While we’re discussing tools, can
someone suggest a brand of spark plug socket that is thin enough to use with anything
other than the standard rotary spark plugs? I tried the NGK Iridium plugs last
weekend and had trouble getting a socket that would tighten them the final 1/8
turn. Rather than grinding down my current socket or modifying the rotor
housings, I would like to purchase a thin-walled socket. Any suggested
sources?
Mark S.
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Dale Rogers
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006
10:28 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Flywheel
nut
FWIW, Snap-On wrenches and sockets have offered that
same
feature - off-point bearing "flank drive" - for over 20 years.
Dale R.
Donald Willard Garrett wrote:
Years ago, I stayed up watching one of those
infomercial shows, and made what turned out to be my favorite tool purchase
ever. When they got stolen from my car, I bought the deluxe set, and like it
even better. Rather than turning the corners of the nut, they cam onto the
face, meaning:
1. each socket / wrench does both metric and the nearest fraction of
an inch
2. you can't strip a nut or bolt head with them
3. you can turn a nut or bolt that's stripped almost round
Additionally, I've used (abused) them with cheater bars, and am confident that
anything I can get a socket on I can either crack or twist off the bolt (like
the head bolt on a Chevy 454--oops). I've pulled engines etc. foreign and
domestic, and handed them over on numerous occasions to jobsite crews when
regular hex wrenches fail (tool sacrifice--watched guys hang from them and hit
them with hammers) with zero failures.
There you have it, of all the tools I own, the only ones I'd ever do a
commercial for!
http://www.mitools.com/