smokyman13

god damnit, everytime I go to do something simple with my car, the very last bolt wont budge!!! I have sprayed wd 40 on it for 30 minutes and I have even been usin a pry bar for more leverage and all I am doing is slowly stripping the bolt...I stopped now because I don't wanna strip it...you think I would be able to take my car to a mechanic and maybe have them just pop it free for me? or you think someone would try to charge me? anyone got tips on how I can get this bolt off?

DanNY

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did you use metric socket? are the sockets made in US?

buy a few new nuts at the dealer then go to the mechanic. they have twist off sockets that'll remove messed up sockets.

smokyman13

took it to my cousin mechanic and had him bust out some big *** air wrench to get it off, took 30 secs....thanks tho...

Maxzilla91

yea, i nearly stripped one of my strut tower nuts when i put on my FSTB.. i was using a 12 point socket and stripped some corners off the nut, then i changed to a hex socket instead, and it was kinda hard to put onto the nut becase the corners are all messed up by the 12point. so i hammered it in and turned it with a foot long rachet and it came off...

everything else was fine after getting off that particular nut.

internetautomar

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12 point sockets are a waste of money in anything besides aerospace where they actually have 12 point fasteners.
I'm of the opinion that if you got a set of 12 points, you NEED to go buy a real socket set.

Mizeree_X

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Ironically, the Craftsman 14mm deep socket I bought was 12 point. I didn't even notice until after I bought it. Gross.

Jeff92se

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Just wait until you have to use a 8 point in a really tight spot with a ratchet or breaker bar. I prefer 8 points when I can use them but sometimes you can get the 8 point to clock right in order to turn it.

MrGone

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yeap. on my old maxima I had the same problem, but I drove to a friends house and used his air tools. hehe. The only problem was the bar was for a VG and wouldnt fit anyway lol. Haven't had the problem since on a bunch of cars, methinks its probably because I have good tools now

someone hasn't see the end caps on alot of v8 chebbies then eh?

I like 12pt's. I've never had a decent quality one strip a bolt and they are really handy in tight spots. I still use 6pts for the most part, but there isnt a reason to hate 12pts.

DanNY

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i'll use what's handy...i have both 6 and 12pts.

internetautomar

iTrader: (30)

don't recall seing an 8 point socket, in the snap-on / matco / mac catalogs
none of mine are 12 point.
ARP uses 12 point because their products are from an aerospace background.

MrGone

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No ARP no care

Maxzilla91

my set came with both hex and 12 points.. i just happened to use the 12 point to undo my other nuts with success before i ran into that tough one..