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The Shop
I mostly use one of these with 1/4 or 3/8 sockets.
I might be in the minority but when I take off things I use an electric impact wrench with sockets for 8/10/12.
Anyway, just a 4-way I put together with whatever 8mm, 10mm and 12mm was laying around.
Then the fourth part is a 3/8" male receiver to use an extension, Allen, Torx, 14mm or whatever.
The 8mm is a smaller, 1/4" drive because it seems like a lot of times, like on cases and stuff, clearance is tight.
It's a deep socket only because that's what was handy.
Size is just about right to reach most places but still be compact and you can spin it with one hand- once
you crack the bolt free, the end opposite bolt rests in your palm and you spin it with your fingers like a wing nut.
It's so frigging handy it's stupid.
One area it doesn't clear is fork lug bolts. I'll grab a ratchet for those
J/K, love custom tools!
Bro, I asked to please excuse the shitty welding!!! I think a Bic and
coat hanger would have been a step up! hahahah
Actually, maybe this will shame me into doing a better version.
Pit Row
Have always used t-bars for plastics, seats, clutch covers etc (anything easy access) and 1/4in drive ratchets for everything else besides engine mounts, axles etc.
Koken out of Japan. Doubt many here would have heard of them. Very hard to get.
T-handles work OK on stuff that is clean and new. But in the real world, a lot of equipment is dirty, rusty, and hardware is stripped...not too mention way over torqued. I never understood why factory mechanics used T-handles, different strokes I guess.
Fast forward a couple years and my snap on ratchets and power tools do the job just fine. And a bit quicker lol
You must be using the removable socket types which I also find clumsy, cumbersome and time consuming changing over sockets all the time when your doing a strip. Jap bike 8, 10 and 12mm single hex Tees and spanners on the bike bench plus larger sockets on ratchet for the larger stuff like axles and swingarm when needed. 13's also for KTM. Done.
Koken and Blue Point Tees come in single hex or 6 point just like sockets. They don't slip. just like a socket. And just as precise. And have plenty of leverage where you can get two hands on them unlike Motion Pro which are too short to spin or undo tight shit.
I don't do over 5 years old as you more often than not loose money or end in an argument for the said problems listed that need to be fixed on top of what you already quoted for.
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