Ralph Whitaker Posted October 26, 2021 Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 OK, I know not strictly TR2/3, except I was going to use it in my onboard tool kit. Recently sorting out a box full of spanners and sockets I acquired and came upon this nice alloy King Dick ratchet wrench. Assuming it was 1/4 I put it with my i\4 sockets. Went to use it at the weekend and found it is not 1/4 at all, in fact the square shaft of the wrench is 0.285" according to my verynear gauge, or 7.2mm if you were born metric. I have never come across sockets of this size and wondered if anyone else had. Ralph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted October 26, 2021 Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 Hi Ralph that is nominally a 9/32" drive wrench. Quite common many moons ago but has fallen out of favour as 1/4" and 3/8" cover its use. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted October 26, 2021 Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 I had a selection of 9/32 sq drive sockets back in the 70’s. Bought from a man in Chelmsford who sold ex military tools through the Exchange and Mart. I fitted the 1/2” af one to one of those universal jointed yellow plastic coated T handle plug spanners, after removing the plug sized socket. It served me years as the drive to turn snap on easy outs when taking up aircraft freight bay floors. Invariably these needing the retaining screws drilling out as the titanium tri wing screw drive heads were knackered. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted October 26, 2021 Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 Hi Pete, those Ti TRi wing screws were designed never to be knackered - but they seemed to be always knackered. Torque setting = Gorilla Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ralph Whitaker Posted October 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Not much chance of finding sockets then. Shame to throw it away. Might drill a hole in the end of the handle and turn it into a keyring for the garage keys. Ralph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie D Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Ralph Whitaker said: Shame to throw it away. Why not carefully grind it down to 1/4. It's nearly there already. Charlie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 +1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billy l Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 Hi Ralph, this is my King Dick socket set, i've had it for fifty years, I used it for repairing BMC Mini, 1100 and 1300 auto gearboxes, being quarter drive it gives good feel when using. I don't use it much now but It's good when working on household appliances, hoovers, washing machines etc. Cheers, Bill. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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