TAP - A - SOCKET 5/16 SET K-D TOOLS 2510 2PC (LL0779-1)

[bubinga]

I guess this is for brake bleeder valves? Is the 5/16" very common? Guess it would work as an 8mm?

 

[cgrutt]

Thread pitch is typically not the same between metric and SAE fasteners despite nominal size being close.

ETA please disregard I mistakenly thought these were for cleaning up threads not "tapping" with a hammer lol. my bad

 

[engineer2]

I have that set. Should work nicely as a tight (7.938) 8mm.
Most older American car bleeders are 5/16".
Has anybody seen a tap-a-socket in 10 mm?

 

[bubinga]

I have that set. Should work nicely as a tight (7.938) 8mm.
Most older American car bleeders are 5/16".
Has anybody seen a tap-a-socket in 10 mm?

"10" That's what l need for my car! I'm looking for a 10 also!

@ All.................Do these work pretty well too?

 

[engineer2]

I did a quick Google search and nothing like that came up, just a bunch of Lisle "tap sockets", which is for thread-cutting taps.
Might have to sacrifice a regular 10 mm socket.

 

[RTM]

Thread pitch is typically not the same between metric and SAE fasteners despite nominal size being close.

Wrong kind of tap on your mind. This is the tap it with a hammer kind, not cutting threads.

 

[cgrutt]

Wrong kind of tap on your mind. This is the tap it with a hammer kind, not cutting threads.

Yeah I see that now my bad... I thought it was for cleaning up threads.

 

[bubinga]

I did a quick Google search and nothing like that came up, just a bunch of Lisle "tap sockets", which is for thread-cutting taps.
Might have to sacrifice a regular 10 mm socket.

Unless you weld a big nut on a socket?

 

[markhm]

I have them in 3/8" and 7/16". Bought them in early 1980's. Don't recall seeing 10mm at the time.

 

[engineer2]

Unless you weld a big nut on a socket?

Nah, wreck with vice-grips and a BFH.

 

[RTM]

Yeah I see that now my bad... I thought it was for cleaning up threads.

me too, initially

 

[bubinga]

ls a "Nanno" socket deep enough for a bleeder? Like an Astro"Nanno" socket set?

 

[Marvin Berry]

ls a "Nanno" socket deep enough for a bleeder? Like an Astro"Nanno" socket set?

They'd work on my Wrangler:

 

[bubinga]

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