IRWIN Bolt Extractor Set, 5-Piece (394001)

recently had recalls fixed, by dealership ,and while they had it I had them do a multi-point inspection and rotate tires. after I got it back and with oil change due, I got out my romper room socket set and driver, plenty for suv oil change, to discover the plug would not budge. I do not use a lift, normally, so the room for gaining leverage is a challenge. I use or2, jeep quadra lift, to get some room, but it remains a minor hassle for the Normal oil change. being the 5th oil change for the vehicle, I was baffled by the stuck plug. with a husky torque wrench I torque it to the recommended 25lb ft, MAX. recommended is 20-25lb ft. for those familiar with 25lb ft, that is not so tight. again, the limited room for leverage left me to move to the, gulp, vice grips. until this battle, I had not lost to a stuck plug with my hefty vice grips. I knew that the move to vice grips meant the risk of ruining the bolt face, but I was confident given my history. 3 hours and scrapes and bruising latter, I am a beaten down romper room mechanic. my guess is that the dealership mechanic has the habit of ensuring everything tight during the inspection and who knows what torque used to ensure that. LOTS!! so, panic stricken, I rush to the web, having mangled the bolt, and soon find IRWIN bolt extractors. I ordered the 9pc w/one day. I was in the garage giving it another go after letting supercreep get after it all night when the package arrived. I was depressed and far from confident this product could do what I could not with vice grips. I could get the grip on this plug.The first choice one has with the extractor set is which socket. I first tried the one closest to the bolt size and though it griped, it did not work. I went to the next smaller size and had a devil of a time hammering it in, again with limited space to generate force. NOTE: I removed the shield to get more space for this next step, but it was still not much for hammering. I finally got the extractor socket all the way down, can get frustrating so stick with it, and tried again with the torque wrench. I finally got a nasty snap and shocked by the sound immediately thought the head ripped off and a new oil pan in my future. Then I Noticed the socket was still on the plug and the plug was free. I am still kind of not believing that I could not get this bolt off with the vice scrips and that this worked beyond that.I wrote all that, sorry, in part to show that sometimes even those who know better end up with a mess. For those wondering, I used a 13mm 6pt socket, but I had a difficult time keeping it on the bolt with the force required in that limited space. It was a mistake to move so quickly to the trusty vice grips--I should have removed the shield first, but that is not why I pose this review.This product works. A picture shows the oil plug and you can see the groves where the extractor socket digs in. Thank you, IRWIN!

This extractor set worked like a charm. I had a nut on my Toro Timecutter mower that secured my deflector shield. I had to replace the shield, and the nut was on so tight that it quickly got stripped as I tried to remove it. I saw suggestions on YouTube to try the Irwin Extractor Set, so I ordered the set here on Amazon. I received the set late yesterday evening. This morning, after breakfast, I went out and put the set to use. I was amazed at how easily the nut came off. The 9/16 piece really bit into the stripped nut, and it came right off with very little effort. HIGHLY recommend.

Works well

The tool worked great, on issue was the stripped nut got stuck in tool and had to pri out after removing.

TLDR: Extracted a rounded bolt with ease, add me to the list of believersLike some of the reviewers have mentioned, I was too a skeptic when it came this set. But in the end, it worked wonderfully and now I'm a believer.I had a rounded oil drain bolt (thanks Wal-Mart) on my Honda Accord that TWO car shops could not get out. When I looked it myself, they did a number on it and it probably made it worse than it was with Vise grips, wrenches, etc. I'm not an amateur in the garage so I decided to take care of it myself...if you want it done, do it yourself, right? I wasn't going to pay a shop to remove the oil pan to get the bolt off from the inside.Did some research and picked up the base set of these bolt extractors that had the size of my bolt I need to take off. With a rubber mallet, I tapped the extractor onto the bolt, attached a ratchet, then put a bit of elbow grease into and it came loose. I was surprised on how well it bit into the rounded bolt. It didn't even slip at all. Even with the torque I applied to get that rounded bolt off, the Bolt Extractor I used still looked in great condition especially where the grooves dig into the rounded bolt.Make sure you know what size set to get! Worth the purchase and definitely nice to have on hand in case another time calls for it.

I had a stripped oil pan drain plug (bolt that unscrewed to let the oil out of the oil pan). The head of the plug was a 15mm hex, that was rounded pretty badly. It was quite rounded down to 14mm but still enough so that a 15 mm socket turned on it without gripping hardly any.I used the 16mm socket that comes in this set. The spiral design on the inside of the socket is graduating in a way that the deepest portion of it is narrower than it is by the opening. It grips the stripped head immediately as you turn it and gets tighter as you turn. Once the bolt is off, you simply grip the threaded part with pliers or your fingers and turn the wrench in the opposite direction to release the bite.I highly recommend this set. It is $10 cheaper on here than it is at Autozone, if your local store even carries it.I am certain it will come in handy again, as anybody who utter such words as “my truck is in the shop” knows that stripped bolts, screws, etc. are an enormous pain in the butt.It you have a stripped bolt anywhere in the size range of this set, stop thinking about it, you’ll be happy you got this set in a couple days.

It was impossible to get this oil drain plug off because a shop over torqued the bolt and chewed the bolt up. This little tool worked like charm. I found the right size and hammered it over the bolt straight and used a wrench with a rubber hammer and off it came a little at a time. Thanks IRWIN.