14 bolt spindle socket, need a part number

[stoney126]

Hey all, I tried searching but I couldnt seem to find what I was looking for. Anyway just need a part number for the socket if anyone has it. Ive been all around town but the the only 6 prong I could find was from kragens and it did not fit right. Thanks for any info

 

[jekquistk5]

I just went to napa, got the universal one. It has both 6 and 4 pin.

 

[stoney126]

hmm a 6 and 4 pin? do you attach and detach? I was at napa today and didnt see anything like that?

 

[reddog64]

its called a screwdriver and hammer....

 

[blazin_blazer]

i asked the snappy guy about that socket last week...he had it and it was $59.99, but it had another tube up the middle of it (like it went inside of the nut to keep it centered)and i wasn't sure if it would fit the 14bff also(it was listed for the d60, then he had 1 a little bigger around that was d70), so i passed on it(for now)....i found 1 somewhere online last week for $29 that didn't have the center piece in it.

are the nuts the same on d60 and 14bff?

 

[onetonbb74]

are the nuts the same on d60 and 14bff?

depends on year, pull the hubs. On the 6 prong kragens socket not fitting right, it should fit only one way (non symetrical prongs), basically try rotating it different ways until it fits. Thats the socket i have and it worked for me.

 

[blazin_blazer]

the axles came out of an 86 k30, but the ring gear has a year of 84 stamped in them. the part of the nut that the prongs engaged in looked to me like they had rounded bottoms(i'm away from axles right now, i will check when i get back home, but iirc they looked like half circles) and the socket tabs were square.

was i seeing things or are the slots rounded on some 14bff?

 

[onetonbb74]

yeah, my slots in the spindle nut have half circles on the bottoms of them and the socket with square prongs still works.

 

[blazin_blazer]

thanks...thats what i was wondering

 

[JDNobodi]

I took that same Kragen socket and rounded the prongs on the inside. It worked good after that.

 

[stoney126]

depends on year, pull the hubs. On the 6 prong kragens socket not fitting right, it should fit only one way (non symetrical prongs), basically try rotating it different ways until it fits. Thats the socket i have and it worked for me.

hmm, I will give that a shot and see if it works thanks for the info guys

 

[454k30]

I did the same thing. Just hit the square prongs with a grinder and made them round 'nough to fit the nut.

 

[westn11]

I just got one yesterday... I bought mine from CarQuest, it was a 6 prong and the part number was STL 27400

Its a CarQuest brand tool.

 

[Citizen Rider]

i got a universal "1 ton axle" socket and it works on both the 60 and 14ff. Ive put it to alot of use here lately

 

[Big Blzn]

I took that same Kragen socket and rounded the prongs on the inside. It worked good after that.

X2. That's what I did.

 

[stoney126]

well the socket I got just doesnt seem to work right. I rotated it but the prongs are off from the holes on spindle nut. I searched for the one from carquest but the part number isnt coming up.

Btw the part number I got for the socket I have is 648475 and is 2-5/8

 

[bigjbear]

I did the same thing. Just hit the square prongs with a grinder and made them round 'nough to fit the nut.

I just used a file to knock off the edges and it did the trick. Mine came from O'Reilly's.