Okay, okay, okay, okay. How did you guys know that I was thinking about
this last night and didn't do anything about it!!
When I did the brake job on my ww 1970 a couple of months ago I had to
go hunting for a rear hub socket, as I havn't owned a ww Salisbury axle
car in yonks. Luckily my next door neighbor just happened to have an
impact socket of exactly the correct OD. Right then and there I promised
myself that I would measure the socket and finally put the information
up on the Moss web site. For sure, yeah, did I do it? Nah!
So the socket still sits (unreturned) in my socket drawer. My neighbor
has never missed it, as he has a semi trailer full of tools to play
with.
Interestingly I found out that new rear wheel hubs are even a tad bit
tighter on ID than the originals.
So chastened as I am, I will make the effort to measure the OD of the
socket that just fits and put the info where it is findable.
Kelvin.
The good news is that my car does stop in a straight line now.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Max Heim
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:32 PM
To: MG List
Subject: Re: Hub Nut
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.
--
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
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