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Originally Posted by macafee2
cheers for this, I did get one some time ago, cant believe I need a special "socket" for an oil change.
I have a tin box for special tools that the rover requires. It has torx bits, modified spanners, tool for splitting the hydraulic clutch line, removing the plastic three hole thing for the footwell covers, socket for adjusting the nut at the handbrake lever, socket for the oil filter housing and I have a jar with modified Allan keys in.
macafee2
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/36mm-Metr...4383.l4275.c10
I think it is 36mm? But this is what I use with no issues, albeit a Draper or Laser. But note the drive size, I assumed it to be a 1/2" drive, but is a 3/8, I had it anyway, but if you only have 1/2" or 1/4" drives, just use an adapter, the filter top should only be torqued to 22Nm, if I recall.
A 6 point drive allows for the torque to be spread over a larger portion of the nut/bolt. Providing nuts and bolts are not too tight and quality sockets are used, 6 or 12 points, shouldnt matter. But I have found if the nut or bolt was too tight, and a cheap socket was used, it would slip easily and round off the nut/bolt. It may just be me, but I also find a 6 point gives a better 'feel', or maybe my 6 points are better quality, than the sets I inherited over the years lol.
I do have a curious set from
Lidl, which I have not had a chance to use yet in anger, which are made up with multiple vertical rails(?) rather than points and flats. They feel quite secure, and capable, but if they are actually strong enough, I think they grip better than a 12 point, and possibly more forgiving if fitted to a slightly rounded nut.