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What tool to use to get into really tight spaces?

Old Jan 18, 2011 | 04:03 PM
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Hello forum! I have a 9mm or so bolt that is in a really hard-to-reach place. Not only is it hard to get to, there is almost no room to get a socket or box wrench onto it. I'm looking for a tool, a socket wrench of some kind, that will get into an extrememly small area where there's no room for a regular crescent wrench, or socket w/driver. Something like a worm drive ratchet attachment, with a super thin, low-profile socket on the end of it. Ever heard of such a thing?
 
Old Jan 18, 2011 | 04:37 PM
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9mm... not on a civic lol

what about a ratchet wrench
 
Old Jan 18, 2011 | 04:43 PM
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Nope not enough room for a ratchet wrench
 
Old Jan 18, 2011 | 04:55 PM
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please explain more to what bolt, where, and on what

if you can get a socket and ratchet on it, they sell a ratchet that you twist the handle and it turns the socket
 

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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 12:59 AM
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Sockets with a built in u-joint on the end. Let me guess you're trying to take a headlight assembly out. On some models you really must remove the bumper first. That is not that difficult, look for bolts behind the turn signals in the bumper. The bumper then comes off as a unit, do not remove the funny small screws in the top and bottom.
 
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