The 10mm socket. Thing of lore and legend. Most lost/misplaced tool ever.

I read this online , not sure where , could have been in a thread here on Tman , can't remember.

So the story goes that a guy takes his car in for service and after talking with the mechanic , he gives the mechanic a brand new 10mm socket as a tip and asks if the mechanic can take good care of his car.

The mechanic is stunned that a customer totally understands what a 10mm socket means to a mechanic. He is very grateful and takes extra special care of the customers car. Probably showed all his co-workers the nice tip he got to , which made them jealous. What mechanic would say no to a free extra 10mm socket ? Always good to have a spare or two.

So I decided to step up to the plate and got a supply of them to give away to car people like myself as a gratuity.



I bought these online for $6.40 each. If you gave someone a $5 cash tip , it would be nice but today , $5 isn't worth as much as it once used to be. Now a nice brand new 10mm socket that cost $6.40 , it is way , way better in the eyes of someone who works on cars.

I got minimum pro grade quality (Craftsman) , 3/8" drive , deep , 6 point sockets. The 6 point is important because most pros prefer them as they slip less than a 12 point.

I do 95% of my own repairs but I will be keeping a couple of these in my glove box always for tips. Would be nice if I have my car towed , or buying new tires and giving one to the guy that mounts my tires or even a buddy that helps you with a jam like needing a jump start.

A very affordable tip ($6.40) , but highly valued.

Those are made out of 100% disappearum metal.

I've lost handfuls of them.

Like

On my D50 trucks you could just about rebuild them with a 10,12,14 mm sockets for the majority of the jobs.

that would be nice

the 13mm was the first thing to disappear from my newest set , it was recovered from the boys pocket the next day.

the set is complete again at least for now.

Nice, a six-point or nothing 99% of the time. I'd think of that as an awesome tip. I've had a few sockets and wrenches take the forever last ride under the car or under the hood

Pretty good idea!

I have went so far as painting 10 mm and 13 mm yellow or orange and they still come up missing lol

Old school that used to vanish was 1/2 and 9/16

10mm bolts ..and plastic clips ...are the only things holding

All front ends together .

Yeah, every 10mm I own has a mind of it's own and legs too.
They never seem to be where I set them. And it doesn't matter how many of them I have out.
Always seems like I'm buying more of them every time I go to town. Lol