Who makes this tool?

[AJHD]

I was watching SMA's Prius subframe video and Eric showed this nifty "impact adapter" while removing bolts from the lower control arms.

Eric said he thinks it's made by SP Tools, but I can't find it. I'm not even sure what to call it either. Who makes this tool? Anyone have a link? I'd like to buy one.

 

[KnurledNut]

Schley Products
https://schleytools.com/products/2-piece-drive-extension-protectors-starter-kit
https://www.jerseydiscounttool.com/product-page/schley-2-piece-extension-protectors-essential-kit

 

[scooby074]

And here I am just beating on my unprotected extensions and sockets like some sort of savage...

 

[Old Man Roger]

I have a drawer so full of punches and drifts it’s probably my heaviest drawer.lol

 

[AJHD]

Schley Products
https://schleytools.com/products/2-piece-drive-extension-protectors-starter-kit
https://www.jerseydiscounttool.com/product-page/schley-2-piece-extension-protectors-essential-kit

Thank you. I think they're interesting. Definitely going to pick up a set.

 

[Fedwrench]

And here I am just beating on my unprotected extensions and sockets like some sort of savage...

I have more than a few extensions that are rough around the edges from pounding on them.

Cool Schley Tool but, I'm not sure if they're $45 worth of cool I'd like to see a 3/8 drive version.

 

[Qualitytools]

They are Cool but not for $45. Thanks for sharing and bringing it up.

 

[ybnormal]

for those looking to cut to the chase and see it in action, goto the 6m45sec mark

 

[d.mcfarland]

They are Cool but not for $45. Thanks for sharing and bringing it up.

This. They are very cool. The female end should be made out of brass or copper at that price though. I'm thinking replaceable tip basically.

Plenty of room in their example picture to just use the hammer normally. Doesn't look like it's lived a relaxed life anyways.

 

[Retired dozer fixer]

Why do you want to beat the hell out of expensive socket extensions when you already have a drawer full of punches??Don't see the need. I worked too hard to pay for these tools to just have some gimmicky gadget

 

[tyyost]

Why do you want to beat the hell out of expensive socket extensions when you already have a drawer full of punches??Don't see the need. I worked too hard to pay for these tools to just have some gimmicky gadget

My thought was that they were to protect my sockets and extensions from the hammer strikes, I’m in the rust belt to there are many times a hammer shows up to make sure the socket is seated fully before I start cranking on it.

I mushroomed the end of a Williams 6” extension on a job setting anchors for pallet racking by using my extension as a driver with the socket to work around the cross bars. I see the utility of these but not at the price point. But for a flat rate guy who needs to knock things around and works out of a cart it may make sense.

 

[rust in the eye]

And here I am just beating on my unprotected extensions and sockets like some sort of savage...

I have one that I've brutalized so badly it could no longer accept a ratchet. Need to get me some of these beatin' adapters.....UH, no, better than fifty clams to my door. Yikes! I'll just keep my sacrificial extensions. Good idea, too rich for my blood.

 

[tak1313]

PERSONALLY, I think I would just get a set of cheap impact extensions from HF just to wail on.

 

[scooby074]

Why do you want to beat the hell out of expensive socket extensions when you already have a drawer full of punches??Don't see the need. I worked too hard to pay for these tools to just have some gimmicky gadget

Here in the land of rust, beating a socket on is necessary sometimes.

 

[dogdog]

For the price of $5 this would make more senses

Square Drive Socket Caps, 3 Pc.

Amazing deals on this 3Pc Square Dr Socket Caps at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

I remember asking a similar tool here made for air hammers and used with a wrench and air hammer. Supposedly made by Macfools
Every time I say to get it with a 20% coupon. It I used somewhere else.

3/8 in. and 1/2 in. Bolt Breaker Set, 2 Piece

Amazing deals on this 3/8In, 1/2 In 2Pc Bolt Breaker Set at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

 

[2ndGearRubber]

Here in the land of rust, beating a socket on is necessary sometimes.

That was my thought. I hammer sockets onto things all the time, often with extensions connected.

 

[slowtwitch73]

Some sort of softer faced hammer

 

[DGersic]

That was my thought. I hammer sockets onto things all the time, often with extensions connected.

