IRWIN Bolt Extractor Set, 13 Piece (54113)

So I have this old car its a Fiesta time to do the front brakes ordered all the parts all ready to go. Then the nitemare began! I turned the first caliper bolt. Nothing OH NO! Rounding it off! Stop try something else. I know Molegrips they worked for the brake lines! Nothing rounding off more! NO!!!! PANIC! I try all the other bolts one more this side one more near side (UK) THEY ALL CRACKED AND UNDONE Thank goodness so I replaced the brakes that side. But what the heck do I do about this one bolt? I go onto Youtube lots of guys saying stuff Amazon.... Then I read the reviews. There was this one review where he bought a cheaper thing with little wheels or cylinders or something inside and said.... This did not work and he bought this and it worked! I though well this is a very good make and £20 to undo a bolt is a lot! But without it no car! Maybe a £40 quid mechanic and at least after this was done I would own this tool for the future. I bought it. It arrived one sleepless night imagining drilling out the bolt and goodness knows what! I jack up the car after 3 days of WD40 soaking in and apply the 13mm grip socket to the nut. Doesnt seem to go on OH NO! Then I tap it on with a hammer until it is fully seated. I apply the breaker bar!............. CLICK!!!! Is it broken or undone? IT IS UNDONE!!!!!!! I continue with a ratchet until it is fully undone and it popped right off the bolt! ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU! You know that relief when you undo that stuck bolt? Who ever invented this just saved my life! When you do DIY and are stuck without a car and Amazon can come to the rescue like this as it is delivered no searching stores for the bolt gripper socket and also thank you to that one reviewer who said steer clear of the other stuff this is what works dont be a skinflint and pay the £20 bucks you will thank me in the long run! I THANK YOU! PS I have also seen Youtuber use this same bolt or nut gripper item and you can see the relief on their faces too LOL! JUST BUY IT SERIOUSLY JUST BUY IT! Compared to the REALLY expensive gripper spanners this is actually a bargain as long as you can get it over the thread part of a nut without fouling like only a little bit of bolt showing through the nut. Anyways thats my tale and its done time for a cuppa tea and relax!!! Thank you! IRWIN PS My Dad was a carpenter and sore by their saws he was right great firm great brand! Will shop again and for the Base pack of these so I have the Full set as they work! Am I gushing darn tooting right I am!!! So happy!!! LOL! !! LUL! PS I have all new bolts from FORD to replace the rounded ones and all the rest ;) :) Never wnat to be there again!

After struggling with a rounded allen key bumper retaining bolt for most of Sunday afternoon I opted to try this set instead of 1) welding a socket to the damned bolt or 2) Cutting the bumper off (obviously a dramatic, costly and last resort option) Now the allen key bolt has a round head instead of the usual hex type, so I was a bit worried that these wouldn't work, but the 1/2 inch one tapped onto the head snugly and within 10 seconds I had loosened and removed the offending bolt! Oh joy was mine and I even did a little victory jig on the spot, much to amusement of one of my nosy neighbours. In short these are essential for anyone doing home mechanical work and worth their weight in gold. It would be nice if the set was all in metric and consecutive sizes but the 1/2 inch did fit onto the 12mm bolt head with a gentle tap. I think the people complaining about this particular size of socket don't realise that these sockets should be very snug and require a tap with a hammer to bite into the head of any stuck bolt. I cannot recommend these sockets highly enough and every man should have a set. Buy them now!

An incredibly useful tool for any mechanic . I purchased this set solely for the 8mm which was not available in my usual brand (cheaper brand !). For those who haven’t used them, you basically tap them onto the head of a a bolt. The sharp tapered lining inside grips the bolt head and aids with extraction of a rounded bolt. Very fool proof and easy to use . Bonus is you can also use a spanner of wrench on the tool depending on the space absolve . This isn’t the cheapest set bjt is worth the money if you are in a fix. I can’t count the number of times this has saved me The only negative is that I am not sure it’s as good as other sets - as odd as thjs sounds , the metal is almost too hard and this sometimes prevents the tool from getting a good solid seat - my other sets feel a little softer and always adapt with ease and have still lasted years. Hopefully these will do the same with time

