Richy B Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Where I get one please ?? Can only find 3/4 or 1" drive in sockets, I was after a 1/2 drive, it's for h/duty drive flanges caps, so ot super tight or nout, Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharger Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Hub nut box spanner is 52mm from memory, might tap on or enjoy some judicious adjustment with a dremel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zardos Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Hub nut box spanner is 52mm from memory, might tap on or enjoy some judicious adjustment with a dremel? Yes Hub nut is 52mm and my HD drive flanges are also 52mm. so http://www.amazon.co.uk/Laser-4884-Impact-Deep-52mm/dp/B0039316N0/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1345490059&sr=1-1 should do. PS I don't know how you could make a 52mm socket smaller with a dremel you would need to add material not remove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richy B Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 Got a 52 mm hub socket, which does the job, but just wanted one to fit "properly" and the fact i am a bit of a magpie on tools :0D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richy B Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 And if anyone can reccomended a tool to add metal I'm up for it ;0) just kidding matey :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Which brand are the drive flanges? I'm sure they will be 52mm just a little loose maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Which brand are the drive flanges? I'm sure they will be 52mm just a little loose maybe. 2 inches is 50.8mm are they perchance an imperial size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richy B Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 50.8 they are , so yea- maybe 2" I should of pressed the converter button on the vernier calliper :0) They are terrafirma flanges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Well mine are Terrafirma, my 52mm hub socket works perfectly! Think of the slack you have between a smaller nut and the spanner, then enlarge to a 52mm socket... 1mm is normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS_Bond Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 And if anyone can reccomended a tool to add metal I'm up for it ;0) just kidding matey :-) Arc welder As for hub spanners, I bought a box spanner, wrecked it by finding that some numpty had tightened my hub nuts to TD5 levels so had to buy a socket; IIRC, my 1/2" drive 52mm came from Difflock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Hancock Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Hub nuts are by rights 1 1/4"BSW which has a hex size of 2.050"AF, hence why 52mm will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zardos Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 You could get a 50mm socket http://www.amazon.co.uk/Laser-3380-Socket-Specialist-50mm/dp/B003AMZHHG/ref=sr_1_2?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1345496351&sr=1-2 and use a Dremel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zardos Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 You could also use an adaptor set (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8PC-IMPACT-SOCKET-ADAPTOR-CONVERTER-SET-I6670-/180946183051?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item2a213ba38b) for the 3/4 or 1 inch drive sockets you found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 http://www.ffx.co.uk/tools/product/Sx010%20Impact%20Socket%2052Mm%201%202Insq%20Drive%20Sx010%205024209350754%20Sx010%20list At that size, 1mm, even if it is really 51mm, isn't going to make any odds at all, plus it looks like it drives on the flanks rather than the corners, so less likely to round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tris Cocks Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 This is the Socket ive got for my Hub nut and drive flange nuts - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Landrover-Classic-Hub-Nut-Socket-52mm-1-2-Drive-/180546993320?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item2a09707ca8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyninety Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I bought this one the other week, 19p (i think) cheaper than the link above! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sealey-SX010-Impact-Socket-52mm-1-2-Drive-/180756293476?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item2a15ea2764#ht_2026wt_1165 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UdderlyOffroad Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I bought the Sealey too (via Amazon 'cos I had some vouchers left), after experiencing a nut done up to VFT, which made the box spanner slip off, causing a me to impact the ground...anyway, yes if you do some regular spannering on LRs, get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharger Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I've had the box spanner on a hub nut, with a decent bar through it and the trolleyjack under the box spanner to stop it slipping in the past. You can add material with a dremel, just for a brief moment when the grinding stone explodes and embeds itself in everything round about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW8IZR Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Just put a shim in the oversize socket to stop it marking / deforming the nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zardos Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 You could take a 52mm box spanner and cut down the corners of the hex shape with a dremel and bend each flat in slightly to get a tight fit and then weld up the corners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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