Spanner (cle a pipe in French)
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John 32i
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Right angled socket spanner?
NormanS
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Socket wrench?
sailorman
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Is it a radiator bleeding key
Twister_Ken
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Not something I've ever seen in the UK, so there may not be a specialist word for it.
Now an engineer will come along and disabuse me!
What do the French use it for?
Now an engineer will come along and disabuse me!
What do the French use it for?
FWB
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Tidewaiter2
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Halfords sell them, I've got one for the o/bd, so try their website, or Drapers, or Machine Mart.
Might be a bike section tool, cant remember now.
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Found this from Britool range-do you need 34mm? others there probably on later pages. Mine 10mm!
At least there is a clue to make/name
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/s...-wrenches/type/any/module/shopcategory/page/1
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/angled-6x6pt-socket-wrench-34mm
Even better-try this
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/search/filter/Britool expert angled/type/any/page/1
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lw395
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L type socket wrench is American for whatever the English call it...
rotrax
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I have a full set-8 through 21 mm hanging in the workshop."L" spanners are what I have always called them. For me their big advantage is that they are single hex and dont slip on corroded or damaged nut or bolt heads.
If they are drilled during manufacture to allow long bolts to go up the middle and through the short end they become far more usefull.
I would not like to be without them.
As a previous poster said, they are big in France- they can be picked up in most Hypermarkets.
If they are drilled during manufacture to allow long bolts to go up the middle and through the short end they become far more usefull.
I would not like to be without them.
As a previous poster said, they are big in France- they can be picked up in most Hypermarkets.
NickRobinson
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My 6 wheel camper had one for the wheel nuts. The cylindrical ends were perfect fits for a scaff pole.
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steadyeddy
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spanner (cle a pipe in French
I used to have one of these to adjust brakes on a mini.
I used to have one of these to adjust brakes on a mini.
DownWest
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I used to have one of these to adjust brakes on a mini.
But that would have been square.
rotrax
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You beat me to it!
charles_reed
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L socket
Anchorite
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It's not a clé à pipe ( which is a stilson, also called clé à tube). In French your model is a clé débouchée.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
srah1953
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I'd hate to contradict a French response but I've seen them called cle a pipe debouches (apologies for no accents) and I think clue a pipe describes their shape (which is what I was after) and debouches means they are open ended, but they are not always open ended.
srah1953
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What does single hex mean?
steadyeddy
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Spanner( cle a pipe in French
Sorry forgot to say it was square,one of my senior moments
Sorry forgot to say it was square,one of my senior moments
Searush
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It is six sided socket, so that the nut is gripped along each side.
Double-hex is a 12 sided star shaped socket where the nut is gripped only on the corners & when the nut is damaged it is likely to slip & cause "spanner rash" as your knuckles hit adjacent metalwork. Double hex has the advantage that you have twice as many angles that the spanner can fit onto the nut, which is useful when there isn't far to move the handle before hitting an obstruction.
ie single hex can only fit on the nut at 60deg intervals, double hex manages a 30deg incremental fit.
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Norman_E
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I bought a set in France, but have never seen them on sale in the UK.
