You are saying what I said which is is don't reach for a 12 point use a 6
point!
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Phil Ethier wrote:
> From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
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> >a 12 point
> >will ruin the nut before it breaks
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> 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.
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> Sometimes the 12-point socket ruins the nut. Sometimes the 12-point socket
> breaks.
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> 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.
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> 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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