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Originally Posted by madwi
EW and I have popped 4 sets I think now without any issue. Take your time to make sure 6 pt socket is seated on bolt head and crank 'er. My fat *** puts all my weight into it and they just pop.
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I didn't even have to lean into it. Just a little bit of arm effort and the thing cracked loose. Another 1.5 turns and and it broke off. All of a 30 sec job including climbing under the car to make sure the socket was fully seated on the bolt head.
The 3/8 drive 14mm Harbor Freight socket cracked like an egg a while back. I knew it would lol.
The Snap-on 1/2 to 3/8 drive adaptor/36 inch extension along with Snap-on 14mm swivel socket were doing ok but I could tell the 3/8 drive wasn't quite enough. I had a Harbor Freight 3/8 drive impact universal swivel that was in between them and as soon as I put any force on it the thing broke apart (repairable but not able to withstand the demon bolt torque).
Success came from a Snap-on 1/2 drive 14mm impact swivel socket and 1/2 drive Snap-on impact universal swivel along with a smorgasbord of 1/2 extensions and a 24 inch Harbor Freight breaker bar.