tekton impact sockets
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lightning02
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i have them. love them. no skip. never gave me a problem. they come in a real nice case too. great CS as well.
Buckgnarly
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I have the jumbo SAE set. Good Taiwan quality.
619DioFan
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I have multiple sets in metric and standard. like the fact they don't skip sizes. very well made IMO. No problems with them at all.
Ign
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I've got the 3/8" drive. I like them, would recommend.
jsharpphoto
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I have the SAE 3/8 set, but the metrics are Sunex. They aren't "the same", for sure, but they are equal in quality as far as I can tell. If i had it to do over again, i would have just gotten all tektons, because of their customer service.
xbeatles4x
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I bought them off of amazon and for my use they work fantastic. I also like the hard case them come in should I need to take my 2763 or my 2654 on the road with me.
RedneckWelder
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One of our guys had one shatter on him. Thankfully no injuries. Other than that one he's fairly happy with his sets.
rice rocket
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They aren't the same. Sunex are all chromoly, Tektons are chrome vanadium. Chromoly is much less likely to shatter.
Get the HF Pro sockets if you don't want to pony up for the Sunex, which are pretty affordable as is.
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woodstockva
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Here is a review I did on them....I like them a lot.
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Purchase link?
nicksnothereman
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In 1/2" should be okay. Depends on torque though. Truck might be potentially dicey but cars...nah. But, if you can choose (cost wise) between crmo and crv you get crmo.
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SMKS
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As noted above, the Tekton impacts are CR-V.
I personally believe there are better choices than Tekton for impact sockets. They're not worth the price since they're CR-V, in my opinion.
I personally believe there are better choices than Tekton for impact sockets. They're not worth the price since they're CR-V, in my opinion.
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Dave.R
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There is just as much to be said about the hardened/ductile properties of the steel as the actually alloy base. Both having strengths and weaknesses.
While I can't get into exact metallurgy of these sockets, what I can tell you is that I rarely hear about these splitting or wearing out. There are High carbon steel sets that are better suited for light home use, but that is a different tier all together.
Most of the results I see on GJ seem to be when someone owns them, they are pretty happy with them. Dan did a pretty good review above that I'd recommend checking out.
And if you ever have trouble with them, you could contact me here, or email me direct.
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While I can't get into exact metallurgy of these sockets, what I can tell you is that I rarely hear about these splitting or wearing out. There are High carbon steel sets that are better suited for light home use, but that is a different tier all together.
Most of the results I see on GJ seem to be when someone owns them, they are pretty happy with them. Dan did a pretty good review above that I'd recommend checking out.
And if you ever have trouble with them, you could contact me here, or email me direct.
Dave
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Astro_Pneumatic_Tools
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“Toughness” is normally used as a reference to the amount of impact fracture loading an alloy or any material can take. Resistance to fatigue loads can also be called “toughness”. In the context of sockets, both definitions apply here. With proper heat treatment, alloys like 4130 chrome moly, 5160 chrome-vanadium, or 300M steel are all very tough and miles ahead a standard carbon steel regardless of Rockwell rating. Although hardness can affect toughness, the composition of the material itself determines overall how tough it can be. Even within the same family of alloys, 4130 is much tougher than 4340 with the same attention paid to heat treatment.
Thus, while heat treatment process and final result are very important – starting with the right base alloy really frames the entire potential of the tool. For impact sockets, this usually means CroMo which will mar or gouge instead of shatter. The limiting factor here being how much material you’re playing with. On a thin wall you need the Vandium to pull off a thin (and thus necessitating: hard) wall. We pretty much always aim for CroMo (when we can afford the room).
Moreover, design is king. Something that you may prefer in a different alloy or heat treatment may be an amazing tool because of an intelligent design - and I (myself) give props to Tekton for releasing some great products lately.
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Thus, while heat treatment process and final result are very important – starting with the right base alloy really frames the entire potential of the tool. For impact sockets, this usually means CroMo which will mar or gouge instead of shatter. The limiting factor here being how much material you’re playing with. On a thin wall you need the Vandium to pull off a thin (and thus necessitating: hard) wall. We pretty much always aim for CroMo (when we can afford the room).
Moreover, design is king. Something that you may prefer in a different alloy or heat treatment may be an amazing tool because of an intelligent design - and I (myself) give props to Tekton for releasing some great products lately.
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I have used both types of impact sockets Cro-Mo and CRV and still have a set of CRV impacts that I abused for over 10 years daily in the auto shop.
I currently have the full lineup of the Pitt Pro Impacts and am dissappointed in the size skipping, and lack of case. So i will be buying the Tekton set soon.
I am gonna look thru the Tekton lineup and determine what is the best choice or choices of sets that will provide me with the sockets I am looking for.
I currently have the full lineup of the Pitt Pro Impacts and am dissappointed in the size skipping, and lack of case. So i will be buying the Tekton set soon.
I am gonna look thru the Tekton lineup and determine what is the best choice or choices of sets that will provide me with the sockets I am looking for.
Kirbot
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Aside from a lot of hearsay, has anybody ACTUALLY found Cr-V impact sockets to break any more often than Cr-Mo?
