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Re: Rear axle help, please

To: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
Subject: Re: Rear axle help, please
From: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:09:21 -0500
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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