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Re: Sockets for hubb retaining nuts

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Subject: Re: Sockets for hubb retaining nuts
From: Larry Hoy <73253.1136@CompuServe.COM>
Date: 07 Sep 96 11:28:06 EDT
> 
> I need to purchase sockets to pull both the front and rear hub retaining
> nuts on a '70 MGB. Am I correct in my understanding that the fronts
> require a 1 1/8" socket while the rear is a 1 5/16" ?
> 
> Will I need a special thinwall socket or will a standard Craftsman
> socket fit?
> 
> Deepwell or std?


Jeff

If I remember correctly about any 1 1/8 socket will work on the front hubs.  On
the back hub I had to look around for a socket with a thin wall.  What I found
was the "regular" SK 1 5/16 (1/2" square drive) worked great.  Part #40142.  

Good Luck.

Larry
1969 MGB
Denver Co


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