Carlyle 1/2 Drive TP60 Ribe Socket (CS12TP60)

Description

Genuine Carlyle · Part no. CS12TP60

Carlyle CS12TP60 is a TP60 bit socket on 1/2in drive, with an S2 steel bit, a mirror chrome socket and a knurled band. TP heads are star plus: they look like an ordinary star but have squarer lobes, so they need their own bits rather than a plain star bit.

Good to know

• Is it TP or Ribe? The title calls it both a TP60 and a Ribe socket, and those are different head types; compare it with your bolt, or the tool that came off it, and only load it when it sits fully home with no rock.
• Will a plain T60 bit do instead? Not reliably: a plain star bit may feel snug in a star plus head but bears on less of each lobe and can round it, so use the bit that matches the head type.
• How tight should I go when refitting? Where the workshop manual gives a figure, use a torque wrench on the 1/2in drive rather than feel.

Which one?

For the star plus sizes in one case, the Carlyle 12 Piece Star Plus Socket Set TP8 – TP60 (CBSTP12); for tamper star plus heads, the Carlyle 11 Piece 5 Star Plus Tamper Proof Socket Set TP8H – TP55H (CBSTTP11).

Key features

• TP60 bit socket
• 1/2in drive
• S2 steel bit
• Knurled grip band
• Chamfered drive opening

Specification