i need a pin locking 1/4" extension

[humpdawg]

Friction ball lets go too easily. Collar lock extensions dont look practical to me.
I would think proto makes them but i cant find them on their site. Only hex to square drive.
Who makes such a thing?

 

[lauver]

Think industrial tools and brands. Proto, Blackhawk, and maybe Armstrong used to make them. I picked up some vintage Blackhawk 1/2" drive sockets recently that had pin locks on them.

 

[greasemonkey44]

wright

 

[humpdawg]

thanks, I'll check the proto book next time i see the mac man.
I only found the collar locking extensions on the wright site.

 

[greasemonkey44]

weird; did see the pin on a 1/2 not a 1/4 so maybe they dont offer it in that size

 

[Charles (in GA)]

You have to have sockets with holed drilled all the way thru from the outside to the square drive for pin type extensions/drives. Never seen 1/4" drive sockets with these holes in them.

Charles

 

[humpdawg]

I want the pin types just for my industrial magnetic snap on sockets. They have holes just like impact sockets. I hate dropping twenty something dollar sockets in doors.
proto more than likely has what i need, since I know they can make one.
I'm seeing if anyone went through the same dilema and had a part number readily available.

 

[Seanbev24]

I use the Blue Point collar locking 1/4" extensions with the magnetic sockets and my 1/4" impact swivel sockets. To me, there's nothing impractical about them. It's much quicker/easier to just pull back the collar then to stick a pick in the hole to release the pin. Plus, unlike pinned extensions, they also work with chrome sockets.

 

[dwm]

I have no problem using any of my locking collar extensions (SK, VIM, Link Tools) with sockets that have pin holes. Including the 1/4" Grey Pneumatic Duo-Sockets (which have detents in addition to pin holes). My favorites are the Link Tools extensions, but I got them for a song.