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well well well here I go again, this is an easy one if you were ever under a vehicle in the 80’s
who can tell me what this is?
A drag link. I use them at work on older model cat equipment.
Correction, I meant to say a drag link socket.
Drag link socket. I have never used one but I think my dad has a couple.
I guess that one was to easy comp. unclebud got that pretty quick. Good one tho none of the youngs guys would have got it that quick I bet lol.comp56 wrote:
well well well here I go again, this is an easy one if you were ever under a vehicle in the 80’s
who can tell me what this is?
ya I figured it was going to be quick……
Yep us whipper snappers with our fancy Independent Suspensions!!
What’s funny is my dad has never owned a vehicle with independent suspension. All of his trucks are solid axle and so is his car. My truck has an independent front end and it rides a thousand times better on long trips.Jasonc wrote:
Yep us whipper snappers with our fancy Independent Suspensions!!
Wow haven’t seen these in awhile I’ve seen my these in my gramps tools wonder if he still has it.
Never seen these before. Cool stuff.
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http://www.core77.com/posts/24121/Tool-Terminology-A-Drag-Link-Socket-is-a-Large-Hollow-Ground-Screwdriver-BitGlasseyi wrote:
I guess that one was to easy comp. unclebud got that pretty quick. Good one tho none of the youngs guys would have got it that quick I bet lol.
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Ok I get it. We’re all the same age here lol. No more will I bring that subject up.
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Drag link sockets,been a while since ive seen some.
There are an insane number of specialty sockets. Here’s another:
http://static.summitracing.com/global/images/prod/large/sxt-991305.jpg
I’m young and thought it was a large flathead socket lols
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That’s all it is.chrismccabe484 wrote:
I’m young and thought it was a large flathead socket lols
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comp56 wrote:
well well well here I go again, this is an easy one if you were ever under a vehicle in the 80’s
who can tell me what this is?
That is a drag link sockets it is use for screw removal.