IRWIN Bolt Extractor Set, 13 Piece (54113)

So I have this old car its a Fiesta time to do the front brakes ordered all the parts all ready to go. Then the nitemare began! I turned the first caliper bolt. Nothing OH NO! Rounding it off! Stop try something else. I know Molegrips they worked for the brake lines! Nothing rounding off more! NO!!!! PANIC! I try all the other bolts one more this side one more near side (UK) THEY ALL CRACKED AND UNDONE Thank goodness so I replaced the brakes that side. But what the heck do I do about this one bolt? I go onto Youtube lots of guys saying stuff Amazon.... Then I read the reviews. There was this one review where he bought a cheaper thing with little wheels or cylinders or something inside and said.... This did not work and he bought this and it worked! I though well this is a very good make and £20 to undo a bolt is a lot! But without it no car! Maybe a £40 quid mechanic and at least after this was done I would own this tool for the future. I bought it. It arrived one sleepless night imagining drilling out the bolt and goodness knows what! I jack up the car after 3 days of WD40 soaking in and apply the 13mm grip socket to the nut. Doesnt seem to go on OH NO! Then I tap it on with a hammer until it is fully seated. I apply the breaker bar!............. CLICK!!!! Is it broken or undone? IT IS UNDONE!!!!!!! I continue with a ratchet until it is fully undone and it popped right off the bolt! ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU! You know that relief when you undo that stuck bolt? Who ever invented this just saved my life! When you do DIY and are stuck without a car and Amazon can come to the rescue like this as it is delivered no searching stores for the bolt gripper socket and also thank you to that one reviewer who said steer clear of the other stuff this is what works dont be a skinflint and pay the £20 bucks you will thank me in the long run! I THANK YOU! PS I have also seen Youtuber use this same bolt or nut gripper item and you can see the relief on their faces too LOL! JUST BUY IT SERIOUSLY JUST BUY IT! Compared to the REALLY expensive gripper spanners this is actually a bargain as long as you can get it over the thread part of a nut without fouling like only a little bit of bolt showing through the nut. Anyways thats my tale and its done time for a cuppa tea and relax!!! Thank you! IRWIN PS My Dad was a carpenter and sore by their saws he was right great firm great brand! Will shop again and for the Base pack of these so I have the Full set as they work! Am I gushing darn tooting right I am!!! So happy!!! LOL! !! LUL! PS I have all new bolts from FORD to replace the rounded ones and all the rest ;) :) Never wnat to be there again!

I was chuffed to find these on Amazon, I had a ptoblem with a van and had to get some severley damged 13mm bolts out of an Aluminium lower wishbone on the front suspension. The bolts were totaly ruined by a previous owner who had attempted to repair the anti roll bar outer bushes and looked like he used his teeth! I looked at garage suppliers and could only find pro tools at £70 ~ £100 a set. These by comparison were a bargain. I like the fact that you can use a ratchet with or without a socket, or spanner to drive them. This means you can start the job with the spanner which allows you to get up close and personal with the offending bolt or nut, you stay in line with the head of the damaged item so get good level drive onto the nut. Once on and the spiral cut teeth dig in, the bolt moves as it should. Once on the move I swapped to the ratchet and was able in every instance to remove the chewed bolts with ease. The Grip nut removers are very well made, and infuse confidence in the user that they are more than capable of doing the job asked. I showed the tools to my regular mechanic and he convinced me to sell them to him, he was so impressed and has already used them at his business and confirms that they are indeed a quality item. I am not without a set of my own as I came home and ordered a second set - a good addition to your tool kit. Save lots of time and bruised knuckles when you get those problem nuts and bolts.

An incredibly useful tool for any mechanic . I purchased this set solely for the 8mm which was not available in my usual brand (cheaper brand !). For those who haven’t used them, you basically tap them onto the head of a a bolt. The sharp tapered lining inside grips the bolt head and aids with extraction of a rounded bolt. Very fool proof and easy to use . Bonus is you can also use a spanner of wrench on the tool depending on the space absolve . This isn’t the cheapest set bjt is worth the money if you are in a fix. I can’t count the number of times this has saved me The only negative is that I am not sure it’s as good as other sets - as odd as thjs sounds , the metal is almost too hard and this sometimes prevents the tool from getting a good solid seat - my other sets feel a little softer and always adapt with ease and have still lasted years. Hopefully these will do the same with time

After struggling with a rounded allen key bumper retaining bolt for most of Sunday afternoon I opted to try this set instead of 1) welding a socket to the damned bolt or 2) Cutting the bumper off (obviously a dramatic, costly and last resort option) Now the allen key bolt has a round head instead of the usual hex type, so I was a bit worried that these wouldn't work, but the 1/2 inch one tapped onto the head snugly and within 10 seconds I had loosened and removed the offending bolt! Oh joy was mine and I even did a little victory jig on the spot, much to amusement of one of my nosy neighbours. In short these are essential for anyone doing home mechanical work and worth their weight in gold. It would be nice if the set was all in metric and consecutive sizes but the 1/2 inch did fit onto the 12mm bolt head with a gentle tap. I think the people complaining about this particular size of socket don't realise that these sockets should be very snug and require a tap with a hammer to bite into the head of any stuck bolt. I cannot recommend these sockets highly enough and every man should have a set. Buy them now!

