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To be honest, I probably couldnt tell the difference between the 2 processes. Obviously, going in is not a problem either way because Tq on spark plug installation is low. With just a touch of anti-sieze mine usually come out easily too. I would think that even a cheap socket would work as long as it is not defective. That said, I dont think the racing beat one is cheap, BECAUSE IT NOW COSTS $132 !!!??? I think I paid $20 for it years ago:
Maybe somewhere else cheaper?
Dave Leonard
Thanks guys. I’m thinking I’ll purchase a thin wall socket. I was wondering how they make those sockets. Are some forged vs a cheaper casting process? We ground down a socket a few times but they have tended to just break out.
Cheers
Steve Izett
Racing Beat sells a socket that has been working well for me.
Dave Leonard
I screwed old plugs in, to protect the
threads & keep the trash out, and ground off the eyebrows
using an angle grinder.
Anyone ever seen the 'why' of the eyebrows being cast on the
housings? I was a little uncomfortable removing them without
knowing their original purpose.
Charlie
On 11/19/2021 12:05 PM, Steven W. Boese SBoese@uwyo.edu wrote:
Steve,
I chose to counterbore the spark plug holes to accept an
unmodified socket. A tool was made by installing a cutting bit
into an old lug nut machined to fit the original hole as a
guide.
Steve Boese
RV6A, 1986 13B NA,
RD1C, EC2
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Hi Guys
I’m using the NGK Iridium BR10EIX and had ground down a
socket, but it broke.
Have others:
1. Ground of the eyebrows?
2. Found a socket that’s perhaps forged instead of cast?
Whats the wisdom?
Thanks people.
Steve Izett
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