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I'm looking to buy a 1/2" socket set. After perusing the Teng Tools
catalogue I noticed they do sockets in 6 and 12 point varieties,
Bearing in mind it's for exclusive use on the bike, which should I go
for ? Oh, and what's the pro's/cons of each type ?
Thanks, Mike.
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You do not want a 1/2" drive socket set to work on a bike, mate. For
one thing, the ratchet head size will preclude access to a large
proportion of fasteners and for another, 1/2" sockets in 6mm and 8mm
sizes are awful clunky things.

Get a 3/8" set. It is cheaper (and cheaper to buy those odd sizes
that you _will_ need - and will cover any size that you can get in
1/2". Go for 6-point - 12-point is so old fashioned and far more
likely to slip off, or damage a stubborn fastener. Something that
advertises that it bears on the flats, rather than the points of the
hexagon is much preferable to a socket (or spanner, come to that)
bearing on the points of the hexagon.

I'd go for the biggest Halfords Pro set they do, with all the various
extension sizes, wobbly bits and universal joints. All the extra bits
are the ones that make working on a bike a pleasure rather than a
pain.

 

Seconded. Or at least just get a small set with larger sockets in, they
can be handy for engine mounts and wheel bolts.

Yes indeed, I never found a bi-hex socket any use, except to round off
things.

Or Sykes Pickavant, I have a set of those - lifetime warranty too.

If at all possible, look for the 'flank' drive design too, these have a
small circle cut out of each corner and help reduce rounding off.

 

http://www.serenco.co.uk/ have a vast range of Metrinch stuff and
they're really easy to deal with.

 

Already got a 3/8" set. It was mainly for the rear wheel spindle,
32mm. Maybe I'll just get a 32mm socket to go with the 1/2" torque
wrench I just got off ebay.

I'll go for the 6 point then. 12 points just looked so much more "high
tech" to me ;-) Do Teng socket bear on the flats ? Doesn't mention it
in the catalogue. I've had my Teng 3/8 set for 3 years now and its
been great

Once again ukrm saves me some money Thanks guys.
Mike.
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"Flank drive".

I'd attest to these; they fucking rock.

I have a mixture of sockets and whatnot; mainly 3/4" drive, then 3/8" and
finally, a few 1/2" mainly for the big stuff like Triumph single-sided
swinging-arm rear-wheel nuts...Bit redundant now...
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teng do combo sets with 1/4 , 3/8 and 1/2 inch alternatives if your budget
allows i would go for these gives your kit a bit of future proof use

 

If the 1/2" is for the "big stuff", wtff is the 3/4" for?
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I deliberately avoided use of that term as I assumed it to be a
trademark of Snap-On, Inc.

They do indeed - not just for corroded nuts either - they don't slip
off anything like as easily and don't mark up the fastener as badly as
the point-tearing-off types.

 

I use 3/8" gear for that too - a decent quality 'big' socket (like the
32mm 3/8") costs about a fiver.

Fearing teaching you to suck eggs, you do know not to use your torque
wrench to _un_do that big nut, don't you?

Teng kit is decent stuff. Dunno if they bear on the flats or the
points - if you look at the 'business end' of the socket and it has
what appears to be holes in the corners rather than a sharp corner,
yes. If it has a clearly-defined 60 degree angle, then it will bear
on the corners.

6-point kit is no higher or lower tech ime, but does a better job -
doesn't look as jewel-like in the box, is all.

 

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why?

(I think I know why, just want it confirmed...)

 

I doubt that you'll bent the wrench but you do stand a chance of buggering
up the springy ratchety bits inside.

 

Arse.

Perhaps I'll just stick to large, medium and small...

[slaps self round chops]

I'm a total fucking moron, aren't I?

I appear to have just invented an entirely new socket drive size.

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Ah. Not having ever used a torque wrench, I did not know that.
I tend to go for the "1 grunt, 2 grunt" technique...

 

[emerges]

[slaps other cheek]

*1/4"* drive and t'other way arou-- you fucking know what I mean, even if
I'm incapable of expressing it!
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|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
|Could be a cold-blooded killer. | and the instruction afterward."
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