Socket set skips have caught up with me

[CJM8515]

you expected to remove it with that tiny makita impact and a corded older impact gun?


1. Buy yourself a heavy duty 1/2" cordless gun, milwaukee, dewalt, makita, hell even ryobi


2. in all my time working on anything and everything i cracked one chrome socket. if anything by the way people talk i shoulda shattered or broken chrome sockets dozens of times. I exclusively used them on a cordless 1/2 snap on impact back in the day for road service work.

 

[BrandoJames]

you expected to remove it with that tiny makita impact and a corded older impact gun? 1. Buy yourself a heavy duty 1/2" cordless gun, milwaukee, dewalt, makita, hell even ryobi.

Will an 18v/20v cordless gun have more power than a 110v corded gun? That’s not sarcasm—I always thought the advantage of cordless was portability, not power. I may not understand the underlying technical issues. I’ve read that amperage is more important than voltage in regard to power.

2. in all my time working on anything and everything i cracked one chrome socket. if anything by the way people talk i shoulda shattered or broken chrome sockets dozens of times. I exclusively used them on a cordless 1/2 snap on impact back in the day for road service work.

Understood, chrome on impact is probably low risk—but as others here have stated, why take a chance when impact sockets are so cheap.

 

[ecotec]

UPDATE: I finally got the clutch off my John Deere riding mower. I attached a couple of pix of the tools I used. I first tried using the Mac chrome 16mm socket with an impact. However, both of my impact guns failed to take it off: the smaller Makita 12v (in the pic), as well as “Big Nasty”— my corded, heavy 1/2” GM impact. Big Nasty was undefeated till yesterday. Fail!

So I sprayed the bolt down with Kroil and let it sit overnight. Sprayed more Kroil on it yesterday morning. Finally broke it loose with the hand tools in the photo: Matco 88 1/2” ratchet, cheap Duralast vice-grips, and the Mac 16mm chrome socket. After breaking it loose, I put the 16mm socket on the Makita gun and spun the bolt out quickly. As you can see in the second pic, I also had to loosen and yank up the steering column—all of this just to remove the traction/transmission belt. Ye Gods, that was a gut buster—I’m sore all over this morning. I’ll pick up a new belt tomorrow (Monday). I also ordered three Tekton impact sockets (16mm, 18mm, 20mm) to fill the skips in my impact set. Thanks for the help.

While it would probably be an expensive option, there are 16mm crank bolt sockets. I have never actually seen one with my own eyes, I have seen one on the internet. The one I saw was priced in British Pounds, so I assume that it is for a very small European car. The smallest one that I own is 17mm.

 

[CJM8515]

Will an 18v/20v cordless gun have more power than a 110v corded gun? That’s not sarcasm—I always thought the advantage of cordless was portability, not power. I may not understand the underlying technical issues. I’ve read that amperage is more important than voltage in regard to power.



Understood, chrome on impact is probably low risk—but as others here have stated, why take a chance when impact sockets are so cheap.

The better ones put out about 500-600 foot pounds of torque.

 

[Downwindtracker 2]

With that much struggle, I'm sure you don't have much luv for that machine.

 

[MJO]

I've got MAC metric impacts, 3/8" drive that have no skips, the 1/2" drive have several skips in deep and shallow, I filled them in with Armstrong from Cripe Dist. on ebay. I also bought a few extra in the popular sizes for spare, the price was real good when I asked for combined shipping.

 

[Jersey Drew]

Will an 18v/20v cordless gun have more power than a 110v corded gun? That’s not sarcasm—I always thought the advantage of cordless was portability, not power. I may not understand the underlying technical issues. I’ve read that amperage is more important than voltage in regard to power.

Today’s cordless power tools or equivalent or better than even air tools. That being said they are not a cheap investment. They can be very portable and very strong, but batteries die (although they don’t die that quickly anymore). And at least milwaukee offers a quick charger. Once you get into a system. Then you will have plenty of batteries and tools to swap back-and-forth with

 

[BrandoJames]

With that much struggle, I'm sure you don't have much luv for that machine.

It’s a 2007 John Deere LA130 with a 48” cut; engine is Briggs & Stratton 22HP. I bought it new 14 years ago. It’s seen better days— the engine has lost some compression & the mower deck has a huge gash. But it still does the job on my two acres.

I’ve replaced most of the serviceable parts: blades & mower belt every year; oil, oil filter, air filter every year; replaced every pulley on the mower deck; spark plugs, fuel filter, battery & cables, and now transmission belt. I always think: let me get one more year out of the old girl, lol.