[Healeys] rear axle wheel bearing locknut wrench?

melvin healey3776 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 8 14:01:00 MDT 2018


Sears has a Craftsman 2-3/16 in. 12 pt. ¾ drive socket for $16.99. Would 
this work on the bearing retainer nut?

Mel


On 6/8/2018 1:41 AM, simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com wrote:
> The bearing retainer nuts are two and three sixteenths of an inch.
> Not sure where you are but I just went to my local tool place and ordered that size socket. Octagonal.
> You are aware that the RHS nuts are RHT and those on the LHS are LHT?
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John O'Brien
> Sent: 08 June 2018 00:23
> To: Healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] rear axle wheel bearing locknut wrench?
>
> Hi all:
>
> I am trying to replace a leaky wheel bearing seal in my "65 BJ8. The nut that locks the hub on is an 8 sided nut that I measured to be 2.1825"
> across the flats.  Where do you get a socket to remove that nut.  My original Healey workshop manual shows a special service tool in the back for that purpose, but I don't have that.
>
> Any other way of removing that nut?  according to the Moss catalog it should be a left hand thread in the left side of the car where I am working.
>
> Thanks for any collective wisdom.
>
> John O'Brien
>
> '65 BJ8
>
> '61 Bugeye
>
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