a far more common size for M8 generally - 8mm, 10mm, 13mm, 17mm and 19mm being general standards for M5, M6, M8, M10 and M12 in Europe.
 
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Mcatch said:
Not recently - used to have a Nissan that required regular trips to the breakers. Mostly german cars these days.
However, my point was that 13mm is a far more common size for M8 generally - 8mm, 10mm, 13mm, 17mm and 19mm being general standards for M5, M6, M8, M10 and M12 in Europe.
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To work on anything in the USA you have to have every metric size, plus half sizes, plus SAE. :lol_hitti
But at least we dont have to fool with british standard or whitworth on a regular basis! :lol:
 
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Mcatch said:
Not recently - used to have a Nissan that required regular trips to the breakers. Mostly german cars these days.
However, my point was that 13mm is a far more common size for M8 generally - 8mm, 10mm, 13mm, 17mm and 19mm being general standards for M5, M6, M8, M10 and M12 in Europe.
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Here the only 13mm you find on Japanese cars and bikes are the ones you have replaced with ones you buy at a hardware store.
Japanese- 8,10,12,14,17,19,
European- 8,10,13,17,19,21
US- just roll out the whole damn box, because you'll find them all.
 
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DAustin said:
Here the only 13mm you find on Japanese cars and bikes are the ones you have replaced with ones you buy at a hardware store.
Japanese- 8,10,12,14,17,19,
European- 8,10,13,17,19,21
US- just roll out the whole damn box, because you'll find them all.
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Yea ain't that the truth. Or it's really odd like a 11mm drive with a torx center.

I have a chart of jis flange head vs non flanged and its pretty much keep everything (except an 11mm) for 90% of the jobs.
 
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It used to take 11mm and 14mm wrenches to adjust the clutch on old VW Beetle's. I remember using the 14mm on something on the Bug other than the adjuster but don't remember what it was. If I remember right the break bleeder bolt was a 7mm. But for most of the car you could get most things done with 8mm,10mm, and 13mm wrenches and sockets.
 
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Mcatch said:
Not recently - used to have a Nissan that required regular trips to the breakers. Mostly german cars these days.
However, my point was that 13mm is a far more common size for M8 generally - 8mm, 10mm, 13mm, 17mm and 19mm being general standards for M5, M6, M8, M10 and M12 in Europe.
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I work on Swedish cars with Japanese (AW) transmissions, there are no rules. I see everything but 11mm in practice.

As for this thread, what they should do is offer a single $50 10mm socket. You won't lose the $50 socket. Instead, stuff like hammers will start magically disappearing. ;)

-Ryan
 
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VolvoRyan said:
I work on Swedish cars with Japanese (AW) transmissions, there are no rules. I see everything but 11mm in practice.

As for this thread, what they should do is offer a single $50 10mm socket. You won't lose the $50 socket. Instead, stuff like hammers will start magically disappearing. ;)

-Ryan
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Don't give Snap-On any ideas. :cry:
 
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The thing is I do not think I ever misplaced a 10 MM but I have misplaced 13MM wrenches over the years. A year ago I was changing oil on my Chevy and dropped a plastic cap between the grille and radiator, no problem I reach in from underneath to retrieve the cap but hand first got a 1/4" Matco ratchet with a 10 MM on it, so I continued reaching in and pulled a Matco trim tool and finally found the plastic cap.

I only had my Chevy in the last 4 years in the dealership for warranty two times, free oil changes (2) and that's it. I know these tools came from the dealership and that a lube tech is the one to lose it. I pull the receipts and take the tools down to the dealership. I show the tools to the service writer and ask if any techs lost any tools. The attitude displayed by the service writer annoyed me as tools were left on my car and had been rattling around. Finally I just ask for the service manager show him the tools and he asked if they were mine. I said I do not own any Matco tools. So he goes through the receipts and determines the person in question had been fired and that since I found the tools he guess I got some new tools.
 
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Mikeske said:
The thing is I do not think I ever misplaced a 10 MM but I have misplaced 13MM wrenches over the years. A year ago I was changing oil on my Chevy and dropped a plastic cap between the grille and radiator, no problem I reach in from underneath to retrieve the cap but hand first got a 1/4" Matco ratchet with a 10 MM on it, so I continued reaching in and pulled a Matco trim tool and finally found the plastic cap.

I only had my Chevy in the last 4 years in the dealership for warranty two times, free oil changes (2) and that's it. I know these tools came from the dealership and that a lube tech is the one to lose it. I pull the receipts and take the tools down to the dealership. I show the tools to the service writer and ask if any techs lost any tools. The attitude displayed by the service writer annoyed me as tools were left on my car and had been rattling around. Finally I just ask for the service manager show him the tools and he asked if they were mine. I said I do not own any Matco tools. So he goes through the receipts and determines the person in question had been fired and that since I found the tools he guess I got some new tools.
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10mm sockets don't get misplaced. They're always down in the engine bay.
 
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The Carlyle look to be the best made sockets, especially the swivels. However, I feel like for the price, these sets get abused and then warrantied by most professional users.
 
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KnurledNut said:
I'll just leave this here:

1/4 10mm:
https://shop.snapon.com/product/Essential-Socket-Sets-(1-4")/8-pc-1-4"-Drive-Essential-10-mm-Socket-Set/108ES10MMY
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3/8 10mm:
https://shop.snapon.com/product/Essential-Socket-Sets-(3-8")/8-pc-3-8"-Drive-Essential-10-mm-Socket-Set/208ES10MMY
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For @Mcatch :hellobye::
3/8 13mm:
https://shop.snapon.com/product/Essential-Socket-Sets-(3-8")/8-pc-3-8"-Drive-Essential-13-mm-Socket-Set/208ES13MMY
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That's a lot of money to throw away every week.
 
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