Anyone Need an Inch and a half Combo Wrench?
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If there was another half circle at the bottom of that ‘P’ it would have my name all over it!
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This is in the mishaps forum, so....where'd you find it?
Nauga,
and his tool control
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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
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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.
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1½" is also the size of the oil suction screen retainer on some Lycoming engines. I bought such a wrench to facilitate oil changes on the O-290 my Hatz (though in line with the hitch ball commonality, mine is branded "Reese").
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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.
With a 5 foot piece of pipe slipped over it.
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That's very generous. I guess the engraving will make quite a big difference, nevertheless.
No, but do you have an inch and two quarters combo wrench available?
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i can use that wrench
Zeldman
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Dang, just a little late. And I have some big nuts that need to be tightened...
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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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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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You're very welcome, and I very much enjoyed meeting you and your lady friend, and thanks for the beverage.
That was a nice offer!
1.5" is the size I use to remove the oil strainer on my engine.
And I use this "light" duty socket and breaker bar on it get it out. Never thought of the axle nuts was that size? I use a channel lock on them.
And yes my powerflow exhaust got a new silencer this last time I lubed it.
1.5" is the size I use to remove the oil strainer on my engine.
And I use this "light" duty socket and breaker bar on it get it out. Never thought of the axle nuts was that size? I use a channel lock on them.
And yes my powerflow exhaust got a new silencer this last time I lubed it.
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MauleSkinner
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I coulda’ used that forty-some years ago when my brother was annoying the hell out of me on the bean weeding rig. It would fly a lot straighter than the 12” Crescent.