Turbo Sockets? (best, buy, driver, cost)

[burdell]

I need to remove a rounded nut in a tight location. I see listings for 'turbo sockets' in tool catalogs that seem to be made for that purpose. Anyone have experience with them, good bad, or indifferent?

[st33lcas3]

Good old turbo sockets, one of those tools you don't realize you need until you need it!

Irwin makes a good set. You can buy singles as you need them, but this set will get you started.

I've used them a few of times and they do work. You can use a ratchet or wrench to turn them, but I've found a manual impact driver works best. You need room to swing a hammer, but the combo of the impact and the teeth has never failed to work for me.

[ukrkoz]

This works fine for fraction of cost:

Grip-Tite 00111 SAE Super Socket Set, 7 Piece - Walmart.com

[burdell]

Well, I learned a lesson with this job. I should have done a search for 'tool for removing rounded nut' right from the start. This was a nut buried under the dash and having very limited access, a deep 'turbo' socket worked like a charm.

[thecoalman]

Quick tip on putting it back if it's hard to reach. Use an electric glue gun, glue it to a long screwdriver or whatever. Once you get it started the glue easily breaks plus you can re-glue it really quick if it breaks before you want it to. You can even glue it to the socket, wrench etc.

[irman]

Originally Posted by ukrkoz

This works fine for fraction of cost:

Grip-Tite 00111 SAE Super Socket Set, 7 Piece - Walmart.com

Fraction of what cost ?

[Electrician4you]

Those are great. I have a set of easy out on one dude and drill tip on the other. They are great on broken bolts