While we’re
discussing tools, can someone suggest a brand of spark plug socket that is
thin enough to use with anything other than the standard rotary spark plugs?
I tried the NGK Iridium plugs last weekend and had trouble getting a
socket that would tighten them the final 1/8 turn. Rather than grinding
down my current socket or modifying the rotor housings, I would like to
purchase a thin-walled socket. Any suggested sources?
Mark
S.
From: Rotary motors
in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Dale Rogers
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:28
AM
To: Rotary motors in
aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary]
Re: Flywheel nut
FWIW, Snap-On wrenches and sockets have offered that
same
feature - off-point bearing "flank drive" - for over 20 years.
Dale R.
Donald Willard Garrett wrote:
Years ago, I stayed up watching one of those
infomercial shows, and made what turned out to be my favorite tool purchase
ever. When they got stolen from my car, I bought the deluxe set, and like it
even better. Rather than turning the corners of the nut, they cam onto the
face, meaning:
1. each socket / wrench does both metric and the
nearest fraction of
an inch
2. you
can't strip a nut or bolt head with them
3. you can turn a nut or
bolt that's stripped almost round
Additionally, I've used (abused)
them with cheater bars, and am confident that anything I can get a socket on I
can either crack or twist off the bolt (like the head bolt on a Chevy
454--oops). I've pulled engines etc. foreign and domestic, and handed them
over on numerous occasions to jobsite crews when regular hex wrenches fail
(tool sacrifice--watched guys hang from them and hit them with hammers) with
zero failures.
There you have it, of all the tools I own, the only
ones I'd ever do a commercial for!
http://www.mitools.com/