CRAFTSMAN Deep Socket, Metric, 1/4-Inch Drive, 7mm, 6-Point (CMMT44404)

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1) If you are looking for the marzocchi foot nut tool read on.2) If you are looking how to make your own thin wall sockets, read on.3) If you are looking for the actual outside diameter of these sockets before and after being grinded down, via dial calaper readings, read on, and check the photo's.I purchased this socket for a specific purpose. The purpose was dismantling a 2007 Marzocchi Z1 RC2 ETA - TS 150mm Anniversary bike suspension Fork.This requires a special Marzocchi tool, a 12mm foot nut tool # R5164/C.WITHOUT THE TOOL I needed a very thin walled deep socket to reach the nut I needed to get to.The walls of even so-called thin-walled sockets were too large and thick to reach the depth of the recessed nut. I was able to carefully put this socket on a bench grinder and grind it down so that it would fit into the recess.Keep in mind, I only needed about 10 to 20 newton meters of torque to remove and install this particular bicycle recessed nut, so I'm not sure how durable it would be if using it on a car, now that it is grinded down to a thinner-walled status.On a bench grinder it took me 10 minutes or so to grind it to the proper thickness. In order to hold the socket, I simply used an extension and some gloves to prevent my hands from getting hot.I used it in place of an Marzocchi bicycle fork specific tool, the 12mm foot nut tool, which is impossible to find anywhere on the internet. This tool is required for several marzocchi Forks, in order to remove the lower slider assembly. You must remove the lower slide assembly to replace oil seals, and bushings.This socket is cheap enough thought it was worth experimenting on. Worthy to note is that is a 1/4 inch drive, not a 3/8 inch drive socket, which made it a little thinner to start with.Overall I would say you can grind down any brand socket to make it thin walled if you need to very easily. You could probably use a hand file if you wanted to, but it would take longer than using the bench grinder. I think I used a 60 or 80 grit grinding wheel. Although even a 100 or 120would probably work fine. My grinder is a Jet JBG-6A.I would like to note that if you don't have a bench grinder, and you don't want to hand file, that a Dremel tool would probably work just fine. Maybe even a belt sander!If you don't want to spend the money on thin wall sockets and you have access to a bench grinder, you could make very easily thin wall sockets to suit whatever your needs are, and these Craftsman sockets, at least the one I tried, was cheap enough, and forged well enough, to do the task.

Recently I was working behind the dash of my F150 replacing a mixing actuator. It was a super tight fit for my gorilla size hands so just getting in the spot was tough enough not to mention getting a socket wrench in there too. Well my 7mm socket hung up on the nut I was trying to get off and fell down into the area behind the center console where I was working. I spent about 20 minutes with a flexible magnet trying to fish it out but was unsuccessful. So......yeah, I needed to get a replacement.This one is a solid well made socket like one would come to expect from Craftsman. Which seems to have gone up in quality over the last few years after taking a dip when Sears sold it off. The set of deep well metric socket I was using happened to be Powerbuilt so I was not sure if this one would be an exact match and fit into the holder with the others. End up it is slightly larger in diameter, but with a little extra pressure it snaps into place. That alone tells me it is made from a little thicker metal which is a good thing.For me it was worth the money to have my set complete again a lot cheaper than buying an entire set. I have enough extra sockets laying around already.

Turns bolts that's all a guy could really ask for

Great

Fit perfectly. Feels very sturdy and made with quality.

as it should be

I have never had issues with craftsmen and I have been using them for over 30 years.

Only 2cm of the 5cm length of the bit is routed out with the hexagonal groove, the remaining 3cm are rounded which prevents this bit from being useful in certain situations such as mine (attempting to adjust the nut which is fastening the tremolo arm holder to the rest of the bridge on a Lo-Pro Edge equipped guitar).

amazon went out of their way to make sure i received this item. its a socket,what can one discuss about it

Needed this for the hose clamps on the air intake tube on my 10th gen civic. Worked great. And with legendary Craftsman quality I expected nothing less.

Très bien pour le prix

The holy grail for adjusting m109r hydraulic clutch.