Review on Camco 09951 Pro Water Heater Element Socket by Troy Larson

I have struggled for days to remove the electric water heater element from my RV suburban water heater. The element is embedded in the housing and has a very thin section surface. The element was not easily removed with conventional sockets as they all had a small inwardly beveled edge which reduced the area available to engage the flat surfaces of the heating element. When torque was applied to loosen the element, the bushing slipped, causing impact and injury to the joints and the eruption of a rather colorful tongue. However, this sleeve has virtually no angle between the outer wall and inner wall, allowing greater surface area contact with the flat sides of the element, which helped increase surface area contact, reduce slippage, and allowed more torque to be applied and eventually to loosen the element, lowered blood pressure and gave me respectable language back!