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Date:         Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:15:56 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: broken sockets
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>>  Another of these I stripped completely on a
>>Honda motorcycle 8mm-head crankcase cover bolt! When i hit the stripped
>>socket with a hammer it squashed it!
>         Flattened?  In a lump?  ha ha ha!  LOL
>thats hilarious!
>hkd




Yeah, flat. Great quality, huh? At the time I didn't have an 8mm socket, so
borrowed this one. I had thought it had stripped the bolthead corners, as
these bolts are notoriously soft, but no, it was the socket which failed.
About as hard as cream-cheese.


Needless to say these days I make sure I have the right tools, of at least
decent quality.


Andrew
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