Roger Bolick writes >
>Many of the filler plug holes or heads are 1/4", 3/8", or
>1/2" square... so use your short socket extension turned
>one way or the other.
When you need to use a socket backwards, you can attach it to your ratchet by
using a piece of hex to link it to another socket of the same size. I had a
variation on this on my Rabbit. I wanted to torque the head, but found the
head bolts were 10mm socket heads. I do not have a have a 10mm hex driver in
my socket drawer, and could not scrounge one. I took a Sears 10mm "Allen"
wrench and hacksawed about 1" off the long end. I stuck this stub into a 10mm
socket and used that to torque the head bolts.
>TR6 rear brake adjustment is just a 1/4" socket extension
>used backwards with an adjustable wrench on the other end.
Some cars don't give you this kind of room to work. Also, a straight box
wrench does not give you force vectors in odd angles to the work. When you are
dealing with a stubborn LBC, that can make the difference. But where do you
get square box wrenchs? Refrigeration technicians use them. I picked up
one at a local serious tool store. Saved me a lot of problems on the
Midget. I expect to use it in the Lotus, too.
Phil Ethier, THE RIGHT LINE, 672 Orleans Street, Saint Paul, MN 55107-2676
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