I had purchased these to try and free a seized and rounded oil sump bolt on my car (made from typical Ford cheese), and I'm so glad I did! I had tried everything at my disposal to undo the bolt: socket wrench, spanner, brute force, tightening first, WD40, tapping with a chisel, hammer; without any success. All of this was performed lying under the car jacked up on one side, so not a lot of room to work with. I had almost given up. The night before using this tool I had applied some proper penetrating oil, which may have helped, but nevertheless it was still effortless to finally remove the rounded bolt! I couldn't believe it! I had to tap the appropriate sized tool onto the bolt with a light hammer, which then had to be put into a vice to remove it. There wasn't even a mark on the tool when removed from the bolt, which is a testimony to its quality. I had also purchased the Irwin Bolt Grip Nut Remover Expansion Set (no box), which fits into the box that comes with this set, to provide additional sizes to work with, i.e. 3/8in, 7/16in, 1/2in, 9/16in and 5/8in + 5/16in, 10mm, 13mm, 11/16in and 3/4in. The total price I paid was £39.88, which is expensive, but this is a top quality set which (hopefully) has been a lifelong investment. Irwin Bolt Grip Nut Remover Expansion Set

recently had recalls fixed, by dealership ,and while they had it I had them do a multi-point inspection and rotate tires. after I got it back and with oil change due, I got out my romper room socket set and driver, plenty for suv oil change, to discover the plug would not budge. I do not use a lift, normally, so the room for gaining leverage is a challenge. I use or2, jeep quadra lift, to get some room, but it remains a minor hassle for the Normal oil change. being the 5th oil change for the vehicle, I was baffled by the stuck plug. with a husky torque wrench I torque it to the recommended 25lb ft, MAX. recommended is 20-25lb ft. for those familiar with 25lb ft, that is not so tight. again, the limited room for leverage left me to move to the, gulp, vice grips. until this battle, I had not lost to a stuck plug with my hefty vice grips. I knew that the move to vice grips meant the risk of ruining the bolt face, but I was confident given my history. 3 hours and scrapes and bruising latter, I am a beaten down romper room mechanic. my guess is that the dealership mechanic has the habit of ensuring everything tight during the inspection and who knows what torque used to ensure that. LOTS!! so, panic stricken, I rush to the web, having mangled the bolt, and soon find IRWIN bolt extractors. I ordered the 9pc w/one day. I was in the garage giving it another go after letting supercreep get after it all night when the package arrived. I was depressed and far from confident this product could do what I could not with vice grips. I could get the grip on this plug. The first choice one has with the extractor set is which socket. I first tried the one closest to the bolt size and though it griped, it did not work. I went to the next smaller size and had a devil of a time hammering it in, again with limited space to generate force. NOTE: I removed the shield to get more space for this next step, but it was still not much for hammering. I finally got the extractor socket all the way down, can get frustrating so stick with it, and tried again with the torque wrench. I finally got a nasty snap and shocked by the sound immediately thought the head ripped off and a new oil pan in my future. Then I Noticed the socket was still on the plug and the plug was free. I am still kind of not believing that I could not get this bolt off with the vice scrips and that this worked beyond that. I wrote all that, sorry, in part to show that sometimes even those who know better end up with a mess. For those wondering, I used a 13mm 6pt socket, but I had a difficult time keeping it on the bolt with the force required in that limited space. It was a mistake to move so quickly to the trusty vice grips--I should have removed the shield first, but that is not why I pose this review. This product works. A picture shows the oil plug and you can see the groves where the extractor socket digs in. Thank you, IRWIN!

We tried everything possible to get the Oil drain plug loss... we turned the plug so hard that the oil plug was stripped. We wanted to give up until we found out about Irwin Bolt Grip Remover set. It worked finally to get the plug out, by using the floor jack to put as much power possible on the plug :-) Thank you so much!

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Produto original ,muito bom e resistente e chegou antes do prazo 👍

Deze zijn in 3/8 dat was nergens te lezen. Heb de moer waarvoor ik ze kocht uiteindelijk weg geslepen.. dus deze werkten daar niet voor.