1/4" socket rail & sockets cheap @ screwshite £1.50

[UltraWomble]

Not really neede but ordered 2 sets as I keep losing 11mil and 14 mil sockets

[RustyNuts]

I'm confused... 1/4" sockets yet every car I've worked on has needed 1/2" sockets....

 

Someone tell me what all the excitement is about?

[Kiltox]

Depends what job you're doing - these are perfect for awkward things like timing covers, battery terminals, sensors etc

 

Used these today on my knackered C3 to get the engine bay fuse box out

[toejam]

They'll fit a 1" , 3/4"  , 1/2" and 3/8" drive too ,  if you so wish... with an adaptor  when you need 140ftlb on a 6mm bolt..

[steveo3002]

  On 24/09/2016 at 15:12, RustyNuts said:

I'm confused... 1/4" sockets yet every car I've worked on has needed 1/2" sockets....

 

Someone tell me what all the excitement is about?

keep your £1.49.... its a trick 

 

yes 1/2" drive is correct for speaker fixings and tail lamp nuts

[holbeck]

Just picked mine up, came out wondering why I only ordered 1 set when we all know they're going to disappear off the face of the Earth one by one.

[omegod]

Got my 4 today, gave two away immediately to mates 

[tooSavvy]

  On 24/09/2016 at 16:59, omegod said:

Got my 4 today, gave two away immediately to mates 

 

.... aye, sealed in a 'johhny' that'll keep the rust off

 

TS 'no mates'

[Six-cylinder]

I have just had two calls from Screwfix this morning, the first to say they could not fulfil my order and they would be refunding me.

 

The second just a couple of minutes later to say they had two there would send me and refund me the third of the three I had ordered. I complained I wanted three to spread the carriage costs and now they have refunded all the carriage costs! So if it goes to plan I will get two for £3.00 delivered!

[overrun]

  On 24/09/2016 at 15:19, toejam said:

They'll fit a 1" , 3/4"  , 1/2" and 3/8" drive too ,  if you so wish... with an adaptor  when you need 140ftlb on a 6mm bolt..

Sleeved with a trolley jack handle/scaffy bar or directly adapted up for an impact gun, too.

[fordperv]

picked my 2 up earlier from local screwfix while out and about with work so i didnt even use my petrol

[SiC]

Next thread on AS ...

 

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How do I remove this bastard bolt that I've rounded off with cheap sockets?? 

[Kiltox]

To be fair they are 6 point and seem pretty good to me

[fordperv]

  On 26/09/2016 at 16:05, SiC said:

Next thread on AS ...

 

 

we already know the answer is hammer a smaller one over it

[SiC]

  On 26/09/2016 at 16:54, fordperv said:

we already know the answer is hammer a smaller one over it

Is that why people are buying multiple sets?

 

I bought a set when they were £1.50 a couple of months ago. Not bad imo - similar to Aldi/Lidl tools. Also got the bigger set too.

[Jim Bell]

I bought 5. I dont need them but I really wanted to feel like I was taking part.

[Timewaster]

Sold out everywhere near me.

[tooSavvy]

... today I used my own set [not Lidl/Audi/Scarfux] but still couldn't get the ffinn door handle out....

 

 

TS

[Mally]

I only want them for jubilee clips. Will the impact gun stop them leaking?

[Jim Bell]

  On 26/09/2016 at 18:58, Timewaster said:

Sold out everywhere near me.

Pm me your address.

[toejam]

I have one of those Lidl sets , and bloody good they are too, apart from the plastic catches and hinges  breaking, allowing the 1/4 drive sockets to fall out and be lost.. . 

Knowing i had a new set , i plucked the remaining few sockets out and threw them in the bag of sundry tools 'cracked open the screwfix packet...only to find no 4.5mm or 5.5mm included.  .   and we can't have a gap can we?? 

Rummage in the bag found the pesky missing ones  ,  but do i ever need the 4.5 or 5.5mm anyway ?

 

Oh yes !! To hammer on a fooked 5mm and 6mm nut !!

[ruffgeezer]

Fuck flaps, all sold out anywhere I can think to try

[Kiltox]

  On 26/09/2016 at 21:24, ruffgeezer said:

Fuck flaps, all sold out anywhere I can think to try

PM me, can sort you out with one

[beko1987]

I reckon I know what alot of as secret Santa gifts will contain this year...

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Mind you, you need a bit of Brute Forcesyth to remove the fekking sockets from the clips. Almost had to use two hands!

[toejam]

I loathe the sort of packaging they came in !Cuts fingers so easily

[toejam]

  On 26/09/2016 at 21:24, ruffgeezer said:

Fuck flaps, all sold out anywhere I can think to try

He bought them all, blame him http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/forge-steel-11-piece-1-4-socket-set-/201673784178?hash=item2ef4b1bb72:g:cwkAAOSwLnBX4t7U

[robinmasters]

  On 24/09/2016 at 15:46, steveo3002 said:

keep your £1.49.... its a trick

Yup. There's always something better to spend £1.49 on.

 

 

That said, I bought three sets. And some 'Forge Steel' nylon tool folders I'll never use.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Last week I ordered two sets to be collected at my local store, still waiting a collection notification.....