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four point (square) sockets (and/or wrenches)

who makes them, who retails 'em?

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four point (square) sockets (and/or wrenches)

who makes them, who retails 'em?

A couple sets came with my Craftsman 900 pc set. I'd check your local Sears

They sell 8 point, not 4 point sockets, perhaps that is why you cant
find them.
Regards
Phredd


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four point (square) sockets (and/or wrenches)

who makes them, who retails 'em?


A couple sets came with my Craftsman 900 pc set. I'd check your local Sears

Fred May wrote:
They sell 8 point, not 4 point sockets, perhaps that is why you cant
find them.
Regards
Phredd


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four point (square) sockets (and/or wrenches)

who makes them, who retails 'em?



A couple sets came with my Craftsman 900 pc set. I'd check your local
Sears


Snap-on has them I got them as part of a set. never used them...
Michelle

Snap-on does indeed have them and they are 4 point (for those who insist
that they don't exist). I have used them for years to remove filler plugs on
manual transmissions and the like. Also work like a champ on square nuts
used for fences.

Dale Alexander

four point (square) sockets (and/or wrenches)

who makes them, who retails 'em?



A couple sets came with my Craftsman 900 pc set. I'd check your local
Sears


Snap-on has them I got them as part of a set. never used them...
Michelle

On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:04:44 GMT, Michelle
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Fred May wrote:
They sell 8 point, not 4 point sockets, perhaps that is why you cant
find them.
Regards
Phredd


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four point (square) sockets (and/or wrenches)

who makes them, who retails 'em?



A couple sets came with my Craftsman 900 pc set. I'd check your local
Sears


Snap-on has them I got them as part of a set. never used them...
Michelle

There were several sizes of square sockets supplied for adjusting
brakes - Lockheed or Girling IIRC. My old Mini required one of them.
Can't remember which other odball car I owned required another
(different sized). The 8 poit Craftsman sockets worked if the
adjusters were well lubed and not started to seize.

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They sell 8 point, not 4 point sockets, perhaps that is why you cant
find them.
Regards
Phredd


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four point (square) sockets (and/or wrenches)

who makes them, who retails 'em?

A couple sets came with my Craftsman 900 pc set. I'd check your local
Sears


Phredd sed: "perhaps that is why you cant find them"

Just like I said "A couple sets came with my Craftsman 900 pc set". Alex
seems to have the same set. Is there a problem?

This has been going on for so long that I can't resist a "tool gloat".
Two years ago I picked up at a fles market 3 new old stock 9 piece 1/2"
drive 8 popint socket sets for $25. Don't bother they are all gone
except for the one I kept.

Chuck P.

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This has been going on for so long that I can't resist a "tool gloat".
Two years ago I picked up at a fles market 3 new old stock 9 piece 1/2"
drive 8 popint socket sets for $25. Don't bother they are all gone
except for the one I kept.

Chuck P.

I ended up with a complete set of (as in every 8 point socket Craftsman
makes) many years ago now. I have them all together on one of those
'socket rail' gimmicks hanging way up on the back edge of the peg board.

I probably on average have a use for any of them every other year or so,
but can recall them 'saving the day' a few times... mostly dealing with
old square head lag bolts, and turning big 1/2" easy outs doing plumbing
work. A good friend/neighbor had borrowed and used them more than I
have, but doing the same kind of things. They're probably at least 30
plus years old now, and still look new...

The 'lead in chamfers' are a bit excessive on most of them... seems
every time I do use them I think I'd like to do something about that.

Erik

Many years ago, I bought a number of "square" sockets from Sear's
discount tool bin. I think I paid a quarter each for them. Don't have
the foggiest clue as to why I bought them - never have had a use for
them. I guess the price (cheap) and the tool-affliction I was born with
had something to do with it. Never have seen them since, although I
have never really looked. Don't really shop at Sears very much any more.