What size do I need for the front isolator bolt on an XB12R, I used to use my dad's tools but it's a bit of a long journey now to borrow it. Any ideas where I can buy the correct size allen socket, preferably to fit a 3/8th drive?

Thanks.

3/8''

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These look reasonable enough...

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Thanks for the link, they look better than the last set I got, I snapped 1 after about 2 mins while trying to undo the engine mount bolts.

Maz, what would you reccomend? Though I doubt I could afford it lol

Buy what is appropriate to the job in hand. Cheap tools are OK for light duties but don't skimp on ones requiring serious torque, some jobs (engine mounts...? isolators...? ) will need 1/2" drive...
In spite of what some might say, you do not need to spend 'Snap Off' type of money; there are other equally good brands out there that are cheaper because they don't carry a designer label and the associated snob-value. Whilst this is especially true for 'hobby' use, I professionally (ie daily) use a mixture of Britool, Elora, Facom, Laser, Teng, even Draper & Sealey and, in thirty five years, I have never broken a socket or spanner. Part of that is due to using the appropriate tool for the job eg not using a 3/8" drive where a 1/2" is required...

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I'll have to check tomorrow, but I'm 99% sure my torque wrench is 3/8th drive, so would need a 3/8th drive socket, but that thanks for the link. All I can ever seem to find is metric Allen sockets.

good reason to buy some 1/2 tools to

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Good plan, but another child due in a couple of months means that's not possible, any tools I buy at the moment are funded by selling other things. Unless anyone here wants a 7 year old MacBook Pro in exchange for a 1/2 drive torque wrench, it'll have to be a 3/8th drive lol

Peasant

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A peasant who works on more than one marque and therefore needs a far wider range of tools...

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Rik, I started out as an apprentice motor mechanic aged 16.....38 years ago.
I had a cantiliver toolbox full of all the shit you listed above......it didn't take me long to realise that I was only as good as the tools that were an extension of my body.
I decided right then that I would invest in the very best that money could buy because the tools that I was to use would reflect on my commitment and professionalism.
Today I own well over 80K's worth of the worlds very finest hand tools.....I dread to think what your kit looks like ........and trust me on this, there's not a single hand tool you could ever dream of that's missing from my box

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