Bill, SK has a 1 5/16th inch socket that works. It is a 1/2" square
drive. Part number 401142.
Good luck.
Larry Hoy
Denver, CO. USA
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 VDP
"It's not how fast you go, it's how fast you go fast"
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Bill Henry
> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 1998 7:45 AM
> To: John77577@aol.com
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Fwd: Re: replacing axle seals and bearings]
>
>
> John:
>
> Based on my experience of this weekend my previous c0mments
> need to be
> corrected and expanded!
>
> First, the correction: If you are replacing the rear axle
> wheel seals
> and/or bearings on a BANJO type axle (wire wheels, not sure
> about disk
> wheels) you need to have available the 1 61/64 inch
> diameter octagonal
> socket "Churchill Tool." This is not applicable to the
> tube type axle.
> The note in the Moss MGB catalog is on the same page as the
> banjo axle
> description but is not specific to the banjo axle in its
> wording. A $25
> plus second day air mistake!
>
> Second, the expansion: What you do need to remove the hub
> nut on a tube
> type axle (wire wheels, not sure about disk wheels) is a
> tool for a six
> sided nut that is apparently 1 3/8 inches (may be 1 5/16
> inches, have
> not gotten anything on it yet!) that will fet inside the
> hub tube that
> is approximately 1 7/8 inches inside diameter. Sears does
> not sell a
> 1/2 inch drive socket in this size. They sell a 1 1/4 and
> 1 1/2 inch
> socket. (1 1/2 catalog only in my area.) I've checked a couple of
> hardware stores and not found it. Have not checked tool
> suppliers such
> as Snap-On, etc. Sockets in 3/4 inch drive are made in 1
> 3/8 size but
> are usually too large an O.D. to fit inside the hub tube!
>
> Solution? I went cruising through a Pep Boys Auto Parts
> store too see
> what I could find that might work. I came up with a Lisle
> Forward Axle
> Nut Socket, 34 mm, part number 39750, that looked like it
> may work by
> rough in store measurement with a ruler. (34 mm is between
> 1 5/16 and
> 1/3/8 so it will be a little loose or require some file
> work on the hex
> opening) WHen I tried it I found its O.D. was too large to
> fit down the
> hub tube, by measurement about 30 thousandths too large! I
> plan to have
> a machinist turn down the O.D. by this amount too hopefully
> get a tool
> that will work. It is fairly thisk wall so it should still
> take the 180
> ft. lbs. of torque the nut requires when replaced.
>
> I'll follow up with more info - if it works, or not.
>
> Bill Henry
> '72 MGB-GT, et.al.
> Baltimore MD
>
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