hey guys,i need a spline socket for the bosch pump,the one thats used to remove the delivery valves.
wheres the best place to get one?
Thanks
Randy

 

Don't know if they're the best but they are competitive http://www.piersdiesel.com/

 

Dont know where your located, but Garrett has them to here.

http://www.puredieselpower.com/catal...ket-p-374.html

 

Local Snap-on dealer......about 35 bucks, or get a whole timing set with the socket for about $230.

 

i got one from snap on!

 

The snap-on one is $41.50 plus tax or shipping.
You can get it here:
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools...e=snapon-store

 

Im sure if you talk to your local dealer, you can get one for 35 and no shipping.......or the next time you buy something big, get him to throw one in on the deal.

 

Snap-on tools are a rip off for the shadetree mechanic.
JMO

If I was a professional mechanic I would then buy them. Craftsman is my tools of choice.

 

It all comes down to.....you get what you pay for. Craftsman makes a good product,however I dont think you will find a DV socket on a Sears shelf.

 

You are correct on that one.

A few years back, my brother was doing auto body. He kept bragging on how great snap-on was. So I said "lets se how good they really are". We took 3/8 ratchets, 1 by Snap-on, 1 a Craftsman professional series, and a Husky.
We then clamped them in a benchvise one at a time and took a 3/4" torquewrench to them with an adapter we made up.

The Husky broke at 150ft/lbs
The Snap-on broke at 230 ft/lbs
The Craftsman broke at 265 ft/lbs and even though it broke, you could still use it in a jamb.

This is why I am not a fan of Snap-on tools.
And besides, they have the most uncomfortable open end wrenches out there. They always seem to cut into my hand.

Dont get me wrong, if I work on my truck by my Brothers house I have to use the Snap-On tools, because thats all he has.

I like Craftsman and SK and KD tools.

 

Quik story about Craftsman sockets....about 10 years ago I was doing a inframe on a Big Cam lV about 1/2 way through the main brg TQ (600 LBS ?) the Craftsman socket I was using broke, sent my knuckle full force into a sharp edge of the block,cutting my finger about 3/4 of the way off. The story gets better......I super glued my finger back together(no joke) and wrapped it with black tape. It looked really bad for about 6 months, however to see it now....you would never know. Thats when the Snap-on guy became my friend. I have very little problems with Snap-on tools,and when the time comes to sell them, I get 80% of what I org payed.

 

I was working on the half shafts on my corvette back in 1975 it was a 1965 and was doing it at my dads on the farm well my snap ons were at home and I was using a set of craftsman that I taken with, only room for a 3/8 9/16 socket well it broke so I put on a sk ,broke went to town to napa and broke all the newbriten that they had and I had 8 to do next trip to town spotted the snap on truck a bought a socket took all 8 out with no problems I do abuse my tools and have broken them but all an all I take the snap on when theres only on shot at it.

 

the only good thing about craftsman is their warranty.......
but if you're out in the middle of nowhere with a broken wrench,try removing the bolt/nut with a warranty..... been there, done that! in the middle of nevada working on a michigan loader, i broke a craftsman 1"5/16 socket, had to drive 60 miles to get another socket (no sears store nearby) replaced w/ SK 3/4 socket set....... 35 years later i still use SK

 

You beat me to it!!!
One thing I've noticed about Craftsman is they sure aren't as good as they were 20 years ago back when things were made in the USA.

 

I guess there are differences within the same make.
I had a old 62 chev 4x4 carryall and needed to remove a yoke on the transfer case, 1-5/16" socket. Couldn't budge it with a 1/2" breaker bar + cheater. So we decided to jam the bar and pull the truck, spinning the shaft instead of the nut. The bar sheared in two the noise scaring us to death because we were not sure what broke, the tools or the case. The abused bar broke at the square drive, socket lived. All Craftsman. The only Craftsman tool I have ever broken and I have given them plenty of opportunity to do so.