WT Borrow 17mm socket 3/8 drive 1.25"-1.5" deep - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

Dean · 2009-11-14, 02:56 PM

Stupid Audi. Did I mention the impossible to get to when it is in the car nut below the rewelded cat? (Thanks again Scott by the way.)

Well, with a 3/8 17mm socket, universal joint, and very long wobble extension, you can turn it 2 click at a time

right up until you run out of socket depth on a standard socket as it bottoms out on the stud and it start slipping even after you back it out so just the square past the retaining ball is working...

A normal deep socket of course won't fit.

The alternative is a box wrench with a 90 degree bend 2-3" from the head that I could make work from the top.

Worst case, I guess I will go down to HF and get a deep I can cut off. WTF cuts forged and I think hardened socket steel?

F'ing Audi...

sperry · 2009-11-14, 06:07 PM

If a 90deg open ended wrench works, what about a 17mm crowsfoot?

Dean · 2009-11-14, 07:39 PM

It might. I don't recall what crows feet I have. My concern as with all open ends is rounding instead of tightening which would be not fun.

100_Percent_Juice · 2009-11-14, 09:02 PM

Can you get a ratcheting wrench in there?

Dean · 2009-11-14, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice

Can you get a ratcheting wrench in there?

Nope, not enough clearance. A box barely fits but won't move. A ratchet with maybe a 20mm head might and might turn a click, but all mine are larger than that.

Dean · 2009-11-15, 04:03 PM

Sockets are hard to cut, but not bad to grind. I now have a custom made 1.5" long 17mm 3/8 drive socket. The A4 is now back together and running great!

2009-11-14, 02:56 PM	#1
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	WT Borrow 17mm socket 3/8 drive 1.25"-1.5" deep Stupid Audi. Did I mention the impossible to get to when it is in the car nut below the rewelded cat? (Thanks again Scott by the way.) Well, with a 3/8 17mm socket, universal joint, and very long wobble extension, you can turn it 2 click at a time right up until you run out of socket depth on a standard socket as it bottoms out on the stud and it start slipping even after you back it out so just the square past the retaining ball is working... A normal deep socket of course won't fit. The alternative is a box wrench with a 90 degree bend 2-3" from the head that I could make work from the top. Worst case, I guess I will go down to HF and get a deep I can cut off. WTF cuts forged and I think hardened socket steel? F'ing Audi... __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2009-11-14, 06:07 PM	#2
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	If a 90deg open ended wrench works, what about a 17mm crowsfoot? __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2009-11-14, 07:39 PM	#3
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	It might. I don't recall what crows feet I have. My concern as with all open ends is rounding instead of tightening which would be not fun. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2009-11-14, 09:02 PM	#4
100_Percent_Juice (40 percent vodka) Real Name: Joel Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 4,446 Car: 2004WRX Class: Baby-Hauler/GroceryGetter	Can you get a ratcheting wrench in there? __________________ "A power nap is when you sleep on someone who is weaker than you." - Dimitri Martin

2009-11-15, 04:03 PM	#6
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Sockets are hard to cut, but not bad to grind. I now have a custom made 1.5" long 17mm 3/8 drive socket. The A4 is now back together and running great! __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...