Hi Everyone,

I am having trouble at the moment trying to tighten up a 7mm hex screw on a "jubilee clip" in a very tight area. The problem is that due to the angle the socket keeps slipping off the screw. I have been trying to find a 7mm hex socket with a swiveling ball joint without much luck.

Anyone have any ideas where i could find one of these? And what sort of price i would be looking at paying?

Thanks,
Tom

googled "flexible spanner/socket and got

http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en& ... CC4QzAMwAg

http://www.supaprice.co.uk/p/result.jsp ... ible+drive

any good

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Due to the situation its in, i have actually got the tool which is something like a wrench, but you twist it instead. The area im working in is a pipe about 8" wide, and 2ft deep, so you can't use a traditional wrench. The angle on the tool i have is just not quite enough which is why im just after the socket.

I have found something like what i would need made by Snap-On but the smallest size they do is a 10mm.

do they do it in a 1/4th drive ??

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/Search_Keyword.asp

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Just saw this on sale at Lidl next Thursday:
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl ... _15485.htm
Don't know if of any use but have a look.

dave

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I have found a 7mm socket (IPTMM7) but it doesn't say waht sort of drive it is, any ideas?

I did see those actually, but i don't think it would be any good, the gap is very small

iff you look at the link chain immediatlly below the search box it says


"Catalog Index 1/4" Drive 1/4" Drive Impact Swivel Sockets / Flank Drive Impact Swivel Sockets / Flank Drive Shallow Swivel, mm Shallow Swivel, mm"

so its within a 1/4" search

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So it does, i completely missed that. Well in that case i have now just got to try to get hold of snap on....

Thanks for your help!

Probably a bit late now, but is a Jubilee clip tool no good?
http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=5268

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the flexidriver is what i would suggest

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Undo it and move it around so that it is accessible. Sometimes things are a bugggger to do up but easy to undo.