I had purchased these to try and free a seized and rounded oil sump bolt on my car (made from typical Ford cheese), and I'm so glad I did! I had tried everything at my disposal to undo the bolt: socket wrench, spanner, brute force, tightening first, WD40, tapping with a chisel, hammer; without any success. All of this was performed lying under the car jacked up on one side, so not a lot of room to work with. I had almost given up. The night before using this tool I had applied some proper penetrating oil, which may have helped, but nevertheless it was still effortless to finally remove the rounded bolt! I couldn't believe it! I had to tap the appropriate sized tool onto the bolt with a light hammer, which then had to be put into a vice to remove it. There wasn't even a mark on the tool when removed from the bolt, which is a testimony to its quality. I had also purchased the Irwin Bolt Grip Nut Remover Expansion Set (no box), which fits into the box that comes with this set, to provide additional sizes to work with, i.e. 3/8in, 7/16in, 1/2in, 9/16in and 5/8in + 5/16in, 10mm, 13mm, 11/16in and 3/4in. The total price I paid was £39.88, which is expensive, but this is a top quality set which (hopefully) has been a lifelong investment. Irwin Bolt Grip Nut Remover Expansion Set

I bought this product because I had bought a car and the cowboy that sold it to me not only failed to tell me that there were lock nuts on the wheels and he didn't have the socket - he had also put two of them on the same wheel! I had looked at some other nut removers and found the writeups on them to be less than inspiring, so I plumped for this one. All I can say is that these were absolutely perfect for the job. Just tap this on lightly with a hammer, attach a wrench or breaker bar and turn. The nuts came off first time without any major fuss. Okay, it damages the nut you are taking off but I wasn't really worried about that, especially as I have now replaced those with my own locking nuts. And it doesn't damage the threads either so replacing the nut is a piece of cake. And it saves you damaging a socket! I'm just praying that I don't have to use it on the oil sump plug when I give the car a service! :)

Ah, the joy of the rusted on bolt... Having had to tackle several recently, I ended up trying pretty much every trick on google (bar drilling into them because I don't have such a tool). Despite a shaky start, the bolt grip was successful on two occassions (but not every ocassion). But probably also because it was used along with plenty of penetrating oil. de-ruster and in some cases heat and wax. The first attempt with the bolt grip caused some minor damage to the grip socket - the fluted edges sheared off slightly. However after that it bit hard and the bolt was free. Mind you, the bolt came out shinier than a brand new six-pence so the copious amounts of penetrating oil and cleaner used obviously played a part. It was also successful at the end of a cross-brace removing a very rusted on nut which had been sitting in a bath of acetone for several hours. However there were a few bolts it couldn't shift, awkward angles or lack of space to get a true grip were mostly to blame here, and it should be treated as a last resort as it really chews up the bolt head - you'll need new bolts, but you weren't going to reuse them anyway, were you. Overall, I'm impressed with the product and along with various other methods, it offers a much better chance of getting out those devilish bolts and nuts.

I've worked on bikes and cars for over 30 years as a hobby. During that time I've bought many "wonder tools" that claim to be able to extracted rusty, shredded nuts/bolts, but this is the first one that I have bought that: a) Worked out of the box. b) Gave me the confidence that it will work next time. The reason I'm posting isn't to praise this product, because many have already done so, but to share my experience of using the tool, in the hope that it helps others faced with the potentially expensive job of removing a bad bolt. So, here's my thoughts about the prep work required prior to putting pressure on to release the bolt. 1. Use hand tools not power tools. Patience is the key here. 2. Apply WD40 penetrating fluid to all accessible ends of the bolt , let it sink in, then apply again (repeat every 10 mins for a couple of hours at least). If you can leave it overnight, even better. You are looking for a penetration into the bolt thread, not a soaked drip off the bolt. The time spent doing this is going to be a lot less than if you have to get a mechanic to finish the job. 3. The gripper relies upon a rotary action, so hammering it into position will likely damage the tool and reduce grip, however a tap to ensure it is seated square may help. 4. Stating the obvious here, but the Irwin socket needs to be wound onto the nut/bolt as you would loosen. 5. Go slowly, keeping pressure along the line into the bolt, until you can see the Irwin socket has fully engaged. It grips very quickly but needs to sit squarely with the nut/bolt head. I only needed to apply a twist of the extension bar by hand to get it to engage. 6, Wind it on until you can't see a gap between the socket and the surface to which the bolt is applied (or the bolt/nut flange). I used a 3/8 inch socket wrench with extension bar for this stage as I didn't want to stress the connection. Note that if you are using an extension bar you must keep the bar square to avoid a poor grip. 7. If there is any wobble on the extractor it hasn't got a good contact, so try seating it again. That's the prep work, how you choose to loosen the bolt is your choice. I opted for a 3/8 extension bar in to a 3/8/ to 1/2 inch convertor, then used a 1/2 inch extendable ratchet to obtain the MINIMUM turning force required to release the bolt. Too little force and the bolt will not turn. Too much force and you'll strip the head again. Hope this helps.