On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:18:08 -0700, JIMMIE wrote:
Ive had that happen too, If you can get a big pipe wrench on the
socket.... Pay heed others cautions

Yep!

Annoyingly, the local tool place has sockets with 1/2" drive right up to
1-1/4" in their cheap-but-I-don't-care-as-I'll-only-use-it-once-range for
about $3, but the 1-1/2" that I'd actually need is 20-something bucks :-)

cheers

Jules