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A piece of heat shrink tube over your 1/4 or 3/8 flex adapter will allow you to snake a socket and bolt in to an impossible to reach area and still maintain the
swivel action.Also just a small piece of paper over the head of the bolt or nut will retain them in the socket.

To remove a real stubborn bolt or nut heat it with a torch and then hold a old candle against it,The melting wax will wick down the threads acting as a lubricant.

A few wraps of black tape stiffens up a wobble wrench, too.

Great thread idea!! Perhaps this could become a 'sticky.' I love reading these ideas.

A light spring that fits snugly on the socket does a good job and is permanent but doesn't interfer with the flex action at extreme bends.

Instead of the paper in the socket, dab a bit of whatever grease you have laying around on the inside of the socket/on the nut.