Extra Long 10mm socket

[atomant48]

Anyone got links or recs for an extra long socket (10mm needed but I’d get a set if they were available).

Something like this

Snap-on Store

shop.snapon.com

But ideally a bit longer (say 150mm). Needs to be 1/4 drive.

Currently using an extension and normal socket but I specifically want a one piece solution. Price not too much of a factor.

 

[doubleboost]

Anyone got links or recs for an extra long socket (10mm needed but I’d get a set if they were available).

Something like this

Snap-on Store

shop.snapon.com

But ideally a bit longer (say 150mm). Needs to be 1/4 drive.

Currently using an extension and normal socket but I specifically want a one piece solution. Price not too much of a factor.

I would be able to make you one

 

[timgunn1962]

It's not pretty, but I've cut deep sockets in half and welded in bits of tubing to make custom extra-deep sockets for specific jobs. Using black impact sockets avoids any problems with the plating.

 

[jsf55]

Chop the head off a suitably sized cap screw and add a length of tube too it and weld a hex driver or square too the top

 

[voipio]

Are nut runners / spinners an option?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-63510-5-13-Spinner-Piece/dp/B0001K9YEM

 

[addjunkie]

Box spanner?

 

[Craig-SM]

Would a tube spanner do the trick, you can always extend them by fitting another over the end of the first

 

[Agroshield]

10mm A/F is normally used on M6 size.

The utility of any of the suggestions above will depend if the M6 is projecting 150mm above the 10mm A/F or not.

In other words, do you need depth to accommodate a projecting item or depth to provide reach?

You could JB Weld the extension into the socket to make the assembly as one - it would be more rigid than the current joint between extension and socket.

10mm A/F is used on tap securing nuts, and long box spanners are available in this size (look for 'monoblock tap spanner').

 

[atomant48]

10mm A/F is normally used on M6 size.

The utility of any of the suggestions above will depend if the M6 is projecting 150mm above the 10mm A/F or not.

In other words, do you need depth to accommodate a projecting item or depth to provide reach?

You could JB Weld the extension into the socket to make the assembly as one - it would be more rigid than the current joint between extension and socket.

10mm A/F is used on tap securing nuts, and long box spanners are available in this size (look for 'monoblock tap spanner').

Its depth to provide reach. The studs are only 10mm or so proud of the tightened nuts. You’re right about M6 - although these are M8 nuts with a smaller AF.

 

[Bornfree]

 

[qwakers]

A normal socket then with a cheap 150mm extension tack welded to it.

 

[RichardM]

Just get a locking extension, then you have the benefit of changing sockets as well.

 

[Morrisman]

It's not pretty, but I've cut deep sockets in half and welded in bits of tubing to make custom extra-deep sockets for specific jobs. Using black impact sockets avoids any problems with the plating.

I’ve done that to make a plug spanner for my BM bike. Actually welded a whole socket on each end.

 

[zzr1200]

120mm long

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BGS-9863-10-Socket-Hexagon-extra/dp/B07ZS5N64S/ref=asc_df_B07ZS5N64S?mcid=37417b047da438979228ba44a4b1e87b&th=1&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697268133095&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17488955722554760209&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046379&hvtargid=pla-907611679365&gad_source=1

 

[ndg]

I got a set of these in as part of a deal with a rolling workbench.
https://www.beta-tools.com/en/produ...wrenches-with-swivelling-hexagon-sockets.html

I didn't think they'd be much use, but find myself reaching for them first most of the time these days. They don't seem to have the draw backs of a flex joint connected to a socket and an extension and a ratchet, I guess because there aren't all of the joints. And they get your hands much further away from the job and out of harms way.

Not cheap mind.

 

[atomant48]

120mm long

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BGS-9863-10-Socket-Hexagon-extra/dp/B07ZS5N64S/ref=asc_df_B07ZS5N64S?mcid=37417b047da438979228ba44a4b1e87b&th=1&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697268133095&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17488955722554760209&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046379&hvtargid=pla-907611679365&gad_source=1

That’s pretty much what I’m after but that’s 3/8 drive

 

[atomant48]

I got a set of these in as part of a deal with a rolling workbench.
https://www.beta-tools.com/en/produ...wrenches-with-swivelling-hexagon-sockets.html

I didn't think they'd be much use, but find myself reaching for them first most of the time these days. They don't seem to have the draw backs of a flex joint connected to a socket and an extension and a ratchet, I guess because there aren't all of the joints. And they get your hands much further away from the job and out of harms way.

Not cheap mind.

I’ll be using this on a small impact wrench so it needs to be a socket.

 

[Robotstar5]

I’ve done that to make a plug spanner for my BM bike. Actually welded a whole socket on each end.

My DL650 came with a telescoping plug spanner due to how close the radiator was to the front cylinder.

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Anyone got links or recs for an extra long socket (10mm needed but I’d get a set if they were available).

Something like this

Snap-on Store

shop.snapon.com

But ideally a bit longer (say 150mm). Needs to be 1/4 drive.

Currently using an extension and normal socket but I specifically want a one piece solution. Price not too much of a factor.

If "price not too much of a factor" why not buy the Snap On version linked ?

 

[Morrisman]

My DL650 came with a telescoping plug spanner due to how close the radiator was to the front cylinder.

That could prove frustrating to someone who buys such a bike but doesn’t get the special plug spanner with it, trying to work out how to remove the plug.

Mind you, many modern bike require a partial strip down just to change plugs nowadays.