Posted for John Cooper <snopercod@comporium.net>:

> Thanks for the tip, Peter. Will a 3/8" drive fit in there?
>
> Last week I ordered a used Snap-on Tools 1/4" Drive 3/8" Shallow Chrome
>Universal 12-point Socket
><http://store.snapon.com/Shallow-Universal-inches-chrome-Socket-Universal-Shallow-3-8-12-Point-P642235.aspx>on
>eBay to see if that will work. One really hates to grind down an expensive
>Snap-On tool, but I may have to do that.
>
> --John
>

[Here at Diemech we routinely fight a similar battle with bolts that need a thinned-down socket be used for service... we, too, used to use a Snap-On 12-point that we would turn down on the lathe in order to achieve the required clearance. Problem was that one of those sockets would only survive a single overhaul (sometimes, not even that), at which time a crack would develop somewhere and had to be replaced. At $20+/socket it started to add up. I switched us to $4/each impact sockets from McMaster Carr that would get the same thinning treatment, but found that they would survive multiple overhaul cycles before failing... haven't bought a Snap-On since. FWIW. <marv> ]

>> Snap-on makes a special little short universal in 3/8 drive the part number
>>is
>>
>>
>> FU-80-A
>>
>> here is one that you can see on ebay
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-8-Drive-Snap-On-USA-Swivel-Universal-Joint-/400614747335?pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&hash=item5d467fecc7&vxp=mtr
>>
>> with that universal you can use any socket you have
>>
>> when i discovered this tool, i bought two
>