wrench size ?
#1
Posted 08-11-2012 09:35 AM
I know it's different from NA and NB..
#2
Posted 08-11-2012 10:18 AM
Vick
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#3
Posted 08-11-2012 10:22 AM
#4
Posted 08-11-2012 10:32 AM
It's metric but some SAE wrench sizes fit metric or are within a mm or so, 28mm is about 1 1/8". The nut size and the wrench size are not the same thing. The nut is speced by the size and pitch of the fastener to which it is applied.
#5
Posted 08-11-2012 10:37 AM
#6
Posted 08-11-2012 11:29 AM
Glenn Murphey, Crew Chief
Owner Crew Chief Services The Pinnacle of Excellence, Contract Crew Services for the racing community.
Soon to be back in the club racing scene for good
#7
Posted 08-11-2012 01:48 PM
No tool box is complete without a good set of impact sockets. I picked up a new set of the Pittsburgh deep impacts from HF in SAE a couple months back to work on circle track cars. I already had Snap On 1/2" and 3/8" drive metric impacts but for the money the new HFs are a good deal though the metric set doesn't have a 28mm or a 29mm. Those two sizes aren't in many sets.
#8
Posted 08-12-2012 07:35 AM
-tch
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#9
Posted 08-12-2012 12:19 PM
I ended up welding the socket onto the end of a three foot long section of steel pipe.
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#10
Posted 08-12-2012 02:58 PM
#11
Posted 08-12-2012 03:29 PM
-tch
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#12
Posted 08-12-2012 07:35 PM
Used a 29mm socket on my '97
#13
Posted 08-12-2012 09:16 PM
Those nuts can be a mother to get off the first time. I broke 4 1/2" breaker bars getting them off. Thank goodness for lifetime warranty.
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I haven't run across anything the IR or Snap On won't break loose. Rusted head bolts from blocks that were water logged in someone's backyard for a couple years. Trans bolts, seized rear end bolts. The battery powered tool is great at the salvage yards or at the track.
#14
Posted 08-13-2012 03:46 AM
I use a 1" drive torque wrench, plenty long to bust them loose as well. Not expensive at HF, and you should have one to put the nuts back on anyway.
As Tom Hampton pointed out, it's not good practice to use a torque wrench for breaking nuts loose; you stand a very good chance of knocking its calibration out. The reason for the reversible ratcheting head is the occasions where you might need to torque a left-hand threaded nut, not for use as a loosening tool.
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#15
Posted 08-13-2012 10:33 AM
#16
Posted 08-13-2012 12:36 PM
Glenn Murphey, Crew Chief
Owner Crew Chief Services The Pinnacle of Excellence, Contract Crew Services for the racing community.
Soon to be back in the club racing scene for good
#17
Posted 08-13-2012 01:14 PM
Jack handles come off for more than 1 reason Just sayin.......
This is a little off topic.
Glen your post referencing "jack Handles" reminded me of something.
Did you know that in certain parts of the country, that men use "Axe Handles" as a measurement of a woman's buttocks. So if it were really big that would be two axe handles.
Frank
TnT Racing
SCCA Ohio Valley Region
#18
Posted 08-13-2012 01:24 PM
Now THATS a HIJACK!This is a little off topic.
Glen your post referencing "jack Handles" reminded me of something.
Did you know that in certain parts of the country, that men use "Axe Handles" as a measurement of a woman's buttocks. So if it were really big that would be two axe handles.
Glenn Murphey, Crew Chief
Owner Crew Chief Services The Pinnacle of Excellence, Contract Crew Services for the racing community.
Soon to be back in the club racing scene for good
#19
Posted 08-13-2012 01:52 PM
Chris Graham
Race Engineering - Championship Proven
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#20
Posted 08-13-2012 04:00 PM
Mine (HF) don't even click when used in "reverse" -- they're breaker-bar solid. Try yours and report back.
I quit using HF torque wrenches a couple years ago. I'd been using them for over a decade but stopped after two separate issues with two wrenches that resulted in an EZ Out for one and a Heli Coil in a block for the other, Put them on a wrench calibrator and the difference is apparent though depending on the app it could not be an issue. On the older versions if you didn't spool them back out to zero they would become uncalibrated. Many tool geeks don't use their ratchets as breakers. I'm all about right tool for right job but I've used a screwdriver as a chisel, hammer as a wrench, etc. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
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