The BEST Internet Expert Advice I've Been Given
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Mike Pierson
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Wow, what sentence structure! The guy surely knows what he’s talking about. 
NPC 6060⁸42
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Yeah wouldn’t Mrs Grant (fourth grade English) have a conniption fit over that one?Wow, what sentence structure! The guy surely knows what he’s talking about.
DaJudge
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It is painful to read!Wow, what sentence structure! The guy surely knows what he’s talking about.
Disciple Off Road
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Who in the actually F told him that??LOL - welcome to the internet. A place where really bad information becomes gospel
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Okay, here's one that isn't a hater comment and the advice given is something that has merit but I gotta say, in all my years of turning wrenches, I have yet to experience a problem using regular sockets on an impact wrench.
Won't say that I'll never have a problem in the future though. Guess I've just been lucky so far.
Won't say that I'll never have a problem in the future though. Guess I've just been lucky so far.
LOL - glad to hear I'm not the only one and yes, the impact sockets can be difficult or impossible to use in some places.
NPC 6060⁸42
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Now I read on another forum that if you use any regular regular socket with an impact it will literally explode. I mean it has to be true since it’s on the internet.
jeeeep
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hmmm. I'd like to see that.
Guess I could test it out on the remaining regular sockets I haven't broken, there's got to be that "one" exploding socket in there.
semicolon
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The more I thought about this I’ve broken several ratchets and one or two breaker bars, but never a socket.
Mike Pierson
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I have to use a regular socket on my KMC lug nuts, the impact sockets are way too thick to fit in there. The only issue I’ve had is that the square hole is less square than it was when new. Lol
LOL - well duh! Everything said on the internet is true
Mike Pierson
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Holding up better than my craftsman I’d bet.I should note, the colored sockets that you see in the video... they're from Harbor Great
Now that I think about it, they’re over 20 years old
DirtHeadDavis
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I’ve broken both regular and impact sockets and while one is designed for increased strength over the other obviously, it’s just true that sometimes a thinner walled socket is needed like others have mentioned.