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Pipe Plug Help
But, you find them everywhere. Craftsman used them for the drain plugs on the engines and trans-axles. I just acquired an older Craftsman GT and went to drain the oil from the trans-axle only to find that someone had rounded off the head. I've been using this for years and I'm surprised more people don't know about this little trick. The disc brakes on GM products require a special tool to pull apart or you can use a Allen head socket. On this one it had been rounded to the point I had to tap it on but, just reverse the usage. Put the 3/8's square over the plug and the use a 3/8th socket or wrench to loosen and remove. No more rounded off corners 
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I have had and used a set of Sears special sockets for years made just for this purpose. Just slide the smallest size on you can and turn the plug out. 5 or 6 special sockets to the set in a plastic storage cases. Made back when Sears had good tools.
Neat, novel trick. I have several set of allen sockets that could be inserted into an inverted socket of any size, and this solution is so simple it probably never would have occurred to me. I guess I'm lucky... never had a problem using an open-end wrench, nor come across a rounded one. Some teflon tape prevents the need for extreme overtorquing... sometimes I wonder if people think that torquing a fastener or plug to the extreme is some kind of rite of passage?