From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
>a 12 point
>will ruin the nut before it breaks
Nonsense. I have broken many 12-point-sockets in my time. If what you say
were true, it would be impossible to break a 12-point socket.
Sometimes the 12-point socket ruins the nut. Sometimes the 12-point socket
breaks.
When I am working on an old car, I always am happiest when confronted with a
nut-bolt where I can reach one end with a 6-point box wrench and one end
with an impact six-point on my 18-inch breaker bar. Then I know that
ruining the hexes is not an issue. The fastener will either unscrew or
break. In either case, I'm happy.
What gives me the sweats is a bolt threaded into the car in a place
difficult to reach. I think most of us have exercised our vocabularies in
that situation.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Chev Suburban
LOON, MAC
pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
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