source for a 3/8" drive 1-1/8" deep 6pt impact socket

[sherrod624]

I've searched everywhere and the biggest i can find is a 1". Anyone know of a brand, source, whatever for one?

 

[tshetter]

It has to be 3/8?

What is the usage?

 

[kwoswalt99]

you might have to use an adapter

 

[lightning02]

might want to make sure your 3/8s impact has the TQ to loosen/tighten a bolt that big with a socket that big on it before you buy.

 

[dutchgray]

I checked the Koken catalogue and they don't list one, makes me think it may not exist.
Use an adapter, the Grey Pneumatic ones are good, they add little length and have magnets to hold themselves on.

 

[kunkernator]

Sunex doesnt make one either .

 

[sherrod624]

I use 3/8 18volt brushless Milwaukee religiously for factory maint type work. I've tried it with an adapter and I don't like the slop that you get with an adapter. I feel the slop is hell on the anvil. I wouldn't be using it for high torque. I need it mainly for running take-up bearings up on conveyors and running motor bases in and out.

 

[bobcatdan]

Unless it is a speciality socket for an exact application, I doubt one exist. 1" is generally the max for 3/8" drive. I'd look at a better adaptors if you are unhappy with the one you have. They make a low profile adaptor to go from 3/8" drive to 1/2". The 3/8 female opening is in the 1/2" male so you have little more then a thumb wheel thickness between drive tool and socket.

 

[lightning02]

is it possible to make one? like tig weld the adapter to the socket so there is no slop? just an idea.

 

[kwoswalt99]

is it possible to make one? like tig weld the adapter to the socket so there is no slop? just an idea.

I hate it when people do that. If they were cheapos I wouldn't have any problem with it though.

 

[ChevyEFI]

Hmmph. I have a 27mm like that but that's too small.

 

[lightning02]

I hate it when people do that. If they were cheapos I wouldn't have any problem with it though.

i agree 100% but sometimes you need to make that one special tool

everyone needs a special tool in there life

 

[kwoswalt99]

i agree 100% but sometimes you need to make that one special tool

everyone needs a special tool in there life

Very true. I haven't found my better half tool yet.

 

[bigjeff94]

I also work industrial maintenance and my 3/8 Dewalt impact gets used a whole lot. But I haven't come across an 1 1/8 3/8 socket so the 1/2 gets used on them which kind of ducks because 1 1/8 is fairly common

 

[MDK22]

Put this reducing sleeve in a 1/2" Drive version and call it a day. http://www.gpsocket.com/products/product.phtml/1138RA/?popup=1

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Put this reducing sleeve in a 1/2" Drive version and call it a day. http://www.gpsocket.com/products/product.phtml/1138RA/?popup=1

I have those things. They FRIKIN ****!!!! Weakest magnets ever. A big socket falls off like nothing is there. They stay on the gun or ratchet just fine.

BUT, they are very strong. Buy one and TIG that sucker in.

 

[theoldwizard1]

If there is too much slop with the adapter, but some shim material. You can get cheap thin SS on eBay and cut it to size.

 

[KnurledNut]

If you could get by with a shallow socket for some applications, you could use a 3/8 drive 29 mm oil canister socket.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HI6KTA/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[jim faston]

If you could get by with a shallow socket for some applications, you could use a 3/8 drive 29 mm oil canister socket.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HI6KTA/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Probably not a good candidate--made of aluminum for non impact use with a max torque of 25 ft. lbs. They're also very shallow--around 11/16".

 

[popparoach]

Put this reducing sleeve in a 1/2" Drive version and call it a day. http://www.gpsocket.com/products/product.phtml/1138RA/?popup=1

The gp version of these have good magnets,the expert version **** though.

 

[JBradley500]

Wasn't there a thread on something very similar to this a month or two ago? Maybe an answer is in there.

 

[defektes]

Get an adapter with a pin anvil. 1 1/8 is very common size in industrial, would be very versatile to have a 3/8s.

However, I also work ind. maint and I almost never carry my 3/8s around anymore. I use my Dewalt impact with a 1/2 anvil but I have the QD impact driver.