Carlyle 1/4 Drive 4.5mm 6 Point Deep Chrome Socket (CSD140045M)

Description

Genuine Carlyle · Part no. CSD140045M

Carlyle's CSD140045M is a very small socket: 4.5mm across the flats, six-point, deep pattern, on a 1/4in square drive. It is for tiny nuts and hex-headed screws on electrical fittings, model-sized hardware and interior parts, where the deep body reaches down over a protruding thread. Polished chrome with a knurled band.

Good to know

• How do I avoid snapping tiny fixings? Turn it with your fingers on the knurled band, or with a screwdriver-style handle; a ratchet gives far more leverage than a small screw thread can take.
• How do I tell 4.5mm from the sizes either side? Try the socket on: it should drop fully over the head with no rocking. Small sizes are only half a millimetre apart, so a loose fit means the wrong size.
• Deep or shallow at this size? Deep reaches over a screw that sticks up through its nut; the shallow one is shorter and better where the fixing sits flush in a confined spot.

Which one?

The shallow version is the Carlyle 1/4 Drive 6 Point Chrome Socket 4.5mm (CS140045M); neighbouring deep sizes are the 4mm (CSD14004M) and 5mm (CSD14005M).

Key features

• 4.5mm six-point deep socket
• 1/4in square drive
• Polished chrome plating
• Knurled band for finger turning
• Radiused corners in the opening

Specification