Carlyle 1/ 4Drive 8mm 6 Point Deep Chrome Socket (CSD14008M)

Description

Genuine Carlyle · Part no. CSD14008M

This Carlyle CSD14008M is an 8mm socket in the deep pattern, made for 1/4in drive and finished in polished chrome over a six-point opening. It is sized for light work on small fixings: worm-drive hose clips, covers and brackets held by little nuts, and any 8mm nut sitting on a stud too long for a shallow socket.

Good to know

• How can I tell 8mm is the right size? Try the socket on the head before turning: a true fit slides on with barely any rock. If it rattles, the head may be imperial or a different size, and forcing it will round the corners.
• Why choose deep rather than shallow? The long body reaches a nut on a long stud or threaded rod where a short socket would bottom out on the thread. The trade-off is height, so check there's headroom above the fixing.
• Which handle suits it? A short 1/4in ratchet or spinner handle; the small handle keeps the force down to what little fixings can stand.

Which one?

Next to it in the same deep 1/4in run are the 7mm CSD14007M and 9mm CSD14009M; to turn it, the Carlyle Ratchet – Teardrop – 1/4in Drive (R14TD) is a slim teardrop ratchet in the same drive.

Key features

• 8mm, 6 point opening
• 1/4in square drive
• Deep pattern for nuts on studs
• Radius corner working end
• Mirror-polished chrome-plated finish
• Knurled teeth on the base

Specification