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Halfords Pro - flank drive sockets :-(
britishtrident - 11/5/04 at 07:26 AM

I bought a set of these last year -- look great but useless from day one.

10mm socket is over size
13mm socket is so oversize it rattles around on a new bolt head..


James - 12/5/04 at 10:46 AM

Just out of interest- what's a "flank drive socket"?

Cheers,

James


timf - 12/5/04 at 11:44 AM

socket drives on the flats(flanks) of the nut not the corners see http://www.metrinch-tools.com/website/introductie.php?language=gb for better explanation and decent tools