This is in the mishaps forum, so....where'd you find it?I have a SnapOn inch and a half combo box and open end wrench that I don’t need. Anybody have use for such a tool. It does have the initials “RP” engraved on it. Free to the first person in the 48 states who replies, I’ll pay the shipping.
D'oh. I just assumed you'd found it in some corner of your airplane. "Found in engine bay: 1 1/2" combi wrench, etched with (former) owner's name. First claim gets it but you'll have to extract it from (former) owner's ***."...and I’ll blame the mispost on doing this on my phone.
Actually, we bought it. We'd built a race car and wanted to replace the rubber bushings in the rear control arms with spherical bearings. The spherical bearings that were a close fit for the control arms took a large diameter bolt and that bolt had a inch and a half head. Most folks, I suspect, would use a socket, but one side was didn't have enough clearance for that on one side, hence the need for a giant wrench.D'oh. I just assumed you'd found it in some corner of your airplane. "Found in engine bay: 1 1/2" combi wrench, etched with (former) owner's name. First claim gets it but you'll have to extract it from (former) owner's ***."
Nauga,
and a little FOD for thought
Was this race car a monster truck?Actually, we bought it. We'd built a race car and wanted to replace the rubber bushings in the rear control arms with spherical bearings. The spherical bearings that were a close fit for the control arms took a large diameter bolt and that bolt had a inch and a half head. Most folks, I suspect, would use a socket, but one side was didn't have enough clearance for that on one side, hence the need for a giant wrench.
It was a smallish race car. We used a big spherical bearing because it fit in the stock control arm with just a little honing. The optimal thing to do would be to cut off the ends and weld on some smaller ends and use a small diameter spherical bearing and bolt, but none of us had those skills and it would have taken too long to find someone who did.Was this race car a monster truck?
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I believe that also fits a 3/4 inch (or maybe 7/8) titanium hydraulic line b-nut fitting, if you happen to have an F-15 or similar in your hangar. That wrench will hold the weight of a fully grown man hanging off the end of it while attempting to loosen/tighten said b-nut.
No, but do you have an inch and two quarters combo wrench available?I have a SnapOn inch and a half combo box and open end wrench that I don’t need. Anybody have use for such a tool?
i can use that wrenchI have a SnapOn inch and a half combo box and open end wrench that I don’t need. Anybody have use for such a tool. It does have the initials “RP” engraved on it. Free to the first person in the 48 states who replies, I’ll pay the shipping.
Anyway, @Tools is the lucky winner,
You're very welcome, and I very much enjoyed meeting you and your lady friend, and thanks for the beverage.Many many thanks to @FormerHangie for meeting me today and passing off the BFW!
In true addict fashion, I shall now go find things on which to use this… ha!! Maybe I’ll become a diesel mechanic… Mav, do you remember the name of that diesel mechanic school? Truck master I think it was…
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