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I need to replace a wheel bearing (front) and I am sick of doing it the bodgey way (hammer + screwdriver = damage)

WHAT SIZE IS THE HUB NUT THAT RETAINS THE ASSEMBLY
is it 52 or 54mm?




EDIT: changed the subject

Try the third door.... 50mm

Thats you get when you work on everybody elses trucks
50mm is Zook
52mm is Lux (?)
54mm is Patrol (?)


I have been to every local tool outlet (9 of them) and nobody sells a reasonably priced socket, the cheapest was $90
Bit steep for a tool which will hardly get used

Does anybody know who sells 'cheap' ones
KC make ones which are like are pressed like a tube spanner with a socket drive on them, but they start at 52mm

$100 is a bit rich for a tool that will be hardly ever used

im sure u can get em cheap from the us of a saw a website sumwhere about them i will see if i can dig it up.

bazooked wrote:im sure u can get em cheap from the us of a saw a website sumwhere about them i will see if i can dig it up.

cool
the ones KC make are good and cheap but they only come in 54 and 55mm and only cost about $40
http://www.kctools.com.au/images/2005_C ... ge151.html
(bottom of page)

http://www.transquip.com.au/product.aspx?ID=2863

sorry mate, your after the 1/2" drive, Yeah?

http://www.trailtough.com/tools.htm

here ya go 27 bux us c/card it and post it over still a shit load cheaper than buying here

I;m pretty sure I paid under $50 for my repco one. 3/4 drive, so I needed an adaptor to 1/2 too, but still I don't recall it being $90.

As has been said before, it's a touch short, but I do my bearings on the bench anyway (pull the spindle) so it doesn't matter.

Steve.

I sent my missus to town to get mine.. She came home with a repco 3/4" drive breaker bar and a 50mm X 3/4" drive socket. $35 for bar and $25 for socket.

i actualy had a proper hub socket... 52mm..
it disaperd a while ago tho.....
works rather well!
cost me $40!
and it is 1/2 drive![/quote]

I would not recommend taking a 52mm hub socket (tube fabricated, no?) up to 90Nm on a 50mm nut. It's far from ideal.

I looked for a 50mm hub socket and found they are not available.

want33's pricing for the repco stuff is line ball with what I remember.

Steve.

My King chrome socket cost about $50 from memory. its a 3/4 drive. adapter was $15 from memory. Get an early christmas present and invest in a torque wrench. Its the reason that using a socket is so much better.

muppet_man67 wrote:My King chrome socket cost about $50 from memory. its a 3/4 drive. adapter was $15 from memory. Get an early christmas present and invest in a torque wrench. Its the reason that using a socket is so much better.

Yeah got a good old school torque wrench
The old man actually won it for being apprenticeof the year

A few years back we were looking at buying a new one but decide it was better to old one re-calibrated.
Cost the same as new on but we now have one as accurate and better built.

Gwagensteve wrote:I would not recommend taking a 52mm hub socket (tube fabricated, no?) up to 90Nm on a 50mm nut. It's far from ideal.

I looked for a 50mm hub socket and found they are not available.

want33's pricing for the repco stuff is line ball with what I remember.

Steve.

i used to quite regualy...
whats your issue?

i can vouch for red_zook that it was the correct size as it fitted perfectly over my locking nuts too.. then fitted straight up to the torque wrench.
phil, you sure it was 52mm?

I think Phill read the 52mm in my first post and mixed it up with the actual 50mm size
The issue is with 90nm of toruqe and an oversized socket is quite dangerous
Using any too incorrectly is quite dangerous

Spike_Sierra wrote:i can vouch for red_zook that it was the correct size as it fitted perfectly over my locking nuts too.. then fitted straight up to the torque wrench.
phil, you sure it was 52mm?

yep my socket WAS 52mm
u dont happen to have it do you???
stuffed if i can find it!

Well Repco are shiat
They have a 50mm 3/4 drive socket for $31 (part number RT7150)
Everytime I go down there for something they do not have it in stock anywhere in Sydney. Woy Woy, Woolongong, Nowra and Cowra all have them but freight is more than the socket and adaptor combined.

"but we got one in queensland and it will take a week to get here"

So chucked yet another wobbly
NOT GOOD ENOUGH REPCO


Everybody else start at 52-54mm or are 2" (50.8mm)
I'm stressing, need it today or I'm out of Nissan Trials this weekend
No I am not going to do the bodgy screwdriver and hammer, already wrecked one hub in the past and will not do it again

Is anybody travelling from North or South to Sydney today or tomorrow (carton of beer if you can help)

picked mine up from the local tool place.. the socket did work out to be around the $80.. and the 3/4-1/2 adaptor about 15-$20.. but socket is plenty deep enough and impact. so should hold up to any thing required...



and the torque wrench was $99.. does the job..

The 3/4 drive breaker and 50mm socket I got from Repco still have the price tags on them.
The 3/4" breaker bar $35.00 incl GST part #8016475
The 50mm socket $25.00 incl GST part #56950F both are FORCE brand.

foolsp33d wrote:picked mine up from the local tool place.. the socket did work out to be around the $80.. and the 3/4-1/2 adaptor about 15-$20.. but socket is plenty deep enough and impact. so should hold up to any thing required...
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and the torque wrench was $99.. does the job..

Thats the one I ended up getting
Single hex imact socket, should last forever

$70 the lot

Done the job but there is a little taper on the hex which limits bite on the first nut to about 2mm when it botoms out on the washer.
Going to get the old man to grind it down a little

fool_injected wrote: Done the job but there is a little taper on the hex which limits bite on the first nut to about 2mm when it botoms out on the washer.
Going to get the old man to grind it down a little

huh!? like a dag from the manufacturing!????

There is a small taper on the leading edge of the hex to make fitting on the nut easier
This effectivly means the hex starts 2mm from the sockets end. On a 4mm thick nut that means only 2mm is covered by the hex

ah no wuckers now i get what ya mean!

has anyone thought of trying a hire shop. they usually have a range of sockets and hire would be cheaper than buying one for a one off job.

just an idea...

I AM a hireshop for a Sierra Hub socket.........now

just like owning a:
chainsaw
engine crane
car trailer
welder
tube bender...

BTW I actually own none of the above

Oh I have a deep 50 MM socket and torque wrench avail for $25 or a sixa of JB black a day should anyone need to redo wheel bearings in melbourne

already one step ahead of ya MRW...
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2/vi ... sc&start=0

just go the force brand, i bought a 54mm for $25, trade tools stock them (in qld)

bubs wrote:just go the force brand, i bought a 54mm for $25, trade tools stock them (in qld)

um.. and make the square peg fit in the round hole to eh..