[Norm K]

I've used a mix of Snap-On, Mac, (thirty-five year old) Craftsman and a hodge-podge of "offish brands" for many years and never had a problem like the one described in the OT.

Several years ago I won a full cheapo kit (wrenches, sockets, etc.) for being KP in a golf tournament (helluva a shot, I gotta say). The tools looked okay in the packaging, but as soon as I picked up one of the wrenches and saw the variations in wall thickness and obviously poor forging, then checked the other wrenches and the sockets and found them to be the same ... out to the curb with a "Free" sign they went.

That's the lack-of-brevity way of saying that if you have Snap-On wrenches or sockets that won't fit high quality Japanese nuts and bolts they need to go back.

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