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TanquerayG · 06-09-2009, 07:36 PM

Does anyone have a solution for this?

I need to remove a bolt on one of my engine mounts (remove clutch release cylinder). I can get a 14mm box wrench in over the head of the bolt but the wrench shaft is too short to get enough torque to turn the bolt. The wrench is not shaped well to put a pipe extension on it. I want to put my ratchet wrench on it and add a pipe to the ratchet bar to get more torque but there is not enough headroom above the bold head for me to slip the socket & ratchet onto it. I know Sears had some ratchet/socket design for a while where the socket had a hex shape on the outside and the ratchet looked like a box wrench, slipped over the socket and grabbed the sides to turn it. Fit well in low headroom places. And it was a bar so I can put a pipe extension on it.

Any ideas if something like this exists and where? The name of it?

Any other ideas besides work out for a week and try again?

Maybe I should grind down the wrench end to be like a bar so I can put a pipe on it?

I don't want to take the engine mount apart to get around it.

06-09-2009, 07:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
TanquerayG Midnight Mechanic Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston Area Posts: 65 Thanks: 7 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Ratchet for Low Headroom Places Does anyone have a solution for this? I need to remove a bolt on one of my engine mounts (remove clutch release cylinder). I can get a 14mm box wrench in over the head of the bolt but the wrench shaft is too short to get enough torque to turn the bolt. The wrench is not shaped well to put a pipe extension on it. I want to put my ratchet wrench on it and add a pipe to the ratchet bar to get more torque but there is not enough headroom above the bold head for me to slip the socket & ratchet onto it. I know Sears had some ratchet/socket design for a while where the socket had a hex shape on the outside and the ratchet looked like a box wrench, slipped over the socket and grabbed the sides to turn it. Fit well in low headroom places. And it was a bar so I can put a pipe extension on it. Any ideas if something like this exists and where? The name of it? Any other ideas besides work out for a week and try again? Maybe I should grind down the wrench end to be like a bar so I can put a pipe on it? I don't want to take the engine mount apart to get around it.