np205 front output... special socket? wtf?!

[jekbrown]

go to take apart a furd np205 and even my biggest socket (1-1/4") won't fit over the nut. np... I go to sears, buy a 1-5/16" socket. Which.... of COURSE fits the nut fine, nut won't fit inside the u-joint yoke. Sigh. Is there a special j-tool or is it just a special thin-walled 1-5/16" (as if 1-5/16" wasn't a screwed up size anyway?!?!) or some crap? How annoying. Someone school me up, whats the answer.

j

 

[thebigdaddyof2]

Same problem - different town.

I bought the Craftsman 1 5/16" socket and took it to the grinder- just tapering the front section enough to slip in and seat completely around the nut.

Have fun!

-I'd like to know myself of a thinner wall 1 5/16" socket.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Just find a cheaper brand of socket. I found mine at Ace Hardware.

 

[jekbrown]

guess thats what I'll have to do... maybe its time to swing by harbor frieght and pick up a big old set of giant sockets over there for $19.99....

j

 

[goldwing2000]

...(as if 1-5/16" wasn't a screwed up size anyway?!?!)

Same size as the D44/10B upper ball joint nut.

 

[afroman006]

Yah I used a master mechanic brand socket from a True Value hardware store and it worked just fine.

 

[jekbrown]

Same size as the D44/10B upper ball joint nut.

like I said, screwed up size. no one should have 1/2 ton axles OR balljoints.

j

 

[onetonbb74]

Sounds like the same prob. i had with my dana 60, Its a 1-5/16 thinwall socket. I just grinded the socket to fit and it now works for pinions, ball joints, yoke's etc. Did not take longer then 5 mins of grinding

 

[Mr.Chevy4x4]

I just went to NAPA and bought a cheap 1 5/16 socket and worked the end of it over with the bench grinder. Viola! Worked like a champ!


Mike

 

[jekbrown]

hmmm... if its that little grinding I guess I'll give it a shot.

j

 

[mofugly13]

Don't grind on the Sears socket, go find an import 1 5/16" socket, grind on the cheapie. I had the same problem, I used an import socket and still had to turn the end down about 1/16" on the radius.

 

[jekbrown]

too late... its all good though.

j