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Hex driver.in 19mm with a 1/2 m/m adaptor from some ratchets and torque wrenches



The part you want I know used tomexist out of Stahl wille as a drive adaptor for their torque wrenches.

I'd be enquiring at Total Tools, Sydney Tools etc., directly, not relying on the websites. They often know where to get items that are not in their inventory.

If I'm understanding correctly, you need a 19mm allen key with a 1/2' drive?

sydney tools allen socket

(some)Bunnings may also have them, but don't count on it. It has to be a well stocked Bunnings, as some are useless and their tool areas are mostly bare!

If I got it wrong and you need a female drive end to drive your tool, you can get male to male adapters for that tool, so instead of a female drive end, you have a male drive end exposed.

Originally Posted by AK83

If I'm understanding correctly, you need a 19mm allen key with a 1/2' drive?

sydney tools allen socket

Thanks but that is not it - one end needs to have a standard (male) 1/2" drive. The other end needs to have a 19mm (male) Hex head.

Cheers

garry

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Thanks but that is not it - one end needs to have a standard (male) 1/2" drive. The other end needs to have a 19mm (male) Hex head.

Cheers

garry

Yep, then the 19mm allen socket plus 1/2 " drive male to male adapter will do it for 'ya.

1/2" drive male to male adapter google search results.

Hello 101RRS,

Would this work ... possibly available from your local Bunnings or anywhere that sells Kincrome... Accessed 22/12/23 from, Kincrome 19mm 1/2" Drive Hex Bit Socket - Bunnings Australia Available for the princely sum of $21.95

Kind regards
Lionel

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello 101RRS,

Would this work ... possibly available from your local Bunnings or anywhere that sells Kincrome... Accessed 22/12/23 from, Kincrome 19mm 1/2" Drive Hex Bit Socket - Bunnings Australia Available for the princely sum of $21.95

Kind regards
Lionel

Yeah, I needed a 7/16 sized key, and went to two local Bunnings' and their respective boards(of these tools) were 90% devoid of any of the individual tools they claim to have there.
The only option I had in buying a tool was to buy the kit version at near $100.
The 7/16 size allens only comes in the large format key sets(ie. expensive), rather than the regular small-medium(cheaper) sets, which graduate only up to 3/8" in the imperial sizes .. not 7/16 like I needed.

I just bought 5/16 nuts/bolts kit which use 7/16 head sizes and locked them up to create a makeshift 7/16 'allen key'.

But the same issue with that tool, as the linked one I posted .. female drive end, where 101RRS requires the male drive end.

Alternative to the male to male adapter that I mentioned could be the connection shaft of a 1/2" drive universal flex adapter. They look like the square shaft (that connects the two flexi ends) is 1/2" square ... and could be hacked to serve as the male-male adapter.
If you have one and can punch out the pins that hold it together, I reckon it'd work.

Originally Posted by AK83

If I'm understanding correctly, you need a 19mm allen key with a 1/2' drive?

sydney tools allen socket

(some)Bunnings may also have them, but don't count on it. It has to be a well stocked Bunnings, as some are useless and their tool areas are mostly bare!

If I got it wrong and you need a female drive end to drive your tool, you can get male to male adapters for that tool, so instead of a female drive end, you have a male drive end exposed.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Thanks but that is not it - one end needs to have a standard (male) 1/2" drive. The other end needs to have a 19mm (male) Hex head.

Cheers

garry

Arthur, I do you a disservice - long after I responded the light in my little brain came on and I realised that you suggestion would in fact suit what I needed and I needed to think outside the box .

This morning I googled a hex drive and found plenty listed - all with a female 1/2" end and none with a male 1/2" end. And Bunnings supposedly had them - well you were right they didn't but Sydney Tools did - in impact grade which is fine for what I need.

What I didn't expect was how hard it is to source the male to male 1/2" drive connector/adaptor. I went to every toolshop in Canberra and none sold them or carried them, yet they are online every where.

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So in the end I just bought a standard 1/2" drive extension and I will grind it to look like the connector.

All this comes about because you change wheel nuts on an old car and the wheel brace (original) no longer fits and you do not to permanently modify it or use a different wheel brace because it will not match the car - where a hex drive and 1/2" drive connector is easily disguised in the tool kit.

Thanks

Garry