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Re: Trick Irwin sockets WORK!

To: "philip ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Subject: Re: Trick Irwin sockets WORK!
From: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 11:37:47 -0400
On 4/7/06, philip ethier <pethier@isd.net> wrote:
>
> I was in Menard's a couple of weeks ago buying a new blade for my
> SkilSaw used in my ongoing kitchen remodel. I saw a display of the
> Irwin Bolt Extractor Sets. The promo cards claimed that they would
> work on rounded or painted-over nuts and bolt heads.


> The socket sucked itself onto the nut and hung on. I assauted that
> nut for about 15 minutes with the impact wrench and it finally came
> off. These things seem to be the real deal.

I've got a set, as well as a larger set for lug nuts.  They almost
always work.  Generally it takes longer to get the nut out of the
socket then it does to get it off the bolt.

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David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com




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