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Paul L Schexnayder (Pablo83)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:19 pm: | 
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I'm trying to disassemble the front hub on by '98 Disco to check the swivel pins. In back of the drive member are a locknut and nut which appear to be 52mm. the only 52mm socket I can fine has a 1" drive and costs $65. Is this nut really 52mm? If so, can someone recommend a cheaper place to buy this socket? |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:28 pm: |
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AB has them
hub nut tool... many other folks sell them too. |
Danno (Danno)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:39 pm: |
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discountrovers.com too |
Eric Brodis (Broder)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 01:46 pm: |
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If you live in a big city go to one of the cheap tool outlets(Tool King). The have the size you want. |
Mark Smith (Msmith)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 01:48 pm: |
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I used a large monkey wrench on my hub nuts. Hmmm...that just sounds funny!!! It wasn't very tight so it came off pretty easily. I am gonna buy a tool though.
--Mark |
Blue (Bluegill)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 06:39 pm: |
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I let a large monkey wrench on my hub nuts. |
Steve (Scrover)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 06:49 pm: |
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"It wasn't very tight so it came off pretty easily" |
Frode H�bertz Haaland (Discofrode)
| | Posted on Friday, September 13, 2002 - 03:00 am: |
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Ask Kyle, and he'll say you need a hammer and a chisel ;-))
I'd get that 52mm hub nut box spanner, makes easy work of a job you'll for sure do again later.
Frode |
Paul L Schexnayder (Pablo83)
| | Posted on Friday, September 13, 2002 - 02:59 pm: |
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Thanks for all the help. I checked out AB's tool. It was listed as 2 1/16" which is 52.4mm (close enough for me). I called around and found a 2 1/16" socket locally for $30. This should work better than AB's tool because I will be able to use it on a torque wrench for reassembly. |
Dee Cantrell (Discodad)
| | Posted on Friday, September 13, 2002 - 06:31 pm: |
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Well if you do the hub removal / replacement properly your required to torque the nut and back it off. to set the proper preload. Its hard to do that with a non calibrated hammer and chisel. |
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