Thanks for the tips...they're all good ones too!

I should clarify, I don't think these particular bolts were any tighter, it's just that the socket didn't seem to fit all that tight on them so, when I applied pressure they rounded off. The flexplate bolt heads are significantly shallower than the manual flywheel's bolts and there's no good place to get the Craftsman bolt remover to dig in either.

Sidebar: I'm beginning to think that my metric sockets (which BTW, are barely a year old) are out of spec or, aren't manufactured to particularly close tolerances.

More about this as it becomes available.

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