Mine have been fine with some pretty hard use on a 1/2" earthquake gun, but I don't use them every day.
Mine have been fine with some pretty hard use on a 1/2" earthquake gun, but I don't use them every day.
I will take a picture of a set of CRV Impact sockets that I still own after 10 years plus of abusing them in a professional environment.
I currently have Cro-Mo and CRV sets of impacts that I use. I am not biased to either one really.
MrAperture
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I have:
3/8 Deep SAE & Metric 12 points impact socket
3/8 Shallow SAE & Metric 12 points impact socket
1/2 Deep SAE & Metric 12 points impact socket
1/2 Shallow SAE & Metric in both 12 points impact socket
Only complaint is that its actually missing some size in the 1/2 metric, deep and shallow 12 points. it misses 10mm 16mm 20mm 23mm 25mm.
Outside of that, they are great, never had any problems and they fit nice on hansen trays.
3/8 Deep SAE & Metric 12 points impact socket
3/8 Shallow SAE & Metric 12 points impact socket
1/2 Deep SAE & Metric 12 points impact socket
1/2 Shallow SAE & Metric in both 12 points impact socket
Only complaint is that its actually missing some size in the 1/2 metric, deep and shallow 12 points. it misses 10mm 16mm 20mm 23mm 25mm.
Outside of that, they are great, never had any problems and they fit nice on hansen trays.
rice rocket
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Yep, easy. Split every single one that I used more than once (17, 19, 21) that came with my Campbell Hausfeld starter kit. And a few of the Cr-V HF impact sockets as well.
If I bought the chromoly sockets to begin with, I would have probably saved those $50. Oh well, live and learn.
Ironic, the CRV set I used for over 10 years was in fact a Campbell Hausfeld set. Guess it goes to show how everyone has different experiences with tools.
Have you had these long enough to get some use out of them?
SASORacing
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I bought some on Amazon i think for cheap. I got a shallow set in SAE which i hardly ever use. Metric or DIE haha!!!
You must have the 1/2 drive Pittsburghs, they dont make the 3/8 in Cro Mo in Pittsburgh brand. I could be wrong, I was once before, but that was a mistake
SASORacing
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I thought id add this, I would never use these sockets as my everyday most common used sockets. Like 3/8 metric... Because these are WAYYY to thick, no finesse, and dont feel good in the hand. imo.
MrAperture
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In all honesty, I'v used couple of them but I havent used em extensivly enough to say they are **** or amazing. They are 12 points impact thin walls, I feel like they could break on 600ft/lb + air impact, then again, they are thin walls, so not much is expected. But if you need a good set of 12 points and are thougher than regular chrome. I would say its a good bang for your buck. Like I said, I'v wrench a little with em and never had any issues.
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Dave.R
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I haven't swapped out a 12 point yet, and rarely hear problems with the 6 points.
Using these on an impact, you should never have an issue. Now a hand tool, maybe. People tend to forget that impacts are really geared for the on/off blows of a gun, not the straining force of a hand tool. It's easy to think, "Impact, well that must be heavier duty if it can take a gun." But it is a whole different kind of stress.
Sure they will do it, but when it comes to hand tools, I'd rather use a chrome socket that is thinner and harder. For things like reducers an impact grade will generally fail at a considerably lower torque value when driven by hand.
That is where you get your twisting/tearing. Almost anytime someone contacts us with a broken impact reducer it was being used on a breaker bar instead of a gun.
But being a Michigan guy, I try to avoid 12 points on 6 point fasteners. I do have a 12 point set for the occasional 12 pt fastener, but nothing beats a 6 pt impact on a rusty Michigan 6 point bolt. Nothing shreds rusty corners quite like a 12 pt impact socket on an IR gun.
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G1GRANDEUR
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I noticed that, they have CR-V and Carbon steel impact socket.
Carbon steel version is bit cheaper.
Carbon steel version is bit cheaper.
I recieved the last set I was waiting on this afternoon, I wanted a very specific range of sockets so I chose to buy the individual, most complete sets Tekton offered. I wanted 3/8 deep and shallow for use with my air ratchet and 3/8 impact gun, and a full set of 1/2 drive deep wells that covered sizing all the way to 1 1/2 inch (commonly found in Harley Davidson Transmissions) Most manufacturers require you to jump to 3/4 drive for this size, which I had no desire to do. I had one small issue with a case being damaged that Dave promptly replied about. ( I havent recieved the replacement case yet) and one of my sockets had some rust/coating issue that I will be contacting Dave about.
I ended up with the following sets 47920,47925,47910,47915,4880,4885,4886, these are all 6 points.
I ended up with the following sets 47920,47925,47910,47915,4880,4885,4886, these are all 6 points.
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Dave.R
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Case order is in. Just shot you an email on the socket. If you can reply with some pictures, I can probably get that sorted out too.
Thanks,
Dave
Thanks,
Dave
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Sure will Dave, no problem. I wanted to get all of the sets I ordered in my hands before I brought the socket issue up. Just so I could look over them all first.
I appreciate the customer service 