Carlyle 1/2 Drive 12mm 6 Point Deep Impact Socket (CISD12012M)

Description

Genuine Carlyle · Part no. CISD12012M

The Carlyle CISD12012M is a 12mm deep impact socket for 1/2in drive guns, made of chrome molybdenum and finished in black phosphate, with a six-point opening. It lets an air or cordless impact wrench reach 12mm nuts on long threads, a size common on Japanese cars, without the thread stopping the socket short of the flats.

Good to know

• Do I need deep or will a standard impact socket do? Look at how much thread stands above the nut. If a standard socket would touch the thread before it covers the nut, choose this deep one.
• Is it safe to use a chrome socket on the gun instead? No. Chrome sockets can crack or shatter under impact; black impact sockets like this are made to take the blows.
• What about refitting? Spin nuts on by hand to start the thread straight, then tighten with a hand tool to the right figure; the gun is for removal.

Which one?

For less reach, the standard 12mm impact CIS1212M keeps the gun closer and hits harder; for hand-tool work, the deep 12mm chrome CSD12012M. The Carlyle 1/2 Drive Universal Joint Impact (CIUNIV12) helps at an angle.

Key features

• 12mm deep, 6 point
• 1/2in square drive
• Chrome molybdenum alloy steel
• Black phosphate finish resists corrosion
• For impact power and air tools

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