Not what you are thinking ......

Have been trying a few car accessory shops up my neck of the woods to get a 18mm deep 3/8 socket neither of the shops have them including Halfords as for some reason an 18mm deep socket is not standard ... 17mm and 19mm galore but no 18's

Tried Amazon and Fleabay , but thats a 3-5 working day delivery , tried a couple of motor factors ... the same ...

Ah well looks like 3-5 days it is then ....

Mick, I'm with you. I'm finally getting my 18mm spanner into the non-shiny condition that my 17mm and 19mm ones are in with all the 18mm nuts & bolts on this crappy Skoda of mine.

Even the brake calipers on Wifey's XF seem to require a 9mm Allen key. Not the 7mm, 8mm or 10mm that come in every set ever made, no a 9mm one which nobody sells, not even the Snap-On van.

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JOKER wrote:

Not what you are thinking ......

Have been trying a few car accessory shops up my neck of the woods to get a 18mm deep 3/8 socket neither of the shops have them including Halfords as for some reason an 18mm deep socket is not standard ... 17mm and 19mm galore but no 18's

Cant you get the 19mm deep one and either..

a) stick a 1mm shim down the socket

or

b) Grind 1mm off the end?

WTF are you going to do with an 18mm deep 3/8 socket?

@ NDF .. Checked them out earlier they told me 3-5 days delivery .... needed asap

Anyhow , got one from a local tool store only to find out the depth of the deep socket is still too short for to tighten this specific bolt up ....

Aw f k

To put you in the picture


This is the Deep 18mm socket at its maximum reach , the hex nut you see has to be tight against the top of the bolt .....

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I'm intrigued Mick...what you trying to tighten up?  The forums premier drug dealer and human trafficking consultant


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Can't disclose that on here Jim ....

wackyjim wrote:

...what you trying to tighten up?

Well it's certainly not his nuts, no way are they big enough to fill an 18mm socket


I'll go out to the garage and have a look Mick, would a 1/2" drive be of any use if I have one? I can supply a 1/2" ratchet or breaker bar or T-bar also

My dad used to have a full set of box spanners that you could tighten up with a T bar, probably about as much help here as a chocolate fire guard though!

Cheers John , will let you know my Son is going to call up later with some concoction he has come up with regarding spanners ....

Should be fun , have to get this sorted before wifey comes back from holiday on Wednesday

This any good fannybaws?

18mm deep 1/2" drive socket

Can supply the following to fit it
Ratchet
Breakerbar
T-Bar
Impact wrench
Torque wrench
and possibly a few more bits and pieces

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I'm just wondering if the extending wheel brace doesn't have an 18mm end? Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
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