Carlyle 1/2 Drive 18mm 6 Point Deep Impact Socket (CISD12018M)

Description

Genuine Carlyle · Part no. CISD12018M

The Carlyle CISD12018M is an 18mm deep impact socket for 1/2in drive, six-point, in chrome molybdenum steel with a black phosphate coating. It lets an impact gun get right over 18mm nuts on long studs and through-bolts, so stripping jobs go quickly without putting a chrome deep socket at risk of cracking under the hammering.

Good to know

• Do I need an extension as well? Often not; the deep body already gives some reach. If you do, use the shortest impact extension that clears, because a long one soaks up the gun's blows.
• What if the bolt spins with the nut? Hold the bolt head with a spanner or a second socket on a breaker bar while the gun works on the nut.
• How should the nut go back on? Run it on by hand, then tighten with a torque wrench to the vehicle maker's figure, especially on suspension parts.

Which one?

For less thread showing, the standard 18mm impact CIS1218M; for hand tools, the deep 18mm chrome CSD12018M. The Carlyle 4 Piece 1/2 Drive impact extension set (CIEXTS124) adds reach.

Key features

• 18mm deep, 6 point
• 1/2in square drive
• Chrome molybdenum alloy steel
• Black phosphate finish resists corrosion
• For impact power and air tools

Specification