Or borrow from a fellow club member or friend? save even more bucks
Ben Carufel
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>
To: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
Cc: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>; MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: Rear axle help, please
>Just buy the socket and a 3/4 to 1/2 reducer and save a bunch of bucks.
>Carl E.
>
>Florrie & Allen Bachelder wrote:
>
>> Bud Krueger wrote:
>> >
>> > Help, please?
>> >
>> > I'm hoping to transfer the backing plates from my original axle to
the
>> > donor axle. Bad enough to discover that 1 5/16 in sockets are only
>> >available in
>> > 3/4 in. drive, which means big bucks.
>>
>> Check out Harbor Freight. I was able to get a 3/4" drive set
with
>> ratchet, sockets, and breaker bar, for a very reasonable price. The set
>> is adequate, but obviously no where near Proto quality.
>>
>> No need to go to 3/4" drive. I have a Blackhawk 1/2" drive 1-5/16"
socket
>> - which also fits the engine crank pulley bolt. Don't recall the cost
but
>> it wasn't particularly remarkable. ' Hope they're still available.
>>
>> Allen
>>
>> Allen H. Bachelder =iii=<
>> Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs
>> New Castle, VA 24127
>> USA
>> 540/544-7333
>
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