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The Workshop => Maintenance, Problems & Troubleshooting => Topic started by: so.simple on June 9, 2005, 23:28

Title: O2 Sensor Sockets on eBay...
Post by: so.simple on June 9, 2005, 23:28
Would these be of any use in our cars, or are they too short?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72205&item=7977956004&rd=1&tc=photo#ebayphotohosting
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Post by: aaronjb on June 9, 2005, 23:53
Should work fine on our cars I think, admittedly that's not the greatest angle of photograph to tell from  s:) :) s:)  But looks fairly standard..

Top tip if your crows foot socket (i.e. one of those) 'opens up' when applying torque to undo a stubborn O2 sensor - put a jubilee clip around it once you've fed the O2 sensor wires into it and tighten it up..
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Post by: so.simple on June 9, 2005, 23:57
Thanks for the help Aaron.   s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
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Post by: Jap GT300 on June 10, 2005, 08:29
How would you turn that socket?  With a 1/2" breaker bar?
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Post by: kanujunkie on June 10, 2005, 09:28
i'm sure i've seen them cheaper than that once you've taken the postage into account
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Post by: roger on June 10, 2005, 11:07
I paid about that for a Draper "proper" one from one of the tool shops on the web.

However I am sure you might find them excl postage in local shops.
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Post by: aaronjb on June 10, 2005, 11:46
Quote from: "Jap GT300"How would you turn that socket?  With a 1/2" breaker bar?

Or a big wrench and extension.. just use it like you would any socket..
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Post by: Jap GT300 on June 10, 2005, 12:54
It just looked wierd with the hole being offset.  I suppose it gives more leverage though
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Post by: kanujunkie on June 10, 2005, 13:34
Quote from: "Jap GT300"It just looked wierd with the hole being offset.  I suppose it gives more leverage though

more like a crow's foot
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Post by: aaronjb on June 10, 2005, 14:09
Quote from: "Jap GT300"It just looked wierd with the hole being offset.  I suppose it gives more leverage though

They are a little odd to use, since you're not applying the torque directly.. You can get really long ones that go over the whole body and work like a normal socket, but I've only seen one - and it was worryingly cheap..

Quote from: "kanujunkie"more like a crow's foot

Which is why they're called 'crows foot sockets'  s;) ;) s;)   s:D :D s:D