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High clearance deep chrome sockets?

Stooge

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Time to buy new stuff:bounce:
I have limited chrome 1/2 sockets, most are Sk or craftsman since i have pretty good coverage in 1/2 impacts so I usually just reach for an impact. This morning I ran into an oil pressure sensor on a silverado that required a deep 27mm deep socket, my snap on and Sunex 27 mm impacts were too thick walled to clear and the broach on my deep chrome craftsman wouldn't clear the plastic sensor. I dug out an old snap on chrome out of my buddy's box and got the job done. Looking for suggestions for 1/2drive chrome that have the most clearance, can't quite swallow the snap on deep set price, although the Williams sets given in the catalog seem to have a pretty high working depth. Prefer US made but I'm open to any quality brand, not really looking at craftsman. Whatever it ends up being, I'll probably end up buying basic sets (10-15 piece) of metric and sae
 
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Gotmayhem

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Why not just buy the one 27mm socket from Snap On that you needed. Or just buy the set from Williams.
 

wafrederick

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Buy the special socket for the oil pressure sending unit,most auto parts stores sell them.This is what I use to remove and install oil pressure sending units
 
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Stooge

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Buy the special socket for the oil pressure sending unit,most auto parts stores sell them.This is what I use to remove and install oil pressure sending units

I mentioned the special socket to the kid at advance and he didnt know what i was looking for. checked the sensor fit in a socket and it fit fine, issue came up with how thick walled the sockets were and the depth to broach. I'll probably end up buying one just have at some point in the near future.
I might buy a few individual SO metric and a set of sae since i use them more than metrics on the cars i usually work on
 
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greasemonkey44

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yeah i just bought the socket from snapon a120 iirc
its a super deep 1 1/16" socket; paid for itself many many times now
 

rednotch

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for cheap and light duty I found duralast to be pretty damn thin walled and a deep broaching. No clue if they changed the source in the past 6 years though and its been a while since I turned wrenches in a shop. I picked up a few over years for stuff like this for at home use and pretty sure thats how I got a 27mm deep from them also.
 
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