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Front wheel hub nut tool

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Ralph the german

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Hi friends,

anyone there who has the tool for the front hub nut K5 in his toolbox ?
Must change the universal joint left side.
Can you give me the dimensions of the tool to reproduce this ?

1. Outer diameter
2. inner diameter
3. overall lengh
4. high of the noses
5. width of the noses

no matter if in inch or metric

thanks friends
 
Ralph the german said:
Hi friends,

anyone there who has the tool for the front hub nut K5 in his toolbox ?
Must change the universal joint left side.
Can you give me the dimensions of the tool to reproduce this ?

1. Outer diameter
2. inner diameter
3. overall lengh
4. high of the noses
5. width of the noses

no matter if in inch or metric

thanks friends
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To be clear, I suspect the OP is asking because he's overseas and won't find one of these @ the local parts house and shipping is probably more expensive than making one.

I believe both 10 bolts and the Dana 44 use the four-pin tool whose dimensions are, by measuring mine with a cheap digital caliper:

OD 60mm
ID 50mm
height of socket, not including teeth 70mm
the teeth, what you call the noses, are 6.5mm wide
and protrude from the socket barrel 6-6.25mm, making its total length ~76.25mm

That should get you real close, anyway.

-- A
 
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What a tease. Show us some pics! :deal:
You can host them on photobucket and then post them here.
 
Ralph the german said:
so guys, tool is made today, thanks for the dimensions
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Glad to help.

rampage said:
What a tease. Show us some pics! :deal:
You can host them on photobucket and then post them here.
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Well, it probably looks like a piece of tube with teeth on the ends :haha:

Seriously, though, Ralph, if you spun up something fancy on a lathe we'd love to see it, always enjoy the DIY aspect of this hobby.

-- A
 
dremu said:
Seriously, though, Ralph, if you spun up something fancy on a lathe we'd love to see it, always enjoy the DIY aspect of this hobby.

-- A
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Word. Homemade tools are fantastic.
 
Nice! :waytogo:
Wish I had the machinery to make stuff out of metal.
So it looks like your tool uses something like an adjustable wrench in tighten/loosen since it doesn't have a provision for a ratchet. My hub socket has a ring around the outside of the teeth so it stays securely on the hub nut. Easy for you to add if you want.
 
rampage said:
Nice! :waytogo:
Wish I had the machinery to make stuff out of metal.
So it looks like your tool uses something like an adjustable wrench in tighten/loosen since it doesn't have a provision for a ratchet. My hub socket has a ring around the outside of the teeth so it stays securely on the hub nut. Easy for you to add if you want.
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have a look, it is machined for an 27mm wrench. A ring is not necessary to hold the tool in place, there is not much torque on the nut.

@dremu
paint on, have no gun blue at this time. This paint is a special rust neutralizer from a friends workshop and enough protection when i need the tool one time in 5 years....

machinery ;

http://s394.photobucket.com/user/Ralphthegerman/media/Tool/P1220002_zpsgzrr8d1h.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2
 
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it is machined for an 27mm wrench
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Yep, two passes with the mill, well maybe a three per side, depending on how much metal you can hog off per pass, and you're done.
Much easier than getting fancy with an index table and making a hex head......
 
Fordum said:
Yep, two passes with the mill, well maybe a three per side, depending on how much metal you can hog off per pass, and you're done.
Much easier than getting fancy with an index table and making a hex head......
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yes, 10mm in deep, 2,5mm per side, all done in one pass per side....
 
Its amazing what you can pick up just being around machinists. I've done a lot of consulting work for several tool and die shops, working on their CNC machines and what have you.
And often I have to check out the machines after I fix them. Of course there are lots of manual machines there too, and I work on everything.

I have a milling machine about the same size as yours, but without as many axises, plus a huge lathe and both of them are slowly going to ruin if I don't get out there and clean them up and put some heavy grease on the ways. They were hand-me-downs from some of the companies I did work for.

I am an electronics engineer, not a machinist, but just from hanging around those guys, I could visualize every step you did to make that tool......

Good work.
 
Whoa hats off to you for making your own tools. I am amazed at what mill machine and knowledge can do. I envy some guy's on here that can do this type work.
 
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