I make my own spanner wrenches for those nuts by welding pieces of square key stock to a piece of water pipe, or even exhaust tubing. Drill a hole in the other end of the pipe for a piece of round bar for a T handle. Use the nut as a template, clamp the key stock into the slots with a worm drive radiator hose clamp, and slip the pipe into place before welding or brazing the key stock. It might be necessary to grind the outside diameter of the pipe a little to get a snug slip fit inside the square pieces. You might need to do a little filing or grinding on the tabs to get a good slip fit to the slots in the nut. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
The guys who spent a third of their paycheck on the Snap-On tool truck every week used to have a good selection of those sockets. The rest of us made our own specialty tools! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
You can probably rent the socket at your FLAPS, if you don't want one to keep. Pretty common and readily available. I've had one since the early '70's. Like Jerry, I've fabricated a number of special tools.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
The guys who spent a third of their paycheck on the Snap-On tool truck every week used to have a good selection of those sockets. The rest of us made our own specialty tools! Jerry
Again, if someone isn't inclined to make their own. At least they now know there is an option to acquire one. Better than junking a vehicle for lack of the tool.
Example, you won't find this bearing installer on the Snap On truck. For installing the bearing on the cart, in the background.
And how much was that hunk of metal from McMasster Carr? Did it come as a cylinder or did you have to machine it into a circle?
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
OH! You meant this bearing, right? And not the ones on the casters.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
Yes. Is it for a Ferris wheel hub? Locomotive turntable?
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
