Yeah, the trick is you need to find a thinwall 1-5/16. Some are thinner than
others. You could turn yours down on a lathe, if you had one. Probably just
take yours around to various hardware stores, and compare it to the house
brand. Or carry your micrometer.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 8/31/06 6:21 PM, Andrew B. Lundgren at lundgren@byu.net wrote:
> Got mine at ACE hardware IIRC... (1 5/16)
>
> Andrew
>
> MICHAEL JONES wrote:
>> Started on a brake job for my "C" today and wanted to remove everything
>> including the backing plate for cleaning and painting. I thought that I had a
>> socket to remove the hub nut, since I had removed it about 6 years ago for my
>> son when he owned the car. However, I must have borrowed a socket of some
>> type at that time cause a 1 5/16 is too thick and a 1 1/4 is too small. The
>> nut is 1 5/16 right? So what are you guys using for a socket?
>> MJ
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