Originally Posted by andrewwynn

https://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DWARA1.../dp/B00C0VSNKQ

https://www.amazon.com/Ginode-Extens.../dp/B07BDLJWRS

https://www.amazon.com/Crescent-CX6D.../dp/B00BRKN63U



Those are some of my must have goto tools for car work.

The last one I call my "Dr Seuss" ratchet because it's just so weird looking. I've often found myself having to turn the opposite way of normal (righty loosey) because I've done a u-turn and I'm reaching around a part and back towards myself.

Here's an exact example: putting in the E14 bolts that hold the rear axle bearing in.



Apparently nobody makes or sells that tool anymore; crying shame it's one of the best tools ever made for working on an engine! The key ingredient is that the head pivots from the CENTER of the head! Not being offset means it fits almost anywhere, you don't need room for the offset before the flex of a normal flex socket!

It is like 15" long. It has a "T handle" as well because often it ends up being mostly straight and you need to "twist" the handle to turn the head.