Hammer fit sockets, pick whatever is close enough. The fun starts after you remove whatever it is, assuming is doesn’t round off, or snap. Now it’s stuck in the socket.

 

[Beerhippie]

Hammer fit sockets, pick whatever is close enough. The fun starts after you remove whatever it is, assuming is doesn’t round off, or snap. Now it’s stuck in the socket.

It's much more fun when the fastener does snap off. Now you have the head stuck into the socket with nothing to grab onto. I've had to weld a stud onto such a stuck bolt head to salvage a socket once.

 

[WWheeler]

Here in the land of rust, beating a socket on is necessary sometimes.

That's where these shine ....

Astro 78311 11-Piece 3/8" Drive 1/2 Size Socket Set - 9.5-19.5mm for Undersized, Swollen or Damaged Hardware

Amazon.com

 

[bigfunwmu]

Looks like it would be handy for hammering allen sockets into crusty bolts.

At the same time, I bought one of the Trusty Cook slimline deadblow hammers to do exactly that.

 

[oldschoolcraft]

Isn't this just the same as an impact driver? Not to be mistaken for an electric impact driver.

The benefit of using one of these is it will also convert the percussive force of the hammer impact into a turning motion at the front of the driver. I have one in 1/2" drive. Never used it. Anytime the topic of these comes up anywhere here or on YouTube, everyone who has them says they never have used it. But we are all glad to have it. I guess. I got mine in 1/2 because I only run impact sockets in 1/2. And I got a 1/2 to 5/16" hex adapter to use impact rated 5/16" Phillips and flathead bits into.

 

[KnurledNut]

That male adaptor would be handy for smashing sacrificial sockets on lugnuts.

 

[Fedwrench]

I probably use larger sockets more as seal drivers with extensions attached than for nuts & bolts. Screwed up lug nuts as others mentioned would be a popular secondary mission.

 

[DGersic]

It's much more fun when the fastener does snap off. Now you have the head stuck into the socket with nothing to grab onto. I've had to weld a stud onto such a stuck bolt head to salvage a socket once.

An air hammer with a narrow chisel to fit through the 1/2” square opening works on bolts.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Isn't this just the same as an impact driver? Not to be mistaken for an electric impact driver.

The benefit of using one of these is it will also convert the percussive force of the hammer impact into a turning motion at the front of the driver. I have one in 1/2" drive. Never used it. Anytime the topic of these comes up anywhere here or on YouTube, everyone who has them says they never have used it. But we are all glad to have it. I guess. I got mine in 1/2 because I only run impact sockets in 1/2. And I got a 1/2 to 5/16" hex adapter to use impact rated 5/16" Phillips and flathead bits into.

Used the **** out of mine, back in the day, when I was doing a zillion brake jobs. Rarely use it anymore, but I have 2 just in case..lol

 

[Rinspeed]

PERSONALLY, I think I would just get a set of cheap impact extensions from HF just to wail on.

That's what I'm thinking as well.

 

[Buckgnarly]

Whailing does no good when you flatten the female end and can no loger put the ratchet or impact on it. I'll always say it living in the ****** rust belt, better to have and not need, than need and not have. It's all about options.

 

[bigfunwmu]

Isn't this just the same as an impact driver? Not to be mistaken for an electric impact driver.

The benefit of using one of these is it will also convert the percussive force of the hammer impact into a turning motion at the front of the driver. I have one in 1/2" drive. Never used it. Anytime the topic of these comes up anywhere here or on YouTube, everyone who has them says they never have used it. But we are all glad to have it. I guess. I got mine in 1/2 because I only run impact sockets in 1/2. And I got a 1/2 to 5/16" hex adapter to use impact rated 5/16" Phillips and flathead bits into.

Used these in 3/8 and 1/2 on a bunch on Torx and socket head bolts, not hex head bolts. The impact driver does great at breaking stuck **** loose. The thing from the OP is skinnier and doesn't give any turning force.

 

[Steve_P]

Whailing does no good when you flatten the female end and can no loger put the ratchet or impact on it. I'll always say it living in the ****** rust belt, better to have and not need, than need and not have. It's all about options.

True, but I think the counterpoint was that you can currently buy a set of 4 sacrificial HF impact extensions for <$10 just to use for hammering purposes; it won't look as cool but will do the same job for a fraction of the $.