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06-03-2007, 05:42 PM
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What size is this bolt?
before I head out and buy a socket(s) I don't need, thought I would ask you all first: What's the size of this idler arm bolt?
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06-03-2007, 06:05 PM
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Designated A-hole!
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Re: What size is this bolt?
I don't remember, but I used a cheap set of HF 3/4" drive and adaptor, didn't cost much and worked fine.
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06-03-2007, 06:30 PM
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Re: What size is this bolt?
The nut on mine, 1972 power, is 15/16.. hope that helps
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06-03-2007, 06:38 PM
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Re: What size is this bolt?
It should be 1 5/16
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06-03-2007, 07:00 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: What size is this bolt?
12 inch cresent.
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06-03-2007, 07:10 PM
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Re: What size is this bolt?
 maybe at the same store that you buy the socket you could by a caliper .dividers.and machinest ruler for your tool box so you can measure things in the future
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06-03-2007, 07:50 PM
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Son of a gun
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Re: What size is this bolt?
IIRC it is 1 1/16. I kinda remember because I only have one socket that size and it took me a while to find it.
Edit by Me: I remembered wrong, it is 1 5/16
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Bill BEATERS ARE NEATER Last edited by Bus Ted Knuckle; 06-03-2007 at 10:34 PM. |
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06-03-2007, 10:02 PM
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The Older Generation
   
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Re: What size is this bolt?
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I had to go out and lock the shed anyway so I checked three steering boxes I have out there and all of them are 1 5/16". Two of them are power and one is manual. LockDoc
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06-03-2007, 11:23 PM
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Re: What size is this bolt?
Thanks LockDoc, lowride, Bus Ted!
 Longhorn Man: Don't I wish. Somehow 40-year-old parts don't come off as easy as they should.  cdowns: Either that, or I should take my 11-year-old with me to the store. She knows everything. 
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06-03-2007, 11:29 PM
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Dave's not here, man
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Re: What size is this bolt?
At the risk of sounding like a shadetree, I did use a crescent to get mine off. I didn't have a big enough socket and no way to get to the store, so crescent wrench it was. Had to push against the crossmember w/ both feet to get that thing off.
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06-04-2007, 08:54 AM
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Re: What size is this bolt?
Quote:
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06-04-2007, 09:59 AM
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Too many projects!!!
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Re: What size is this bolt?
"sockets you don't need"...somehow there's something very wrong with that statement...lol
I would really recommend going to HF and picking up thier 3/4 impact socket set, and a 3/4 breaker bar...about $40 for both! I just did that this past weekend to take the rear end out of my 68...money well spent...they come in very handy when taking some of the larger bolts/nuts off of these old trucks...
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06-03-2007, 11:44 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: What size is this bolt?
oh... but it's always soaked in power steering fluid!
I know... wishfull thinking. |
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06-04-2007, 02:59 AM
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Re: What size is this bolt?
As much as I generally detest crescent wrenches, I do keep a couple around and I recently found some that had measurement markings on the jaws. They've turned out to be really handy when working with odd-size stuff to minimize trips to the tool box.
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06-04-2007, 03:40 AM
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Re: What size is this bolt?
a 24 inch pipe wrench ?
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