Sst 10mm head bolt tool

[Nukes25]

Hey Jeff, curious as to how much one of these will cost, and then how available it is, and it should work with arp head bolts for my 7m

[Funkycheeze]

the best thing is to take a 14mm 12 pt deep socket and grind/machine the outside so it fits in where all the bolt heads/stud nuts are. I have one if you want to borrow it.

[Nukes25]

I've been to several stores and can't find a socket :(
if I could borrow yours it'd be great, I'm out and about right now, if I could pick it up today, just pm me back

[Dan_Gyoba]

I did NOT have to grind my socket at all. (Thought that I would, but I didn't.) It was a 3/8" drive unit, and fit around the cams as long as you rotate them.

You should be able to get a 10mm allen key socket at most decent tool places, or Canadian Tire even.

[Nukes25]

Heh yeah, been to several crappy tires and different parts stores, nothing, they looked at me like I was on crack or something :p

funkycheeze said I could borrow his, so just waiting to hear back now

[Piggity]

I think I picked mine up at Auto Value.

[Funkycheeze]

Gregg distributors has them. That's where I got mine.

[celica83_gts]

Got mine from Partsource.
edit: If it's the 12 point deep socket for the ARP studs that you're looking for, Princess Auto has them on the individual socket rack.

[Jeff Lange]

I'm a little bit confused by this thread, since you are asking for the 10mm Allen SST for the stock bolts, but are mentioning the ARP bolts. They use 2 different sockets.

Stock headbolts = 10mm Allen-hex Socket
ARP headbolts = 12-point 14mm Socket

Jeff

[Nukes25]

Yeah, I didn't know they were different until funkyheeze told me yesterday

[Jeff Lange]

Okay, perfect. :)

As long as you got what you needed. Good luck with the build. :)

Jeff

[Keros]

My craftsman toolset came with a 10mm 3/8" drive allen key socket, with a 2" length, more than perfect for the stock headstuds.

I ordered my 12pt 14mm socket for the ARP's from NAPA. IIRC, it was $12 or so. It did take me a while to find the socket... House of Tools found one for $25 bucks, Craftsman and Mastercraft don't make any 12pt deep sockets. In the end, a phone works a thousand times faster and infinitely cheaper than driving around the city looking for stuff.