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Default What's the tool called and does it exist for spinning the end ofsocket extensions?

On Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 3:54:42 PM UTC-5, Chaya Eve wrote:
I don't have power tools so I just want to buy a thing that spins bolts or
nuts off by hand that is attached to a 3/8" socket extension.

To give some context, often you're spinning off by hand a long bolt using a
typical set of sockets (ratchet + socket + often an extension bar) where
you can't get your hand on the bolt so you spin the socket extension rod
without the ratchet.

Of course you can hold the extension with your hand to give it friction and
then spin the ratchet - and sometimes that's perfect - but other times you
just want to spin the bolt off.

Or you're spinning off by hand a nut off a long threaded stud which is deep
inside of something so all you have is the socket extension rod to spin the
nut off.

Sometimes you get enough leverage with just the width of the 3/8 inch
socket extension rod but most times you need a bit more leverage but not as
much as a ratchet provides - and in an easier spinnable form.

Hence my question...

Is there a "thing" that goes on the end of a 3/8" socket extension that is
about two inches or so round in diameter, perhaps with a "grip" of some
sort (like rough edges?) that is something you can attach to a socket
extension so that you can spin the bolt or nut out by hand?

What's it called so I can google for it?




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