Proto, J7432S, Impact Socket, 1/2 in Drive; 8 Point; High-Strength Steel; 1.7 in Length

Crafted for exceptional durability, this impact socket from Proto is designed to address the challenges posed by stubborn or damaged fasteners, making it an essential tool for both professionals and DIY enthusiasts. With its innovative torqueplus design, the socket engages fasteners from the flats rather than the corners, which minimizes the risk of slippage and rounding, ensuring a tighter grip and stronger performance on difficult fasteners. Constructed from high-strength steel, it balances wall thickness for accessibility while maintaining resilience under the high torque demands of impact applications. The socket also features large clearance holes and a specialized chamfer, facilitating easy alignment with fasteners, making your work faster and more efficient. Whether you’re dealing with rusted or worn bolts, this tool is engineered to provide the reliability and performance necessary for any job.

Features

• Proto 8 point impact sockets are ideal for use on stubborn or damaged fasteners, and also on fasteners made from soft materials
• Impact sockets are used wherever powered drive tools are used to install or remove fasteners
• The torqueplus design is a high performance drive configuration which allows for quick and easy socket engagement to the fastener flats, not the corners
• The torqueplus configuration employs a radius-corner design, shifting contact area and stress away from the fastener corners and distributing contact stresses over a large area of the socket, minimizing slippage
• Large clearance holes, concentric opening and nut end chamfer make it easy to position socket on fasteners
• Made from high-strength steel to help minimize wall thickness and provide access to fasteners in recesses and where nuts and bolts protrude
• Impact sockets are designed to withstand higher torque and force associated with impact tools in repetitive application
• Drive end chamfer and four detents help provide quick positive engagement with drive tool on any of the socket drive walls
• The torqueplus internal design minimizes fastener rounding, helps to extend fastener life, and allows the user to more easily turn worn, rounded, or rusted fasteners
• Tight tolerances for snug fit on fastener

• Drive Size: 1/2 in
• Points: 8
• Length: 1.7 in
• Width: 1.5 in
• Height: 1.5 in
• Weight: 0.740 lbs
• Material: High-Strength Steel
• Etched Or Stamped: Yes
• Color Coded: No
• Country of Origin: United States