IRWIN Bolt Extractor Set, 13 Piece (54113)

I bought these years ago and never used them.... till now. Got two bolts/nuts stuck solid on my old car and the heads got mangled. These worked a treat to remove them after using plenty of penetrating fluid!

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!

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 meThe 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

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