It does make one wonder, Bob.
The arms on the tool are 12" long from the centre.
You can safely put a fair bit of grunt on it.
See photos attached.
Cheers
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Spidell [mailto:bspidell at comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, 13 April 2012 5:04 p.m.
To: ardmorebusiness at xtra.co.nz
Cc: 'Williams, Allen'; healeymanjim at hansencc.net;
healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tools for removing rear hub nut
re: "30 years ago I bought a copy of the BMC tool made specifically
for this task. It makes it a breeze! No cursing or
busted knuckles, and no need for a torque wrench. "
The BMC guys must have been pulling our legs, specifying an exact
torque value when there was no need.
Bob
On 4/12/2012 8:35 PM, ardmorebusiness at xtra.co.nz wrote:
> Allen
>
> A friend had the same problem as you - with the socket slipping off
> the nut under load - so he ground about 1/8" off the face of the
> socket. This allowed all of the socket to fully engage with the hub
> nut. Problem solved.
>
> 30 years ago I bought a copy of the BMC tool made specifically for
> this task.
> It makes it a breeze! No cursing or busted knuckles, and no need
for
> a torque wrench.
>
> Mark Donaldson
> Auckland. NZ
>
>
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