Triumphrat

Billybob · 09-27-2005

Does anyone know Triumph's part number for their spark plug socket? It's cheesy, but it works. Thanks!

mrgadget · 09-27-2005

Don't know the Triumph part number but just go to Sears and get an 18mm spark plug socket has to be cheaper than one from Triumph

RandyDTFR · 09-27-2005

I was once told by my previous Triumph dealer that the Bonnies required a special plug remover... is this not the case?

I'd much rather go to Sears then the dealer- the dealers here take a long time for parts orders.

Thanks~

Randy DTFR
Ride safe

Shorty · 09-27-2005

I use a 18 mm thin walled deep socket on mine and it works great.

Shorty

[ This message was edited by: Shorty on 2005-09-27 08:39 ]

thruxtonone · 09-27-2005

18 mm socket out of the sears companion line is thinwall, cheap and it works.-T1

RandyDTFR · 09-27-2005

You guys rock! My wife and I are getting a list together of the tools we will need to work on our bikes. This is one of them!

As such, I've been surfing the Craftsman tools website;

Craftsman 18mm Socket, 12 pt. Deep
Sears item #00944423000 Mfr. model #44423
$5.49
Thin-wall construction gives access to hard-to-reach areas without loss of socket strength. Guaranteed forever!

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...id=00944423000

~Randy DTFR
Ride safe!

[ This message was edited by: RandyDTFR on 2005-09-27 09:18 ]

Billybob · 09-27-2005

Guys, thanks. I'll try the Sears socket.

JPS66 · 09-27-2005

Make sure it's deep, thinwall and six-sided.
I have the Sears one and I think it has a part number on it.
If you want the part #, email me and I can reply when I get home...
- J

Wooly · 09-28-2005

A tip that was passed on to me at the store where I bought my 18mm deep well socket is to glue a short piece of rubber fuel hose in the far end of the socket to support the plugs insulator.

This helps to protect the insulator and also provides a grip on it to make extracting it from the engine a bit easier.
I glued it in with silicon sealant, worked a treat.

I also found that the socket that I bought was just a little too fat to go over the spark plug, but a bit of treatment in my lathe to slim it down by 1/2 mm or so soon put paid to that nonsense.

BillT100 · 09-28-2005

I use the 18mm Sears Craftsman spark plug socket because it has the foam insert for the ceramic part of the plug.

Bill