Craftsman/gearwrench pass through sockets

MarcusMcRae · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:43 pm

http://toolguyd.com/craftsman-max-axess ... d-sockets/

http://www.gearwrench.com/catalog/xl_pa ... art=891226

Anyone tried these yet?

JamesShort · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:44 pm

The latter works great on shock upper nuts

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MarcusMcRae · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:55 pm

JamesShort wrote:

The latter works great on shock upper nuts

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I started thinking about these when Matt and I were swapping his Si shocks. That's the only time I ever think about using them but after playing with these two kits I was thinkIng they might be helpful in other situations.

Do you find yourself using them for other stuff?

JamesShort · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:58 pm

Nope....only shocks.

Matt McGrain · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:02 pm

I could definitely see those being helpful, especially if your tinkering with different suspensions. Marcus, here's the 'bone' tool I was doing a bad job of describing. I picked one up for $15 from Sears to tighten up that front top nut on the side that was spinning.

MarcusMcRae · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:05 pm

Matt McGrain wrote:

I could definitely see those being helpful, especially if your tinkering with different suspensions. Marcus, here's the 'bone' tool I was doing a bad job of describing. I picked one up for $15 from Sears to tighten up that front top nut on the side that was spinning.

That worked well? Might ask for the max axess kit for my b day.

BretLuter · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:43 pm

I'm a bit of a tool geek, and definitely have a pretty big assortment of tools. I can't say I have a very strong desire to buy these pass-thru sockets, I just don't think they'd come in handy much, if at all.

Maybe if I was working on a giant erector set made with lots of long pieces of threaded rod- but otherwise, no.

I LOVE my gearwrenches, I think they'd do pretty much anything those pass-thru sockets would do.

As for the bone wrench, I think that might be a good "bare necessities" type tool, if you could only carry 2 or 3 different tools with you to do a job. I guess it would come in handy sometimes, but I wouldn't reach for it before my "normal" tools.

Steven Carter · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:06 pm

Harbor Freight has a pass-through set on sale for $25...Standard sizes through 19mm, also comes with SAE sockets. Since they aren't used very often, you'll probably get best value from a cheaper manufacturer. I picked up a set when I was over there getting a new jack, since I'll be removing the Bilsteins from the WRX and adding shocks to the S2000 in the near future. Sadly, I also couldn't resist the boroscope they had on sale as well....

http://www.harborfreight.com/21-piece-saemetric-go-thru-socket-set-67974.html

Jason Mauldin · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:10 pm

I had a set of these given to me. I didn't really care for them, and eventually gave them away to get them out of my toolbox.

I don't recall ever having a situation where I needed them.

RobLupella · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:25 pm

I have a Kobalt set I paid about $49 on the sale table. I use them occasionally. The are good when you don't have the right size deep well. The don't sub for a normal socket but they are useful.

clinehall · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:03 am

Steven Carter wrote:

Harbor Freight has a pass-through set on sale for $25...Standard sizes through 19mm, also comes with SAE sockets. Since they aren't used very often, you'll probably get best value from a cheaper manufacturer. I picked up a set when I was over there getting a new jack, since I'll be removing the Bilsteins from the WRX and adding shocks to the S2000 in the near future. Sadly, I also couldn't resist the boroscope they had on sale as well....

http://www.harborfreight.com/21-piece-saemetric-go-thru-socket-set-67974.html

Harbor Freight tools are the sluty girl of the tool world. The look ok but you are kind of embarrassed to be caught with them. IMHO.

Steven Carter · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:23 am

Wow....and he says that to a client, too.... :lol:

No need to spend big for a rarely used item.

Bernie Baake · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:22 am

I've had a set of these for about two years now, and they're not over worked. One of the biggest draw backs is the fact that the grearwrench ratchet presents a wider profile than a standard ratchet so it's not useable in tight spaces. A set of gear wrenches would be a better investment IMHO.

KouroshNeshat · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:45 am

ive got the gearwrench set as well.

i barely use them. i think the only time i do use them is if I cant find my everyday socket set.

i thought they would come in handy a lot. but ive used them as "pass through" probably twice, and that was because I was too lazy to use a normal wrench.

i also have gearwrench ratcheting wrenches, so that may be why I dont use these pass through sockets. I use my ratcheting wrenches everytime i work on a car.

clinehall · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:48 am

Steven Carter wrote:

Wow....and he says that to a client, too.... :lol:

No need to spend big for a rarely used item.

I didn't say anything was wrong with them, just there is a stigma associated with them. I have a friend married a girl of questionable (well not really questionable to those of us who were at those party's) past and they have been happily married for 20some years so it can work. I have some cheap tools that live in the drawer with craftsman and get along well.

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