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help socket size
Hi there. I need to change a cv boot on my 1.9td xantia , is the driveshaft nut 35mm ad where do you get them. regards john.
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Try this company.
http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PI ... chsq-Drive
Note at this size of socket they tend to be 3/4 inch drive.
Also this is an impact socket which will be stronger, and less liable to break.
http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PI ... chsq-Drive
Note at this size of socket they tend to be 3/4 inch drive.
Also this is an impact socket which will be stronger, and less liable to break.
Although having said that previous comment about drive size I have now found a 1/2 drive single hexagonal which is not an impact socket, but will fit on a normal 1/2 drive knuckle or "T" bar.
Here's the link to the supplier.
http://www.tooled-up.com/ManProduct.asp?PID=16146
Here's the link to the supplier.
http://www.tooled-up.com/ManProduct.asp?PID=16146
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John,
Whereabouts are you? Someone might be able to lend you one. If you do buy, make sure you get a stout breaker bar as well....
Edit: I got mine from the local factors, a 1/2" drive 6 flat impact socket. No trouble getting a variety of nuts off with a 600mm breaker bar (supplemented with a bit of pipe sometimes - and a 15stone mechanic!)with this
Whereabouts are you? Someone might be able to lend you one. If you do buy, make sure you get a stout breaker bar as well....
Edit: I got mine from the local factors, a 1/2" drive 6 flat impact socket. No trouble getting a variety of nuts off with a 600mm breaker bar (supplemented with a bit of pipe sometimes - and a 15stone mechanic!)with this
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Its definately 35mm, 35mm isn't a common size, if you went and bought a 3/4" socket set, chances are that it wouldn't contain that size of socket most dont.BonceChops wrote:35mm sounds like an odd size. Are you sure its not 36mm?
I've quite recently replaced a wheel bearing, the kit came with a couple of nuts, the one with the correct thread for my driveshafts had a 36mm nut rather than the 35mm that was originally on the car. Since the securing arrangement on the "new" nut wasn't the same as the old one, I put the old nut back on. You could imagine the nice suprise somebody would get if they found a 36mm nut where at 35mm nut should be, especially if they'd gone and bought a 35mm socket!
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Are we talking about the stub axle nut here ?
If so you really ought to be using a 3/4" drive socket, not a 1/2" drive. Yes you may get away with the 1/2" if you're lucky but you're just as likely to twist the bit off the end of the breaker bar, as this nut is done up to 232 lb/ft, and usually needs a LONG pipe slipped over the end of the breaker bar to get it undone...
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Simon
If so you really ought to be using a 3/4" drive socket, not a 1/2" drive. Yes you may get away with the 1/2" if you're lucky but you're just as likely to twist the bit off the end of the breaker bar, as this nut is done up to 232 lb/ft, and usually needs a LONG pipe slipped over the end of the breaker bar to get it undone...
Regards,
Simon
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My Dad has several 1/2" 3/4" converters that he's managed to twist the ends off, none of them particularly cheap brands e.g. Britool etc. The maximum torque figure that they've got engraved on them is in the same sort of range as the figure Mandrake has given. That means that a 1/2" inch drive will be just enough to tighten the nut to the correct torque, removing it is a whole different matter...Mandrake wrote:Are we talking about the stub axle nut here ?
If so you really ought to be using a 3/4" drive socket, not a 1/2" drive. Yes you may get away with the 1/2" if you're lucky but you're just as likely to twist the bit off the end of the breaker bar, as this nut is done up to 232 lb/ft, and usually needs a LONG pipe slipped over the end of the breaker bar to get it undone...
Regards,
Simon
The size of the bolt/nut hexagon usually indicates when you have to use the juicy tools.
I'd say the 24mm bolt/nut holding the rear swing arm is about maximum for standard ½" squaredrive tools. More than that - use 3/4" squaredrive tools.
ALWAYS spend the little extra cost getting hexagon "round-corner" sockets and spanners - if there still is a choise in your toolshop.
I'd say the 24mm bolt/nut holding the rear swing arm is about maximum for standard ½" squaredrive tools. More than that - use 3/4" squaredrive tools.
ALWAYS spend the little extra cost getting hexagon "round-corner" sockets and spanners - if there still is a choise in your toolshop.
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